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I, too, want out of the greys. It really has an effect on my posting. Sometimes I have a long, serious reply to something, and i talk myself out of writing it because, well, no one's going to see it. I'd really love a process. Heck, Metafilter charges $5 to comment. (Just once, forever.) I'd pay that to become…

I hear ya, darlin'. This lovely shade of gray is my punishment for being kinda shy and not as quick on the commenting uptake as everyone else. *tragic sigh*

Former starred, long-time commenter here, now consigned to the greys. Maybe we can hold hands and wait it out together? I washed up, promise.

Gray is the black!(?)

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Male gyno for me, too. My first female gyno was so busy that it took ages to get an appointment and she was always running late. Like two hours in the waiting room kind of late. The next one spoke English as a second language, and her first name was pronounced (I kid you not) Kumkum. She was a very nice person,…

Actually, you probably dodged a bullet, if that was the information you received. It's better to find someone who is really qualified and knowledgable. In the age of all-NP gyn care, I fear the really outstanding NPs will get classified with the lame ones.

No, I feel you. She absolutely sounded like a bitch.

"Are you going to cry now?" is pretty out of line. It suggests experience with making people cry.

Uh...eff that. That is a really rough experience, and I don't think too many women would feel differently than you do. Sheesh. I had a friend who visited a similar lady doctor to get her prescription for the pill renewed (she'd moved from elsewhere), and the lady doc said she'd have to go somewhere else to get pills…

That sounds awful. "Are you going to cry?" is such a douchey way to handle that. Just the crap icing on top of everything.

You should be pissed. I got an IUD, was not married, never had kids, and I have extreme pelvic pain, vaginismus, and a tilted uterus. The doctor who inserted it was very experienced. She said most problems arise during insertion, and not afterwards.

Yep. My first horrifying female gyno experience was at a public health clinic (similar to what Planned Parenthood is in the States, you can go in for anything no questions asked)...relevant because you'd think a doctor working in that position would be less judgmental.

Do you live in America? All birth control should be completely covered and free now through insurance with the Health Care Reform, you might want to look into it if you haven't already (I use Nuva Ring and I have no copay with it, whereas I used to before the reform).

To be honest, I don't think anything she said was that out of line. My gynae has never asked me if I'm planning to marry my boyfriend, but I've been asked all the other questions... Then again, my gynae is amazing and hardly blinked when I first went to her during my "slutty phase" and told her how many men I had…

"Also — and this incensed me the most — she asked about my relationship status."

i had two broads mistreat me. one was incredibly rough and one was too inexperienced but looked at me as if i were the fucking problem; the older ob/gyn overlooking the whole thing (with the inexperienced one) who held my hand and cooed at me was divine though. i've never been to see a male ob/gyn and i don't want to.