I have a birth control implant.
Unexpectedly, it has wrecked complete havoc on my hormones and I only found this out earlier this year.
I called to push the appointment up in January, they said no and to wait for the scheduled one I had coming up this Monday because they were backed up due to COVID.
I got a message today that it has to be delayed because it is deemed "non-essential" despite me already telling the physician what the implant was doing.
I've had horrid experiences with other gynecologists and didn't want to see another doctor.
To top it off, I booked this 18 months ago.
If it stays in past expiry, it can lead to an infection and potential fertility issues -- things the doctor told me when it was put in originally.
I'm so distraught that we are actively being categorized, on every front, as either essential or non-essential.
Bless you all.
I just watched my best friends husband and son spread her ashes because she could not get an appointment in person. Stage 4 ovarian cancer, died 33 days after diagnosis. She was only 38, her son is 9.
Please, do not let this go. You will likely have to present to the ER to get in sooner. Lie if you have to. If you don't aggressively advoate for yourself you'll be pushed back for years... the tsunami of lock down missed surgeries and diagnoses is just beginning.
I cannot imagine the pain this is inflicting on you and so many others. I don't even hear about people getting sick from COVID. But I'll hear about a slew of health issues they've developed because of these measures.
I'm so sorry for your loss and my heart really goes out to that boy.