Contraception can be so tricky. I have been on the same pill for about five years - it seems to work for me well enough - and I like many aspects of it, like being able to schedule periods, but I have been thinking that a change might be good at some point. (And, while I don't blame it for either of these things, it would be quite interesting to see if either my mental health or my sex drive are better without it.) I don't really want to be on hormonal contraception for the next 30 years, so I asked my GP about the coil, but his response was that they don't like to give those to women who haven't had children. Where that leaves women who don't want children but would quite like the coil, I do not know.
It's infuriating when getting appointments is made more difficult. I tried to make an appointment to see my GP the other day - my current contraception prescription runs out in about a month, so I thought that would give it enough time. "You want an afternoon appointment? Well, the computer system isn't letting us view afternoon appointments at the moment, so we can't book them. Try calling in a fortnight and we might be able to book one then." Argh.
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Date: 2014-05-28 08:20 pm (UTC)It's infuriating when getting appointments is made more difficult. I tried to make an appointment to see my GP the other day - my current contraception prescription runs out in about a month, so I thought that would give it enough time. "You want an afternoon appointment? Well, the computer system isn't letting us view afternoon appointments at the moment, so we can't book them. Try calling in a fortnight and we might be able to book one then." Argh.