I'm sure I have a least one childless friend who has a coil if not more, so there must be circumstances under which they offer it. I usually start these debates by arriving at the appointment already armed with a pros and cons chart for a couple of options.
I've also been on the same pill - actually a double dose of Cerazette, which is a POP - for over five years. The prescription does make pharmacists double-check, and I have to go back twice as often because they can't prescribe more than x months at a time, but the other options seem worse. Oestrogen pills gave me really bad emotional side effects, and a normal dose of Cerazette was like being pre-menstrual all the time, but the double dose suits me well and has the bonus that in five years I've had fewer than five periods. (This does make some gynaecologists frown a bit, but I have excellent reasons for wanting to avoid periods and when I make it clear that This Is On Purpose And I Wish It To Continue they back off; none have ever given me an actual health reason to change, only the 'are you sure you don't want to be normal, sweetie?' look.)
I also have considerable amounts of trouble booking GP appointments. The thing where they reduce waiting times by making you phone at 8am, and 8:02, and 8:05, and 8:06, and 8:07, and 8:10, by which time all the appointments have gone and you need to try again tomorrow? I hate that, and I don't have a) a full-time job, b) a sleep disorder, or c) massive telephone anxiety.
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Date: 2014-05-28 09:55 pm (UTC)I've also been on the same pill - actually a double dose of Cerazette, which is a POP - for over five years. The prescription does make pharmacists double-check, and I have to go back twice as often because they can't prescribe more than x months at a time, but the other options seem worse. Oestrogen pills gave me really bad emotional side effects, and a normal dose of Cerazette was like being pre-menstrual all the time, but the double dose suits me well and has the bonus that in five years I've had fewer than five periods. (This does make some gynaecologists frown a bit, but I have excellent reasons for wanting to avoid periods and when I make it clear that This Is On Purpose And I Wish It To Continue they back off; none have ever given me an actual health reason to change, only the 'are you sure you don't want to be normal, sweetie?' look.)
I also have considerable amounts of trouble booking GP appointments. The thing where they reduce waiting times by making you phone at 8am, and 8:02, and 8:05, and 8:06, and 8:07, and 8:10, by which time all the appointments have gone and you need to try again tomorrow? I hate that, and I don't have a) a full-time job, b) a sleep disorder, or c) massive telephone anxiety.