I had to wait a whole month after my missed period for my HPT to be positive. Talk about frustrating, all the tests were negative leading up to that one. Ask the dr. for a blood test and tell them ...

Yes, you certainly can, I had no idea until I dug into this a little. Why do you have to go back every week though, what I do is just get a one/two month supply with refills. Just see someone once...

Where I live (US), I have gone to a general practitioner for a lot of it. Actually, right before I had my first baby I could have done everything local without seeing a gyno, but my family doc left...

You should have a number of questions on hand (I suggest writing on a piece of paper ready to take notes). To be a well-informed patient, you need -- and have the right -- to know certain things...

It may be easier, and less confrontational, to write a respectful, yet truthful letter. Explain to him why you prefer to be a nurse practitioner, rather than a doctor. He may not know the differe...

my doctor says its annovulation where you dont ovulate each month. i had amenorrhea and then menegorrhea (where it doesnt stop) and its sometimes caused by PCOS which is poly cystic ovarian syndrom...

Although it is normal for some women to have very bad menstrual pain / dysmenorrhea, often many sort of grow out of it as they get older. It is a little suprising that it has lasted a decade, thou...

The best remedy for a soar throat is to gargle with salt in warm water. Do it three times a day it works..it's an old recipe from before they invented anti-biotics!!

my understanding is how they got there. A NP started as an RN and continued school, as PA may or may have not been a RN, may have been and EMT or in the millitary. Both must practice under the su...

I had it after getting the flu... it just kind of faded away.

Start complaining long and hard. First to your present doctor's office (always keeping in mind that she can decide to NOT treat you at all). Then to your insurance carrier. (A lot of good THAT...

My resons were purely selfish, I was 2 weeks overdue, my parents were getting married 3 days later and I REFUSED to go 'another week' to appease my doctor. WE had tried EVERYTHING short o...

If you're new to the whole "Pill" thing, it can take awhile before your period will be normal again. You can spot for a month in a row, or not have your period for a month and a hal...

Nope. Never heard of her. I hope she is good and knows her stuff.

It鈥檚 hard not to be damaged in some ways. Usually what happens is that you will develop coping mechanisms to deal with the hurt from her behavior; this will help you survive, but these mechanis...