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Q: Help Help Help Please
asked by: SweetPea83 on August 4th, 2006
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Here's my bcp history in a nutshell...

Started on orthotricyclen 4 years ago when I was 18. Did well with it, no problems. Took it for about 2 1/2 years.

My obgyn wanted me to try ortho lo when it came out. The whole year I was on it I would always bleed during sex if the sex took place the week before my period. I finally told my obgyn about it and he switched me back to trinessa (generic of orthotricyclen).

In april of this year I asked him to switch me because I was becoming really depressed and crying easily and thought it could be due to the pill. He put me on yasmin. I took it for the months of may and june. In june my "problem" came back and I bled during sex a week before my period.

I didn't want to deal with that bleeding again so I started taking trinessa again in july. Had sex july 4th, everything was fine. Period came july 19-24 like it should've...Had sex the 29th, it was fine....2 days later spotted a little bit for a day (figured it was breakthrough bleeding since it's only my 2nd month of being on trinessa again). Then I had sex last night and I bled during it. Went to the bathroom and wiped, the bleeding then stopped.

I went to my doctor today. He seems to still think it is hormone related. He told me to take one more month of trinessa and see what happens next month. I'm really just terrified it is something like cervical cancer even though my last pap smear in oct. Was normal. The obgyn says if it was cervix related the blood would be brown and it would start right after sex. It does start during sex but it's usually red or pink in color. Please someone, anyone, help me understand why this is happening to me.
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Mabel
replied on August 4th, 2006
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A normal pap and no other symptoms (like pain associated with sex, etc) does not sound like cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer takes years to develop and women who have cervical cancer usually have missed quite a few pap smears.

It does sound hormone related and this can be really common with birth control use. If you are concerned, get another (sooner) pap smear. There isn't any need to worry unnecessarily.

Good luck!
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SweetPea83
replied on August 4th, 2006
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That helps me, ingi. Thank you. I don't know much about cervical cancer and i'm forcing myself not to google it b/c I will convince myself I have every symptom. I just want this bleeding to stop! The doctor did mention that if this persisted for another month he might switch me to ovcon? He said the dosage is the same throughout the month I think.
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Mabel
replied on August 4th, 2006
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sweetpea83 wrote:
that helps me, ingi. Thank you. I don't know much about cervical cancer and i'm forcing myself not to google it b/c I will convince myself I have every symptom. I just want this bleeding to stop! The doctor did mention that if this persisted for another month he might switch me to ovcon? He said the dosage is the same throughout the month I think.


i didn't know very much about cervical cancer either - i've done my research the past year though and, really, even if you have cc, it is highly treatable. It is one of the most treatable cancers if caught early on. That is why we have pap smears every year - to find cellular changes that could lead to cancer on the cervix. Keep up on your pap smears and you'll be fine.

Good luck with the birth control.
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SweetPea83
replied on August 4th, 2006
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Well then I guess you're right...I probably would've had an abnormal pap smear by now. I think i've had two since this whole bleeding thing started. So frustrating!
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