Along Clod's lines - I stopped going to my Family Planning Clinic (a euphemism for free contraception) when the nurse taking my smear test was really rough and made me bleed. Copiously, into my really nice, new, white knickers. I was a teen I admit. Of course I judged from that, so she was the one and only for a while. I get them regularly now and have never encountered the same problem!
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5. Are having financial troubles
"Money is the ultimate taboo," Rackner says. "We have no idea how to talk about money." But talk about it we must, she says. For example, if your doctor recommends a procedure you can't afford, just say so. You might be able to work something out with the doctor. "Patients can offer to set up payment plans for expensive procedures and pay over time rather than a lump sum," says Dr. Lisa Forbess, assistant professor of cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas.
6. Want cheap medicine
If you want a cheaper medicine than the one your doctor prescribes, don't be embarrassed to say so. Rackner says for $4 you can buy a list of the generic drugs. Ask your doctor if something on the list could work as well as the one he's suggesting.
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Bless the NHS. Even if I can't get counselling. I am in a programme now, but it costs £10 a week. Which may sound pathetic, but it's 1/6 of my income.
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7. Feel depressed or anxious or stressed out
Along with money, many people have trouble talking about their feelings. "Depression is a serious disease and a lot of patients hesitate to tell their physician because because they think it's embarrassing, or the problem will go away by itself," Kaminetsky says. "Depression is too dangerous to keep a secret."
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Again - this is
so important. But not yet recognised in this country. I'm sure MANY people on Incapacity/ Employment Support benefit could be contirbuting members of society and the workforce if only they had therapy rather than drugs. Or as well as. Here in Aylesbury is the first time I have been guaranteed counselling since I was first diagnosed. Swings & roundabouts.