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Originally Posted by abiew
I'm in Britain - the NHS doesn't bother with stuff like ultrasounds! You're in, you're out, deal with the pain. At least it's free, that's why they're happier to do it for younger women here 'cos it's cheaper for the state than the pill in the long run! Sad but true...  . . .
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Originally Posted by JustJess
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.
That nurse should be shot. PID is no laughing matter, so please make sure you take every last bit of those antibiotics. And get yourself to a real gyno for follow-up. There are a lot of negative possibilities after PID, and frankly, you shouldn't really be having an IUD anymore. Talk to your gyno. Before the antibiotics are finished - you may need to remove it before they're done, so that you don't leave yourself open to yet more PID. I don't want to be an alarmist, but you can end up infertile and shit like that from poorly controlled PID. Please get useful help... that nurse is a putz.
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JustJess: abiew is in Britain. This is how government sponsored "health care" works. Broader but lower quality coverage. We may soon see it here. Uncle Sam has done such a good job
managing Social Security and Medicare that some of us want him to manage the general health care system.
But the main reason for this post is to say that I was conceived, early in 1976, while my Mom was using a copper IUD. I'm glad that it happened. 
But let's hope that they work more effectively now.
Lindy