Inconvenient Ob-Gyn Concerns: Help me, help you, stop the stress of internet freak outs

It’s frustrating, isn’t it?

If you are like me, after an appointment with your doctor, that’s when all the good questions come to mind.

Or, some nagging pain, strange symptom or weird pregnancy related concern surfaces and as luck has it, you are out of town, it’s 3 am, it’s the weekend and/or you are swamped and don’t have time for a doctor’s appointment.

These after hours, Ob-Gyn concerns are inconvenient recipes for stress that send us to the internet for answers.

And when you need it most, it’s amazing how difficult it is to find helpful health information.

You google, you bing, you web-md and you scour the mayo clinic site.  Forums, support groups, research study abstracts, magazine articles and class action law suit links– you try to take them all in and only pay attention to the information that is really applicable and reliable.   

Then an hour or two later you may or may not have found your answer.  And quickly that rash and freckle turn into cancer, your headache is surely a brain tumor and the numb spot on your hand becomes a subtle sign of a stroke or multiple sclerosis.  As creator of the company Health Tap, Ron Gutman says, “On the internet, every headache becomes a brain tumor in four clicks or less,” (see the Wired article here).

You probably don’t want to call the doctor or make another appointment for something you think you should be able to figure out on your own.  The flurry of online research is frustrating because it feels like a waste of time.

There is a better way (at least in terms of women’s health).

The goal of my blog is to get relevant information to you efficiently.

To this end, I have a running list for topics to address, but I’d like to get your perspective.  That way, I know precisely what to write about!

For example, one person recently wrote me and said she wanted better information about how to deal with PMS, cramps and bloating near her period.  Another wrote that she was curious about hot flashes, night sweats and how birth control could affect her sex drive.  Still another asked about exercise in pregnancy and what foods were important to avoid during pregnancy.

So my standing inquiries to all visitors are these:

I’d love to hear your take.

If you haven’t already, comment below or shoot me a quick email to angevine@kristiangevinemd.com and list a couple of items.

It doesn’t have to be a meticulously crafted, letter, even just a short, sweet one liner will do.

I read every email and very much appreciate your input.