Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Another one bites the dust

Had another doc appointment this morning. This one was with the obgyn though. We discussed all the lovely (3) options that I now have for birth control. I get to choose between a diaphram, a mini pill (that she doesn't really recommend but is going to check into) and a progesterone-iud (which she strongly recommends).

It's amazing to me how limited my choices were. She brought out this chart that had like 20 choices on it that were still valid after my surgery but we were knocked down to three after I stated that I wanted something to stop conception and not something that would start implantation because to me, once conception occurs, I have a baby and I want that baby whether it was planned for or not. This surprised her. She asked if I was an avid pro-life supporter. I told her that didn't really matter but I do believe in choice and my choice is to have my child no matter what because I know that I could not abort my own child whether I realized it was there yet or not. I know this is a touchy subject for a lot of people so I generally do not get into these discussions. The doc was very nice and said that she admired my decision and was glad to take the time to know what I wanted. She was an extremely nice person and after hearing what I wanted showed me the limited options and explained each one in detail which was wonderful. She gave me info on all of them to take home and share with DH and told me to make an appointment after I had my ct scan results back and we had made a choice as to which one we wanted.

I'm now finished with 2 appointments this week and have two more to go. Who new that getting a 6 month all clear would cause me to see so many doctors? I have to say that this is the only time I miss Kaiser. At least with them all the docs were in the same building so they would just all come to me to consult so I wouldn't have to make 4 different appointments like this.

Not much else going on around here. Sorry if this was tmi for you guys.

2 Comments:

Blogger Laespanola said...

Hi Girlfriend, it's Maria! I am in PA as I type. Belive this or not it's snowing, we have about 6" on the ground! I am so glad that you are doing well and that you are healing well. BTW, my sister-in-law chose the IUD and she is very happy with the results. I believe Michele, has been on this method for over a year. Ginny, You are in my prayers and I hope that you can put all you health issues behind you and start enjoying life.
See ya soon,
Love,
Maria

5:13 PM  
Blogger Laespanola said...

Hi Girlfriend, it's Maria! I am in PA as I type. Belive this or not it's snowing, we have about 6" on the ground! I am so glad that you are doing well and that you are healing well. BTW, my sister-in-law chose the IUD and she is very happy with the results. I believe Michele, has been on this method for over a year. Ginny, You are in my prayers and I hope that you can put all you health issues behind you and start enjoying life.
See ya soon,
Love,
Maria

5:15 PM  

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