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My general health hasn't been fantastic over the last 6 months so I haven't really noticed aches and pains but over the last few weeks I've noticed I get lower back pain quite a alot and lower abdominal pain. My periods have always been heavy and painful but the last couple have been particularly vicious. I never use tampons (the thought of it grosses me out a bit haha) but I tried using one last period and had to whip it out straight away it was so painful. I'm 24 and haven't had sex for a year so just kind of put it down to that. Now I'm thinking I should get checked out, I'm not 25 till November so won't get called for a smear till then, can I just contact my doctor and get an appt with a nurse?
I don't know how these things work. I'm always freaking out that I have cancer or something. Please put my mind at else that it could be another problem.
Ta.
My general health hasn't been fantastic over the last 6 months so I haven't really noticed aches and pains but over the last few weeks I've noticed I get lower back pain quite a alot and lower abdominal pain. My periods have always been heavy and painful but the last couple have been particularly vicious. I never use tampons (the thought of it grosses me out a bit haha) but I tried using one last period and had to whip it out straight away it was so painful. I'm 24 and haven't had sex for a year so just kind of put it down to that. Now I'm thinking I should get checked out, I'm not 25 till November so won't get called for a smear till then, can I just contact my doctor and get an appt with a nurse?
I don't know how these things work. I'm always freaking out that I have cancer or something. Please put my mind at else that it could be another problem.
Ta.
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You could also go to a sexual health clinic and get a check up.
Your symptoms seem to match endometriosis (pelvic pain, back pain, painful vagina, heavy menstruation) but it could just as equally be something and nothing brought on by the stress of the last six months. None of us can diagnose over the message board and we'll just end up scaring you if we try.
There's only one way to find out and that's to go and see the doctor.
I'm gonna book an appointment with my doctor tomorrow and chat to her and then go from there
Well, if it's hard to take him out, it means that it isn't the right time to take it out. (:
That's not what she said.
She said it hurts when it's in because it's not positioned properly so she has to take it out.
So it's the wrong size or just she needs an apllicator to put tampon in the right place.
But to me it's easy to do it without apllicator. :chin:
On your other point though, you should ALWAYS change tampons regularly, max every 6 hours, not 'when it's ready to come out'.
went for an ultrasound today and she said all looked ok but ill get the write in 10 days. so feeling calmer! will have some tests next week but hopefully nothing serious
I had an ultrasound for polycystic ovaries and she could tell straight away (as I'm told you can in tests for ovarian cancer), so nothing visible sounds very positive at this stage.