fleurdelis
08-02-17, 21:48
Hi all! I'm struggling with whether or not to keep pursuing a medical issue, so I'm hoping for some advice on what a non-hypochondriac would do in this situation. It's a bit of a long story, though, so bear with me.
About a year and a half ago I took emergency contraception, and my menstrual cycle has been all out of whack ever since. I now always have three to four days of spotting immediately before my period starts and, occasionally, spotting at other points in my cycle (possibly sometimes coinciding with ovulation?). I never used to experience these things, so I mentioned it to my GP. I'd had a recent clean pap smear, but she tested my thyroid--normal. At that point she said I could go on birth control if the spotting bothered me. GYN said basically the same thing, so at the time I let the matter drop; I didn't like the spotting, but I figured that since it seemed to have been caused by the Plan B, it couldn't be anything too serious.
Lately, though, I have gotten it into my head that maybe I have uterine cancer of some time. This is really unlikely (for one thing, I'm only 28 and have no family history), but I'm wondering whether I should keep pushing the doctor for answers. Other than pretty minor cramps, I don't have any symptoms (long periods, heavy periods, etc.) beyond spotting, so it's not in and of itself anything I can't put up with...if I could just get the cancer thing out of my head :wacko: Thoughts on whether this is something a "normal" person would keep pursuing? Alternatively, has anyone had long-term effects from taking EC? One reason I'm kind of concerned is that my doctor didn't seem to think the spotting could be related to that months and years later--but the change dates exactly to when I took it, and I had very heavy spotting soon after taking it...
About a year and a half ago I took emergency contraception, and my menstrual cycle has been all out of whack ever since. I now always have three to four days of spotting immediately before my period starts and, occasionally, spotting at other points in my cycle (possibly sometimes coinciding with ovulation?). I never used to experience these things, so I mentioned it to my GP. I'd had a recent clean pap smear, but she tested my thyroid--normal. At that point she said I could go on birth control if the spotting bothered me. GYN said basically the same thing, so at the time I let the matter drop; I didn't like the spotting, but I figured that since it seemed to have been caused by the Plan B, it couldn't be anything too serious.
Lately, though, I have gotten it into my head that maybe I have uterine cancer of some time. This is really unlikely (for one thing, I'm only 28 and have no family history), but I'm wondering whether I should keep pushing the doctor for answers. Other than pretty minor cramps, I don't have any symptoms (long periods, heavy periods, etc.) beyond spotting, so it's not in and of itself anything I can't put up with...if I could just get the cancer thing out of my head :wacko: Thoughts on whether this is something a "normal" person would keep pursuing? Alternatively, has anyone had long-term effects from taking EC? One reason I'm kind of concerned is that my doctor didn't seem to think the spotting could be related to that months and years later--but the change dates exactly to when I took it, and I had very heavy spotting soon after taking it...