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re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By TheMidlakeMuse



re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By Wicked_Elphaba



re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By YumYumDoughnut


re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By Moonlitefairy06


re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By Theresa



re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By majere



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By TheMidlakeMuse




On Mon Dec 14, 2015 09:03 AM
Edited by TheMidlakeMuse (78507) on 2015-12-14 09:04:29
Has she bought an over-the-counter pregnancy test from a drugstore yet? She can get one from any drugstore and most grocery stores. The clinic will probably conduct the exact same pee-on-a-stick test and charge her more for it.

By Wicked_Elphaba




On Mon Dec 14, 2015 09:43 AM
Planned Parenthood or any walk in clinic can treat at UTI. Have her buy a pregnancy test first. You can get one at the dollar store.
re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By Gavrilushka

By Gavrilushka


On Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:16 AM
The clinic I went to said her best bet is ultrasound or blood test because implanon tends to give a false negative on urine tests. It's worth a shot, but even if it is negative it doesn't really mean much. :/

By YumYumDoughnut



On Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:25 AM
Google is walking distance from me, she must be really close by to me.
I know several friends who used planned parenthood and they were on a Visa. They can take care of her UTI.
Have you contacted Defyinggravity here on DDN? She is a local nurse in the area and she would know a lot more.
I know several friends who used planned parenthood and they were on a Visa. They can take care of her UTI.
Have you contacted Defyinggravity here on DDN? She is a local nurse in the area and she would know a lot more.

By Moonlitefairy06



On Mon Dec 14, 2015 07:41 PM
Google might even have a doctor office she can use right on it's campus, the employees practically live there. But if not I'm sure she can get some advice from hem. I know it's her boyfriend who's there but I would be surprised if they weren't supportive or at the very least point her to where she can be treated. A walk in clinic that has an ultrasound machine would do, she can call ahead first to make sure she's not wasting her time. If she has travelers health insurance a "regular" doctors office should take her too, she just needs to verify with them ahead of the appointment that they take he particular brand of insurance. It shouldn't be much more complicated than that. But I really think she should leverage the resources of google if she can, but if that takes too long just google the nearest walk-in clinic.
As a side note The emergency room of a hospital should be an absolute last resort if all else fails, unless she starts feeling very sick or in pain etc. It might seem simple to just go to the ER than making appointments, tracking insurance, checking equipment availability of clinics but if it's not a true emergency she'll have to wait a super long time and a lot of resources and time gets wasted, and likely end up with a huge bill at the end.
With that said, she has a lot of options, but i can understand how it would be overwhelming sifting through them all. But if google is like anything I hear it is like, they can help her out! I hope she feels better soon.
As a side note The emergency room of a hospital should be an absolute last resort if all else fails, unless she starts feeling very sick or in pain etc. It might seem simple to just go to the ER than making appointments, tracking insurance, checking equipment availability of clinics but if it's not a true emergency she'll have to wait a super long time and a lot of resources and time gets wasted, and likely end up with a huge bill at the end.
With that said, she has a lot of options, but i can understand how it would be overwhelming sifting through them all. But if google is like anything I hear it is like, they can help her out! I hope she feels better soon.

By Theresa




On Mon Dec 14, 2015 08:54 PM
I will chip in that I was never sick when I was pregnant with my son. The closest I ever came was coughing too hard one time, and my gag reflex kicked in (it's overly sensitive, haha...). So if she's looking for throwing up, that's not always a dependable sign.
On the flip side though, it's a REALLY common side effect from birth control for periods to stop. Happens to me all the time. That's a big part of how I didn't know if I was pregnant - I wasn't having periods (because of my birth control), so it never occurred to me that I'd missed one.
Google has people that can solve this. If they wanted him there bad enough that they were willing to fund her being their too, they can solve this. If they don't have an onsite doctor, I'd be baffled. And if they actually don't, they certainly know people.
On the flip side though, it's a REALLY common side effect from birth control for periods to stop. Happens to me all the time. That's a big part of how I didn't know if I was pregnant - I wasn't having periods (because of my birth control), so it never occurred to me that I'd missed one.
Google has people that can solve this. If they wanted him there bad enough that they were willing to fund her being their too, they can solve this. If they don't have an onsite doctor, I'd be baffled. And if they actually don't, they certainly know people.

By majere




On Mon Dec 14, 2015 09:32 PM
Nothing to add to the getting to a doctor side of things.
I have Nexplanon (same thing as Implanon and I had Implanon before Nexplanon). I've had one period in the last three and a half years. So, the no period thing is a side effect.
As long as she followed the directions and used another birth control method (condoms) for the first week and it is definitely in her arm (can feel it, I can feel mine and see it and move it a bit). Then it is very unlikely that she is pregnant. But if she thinks she might be, she needs to find out soon, because the Implanon will need to be removed if she is.
I have Nexplanon (same thing as Implanon and I had Implanon before Nexplanon). I've had one period in the last three and a half years. So, the no period thing is a side effect.
As long as she followed the directions and used another birth control method (condoms) for the first week and it is definitely in her arm (can feel it, I can feel mine and see it and move it a bit). Then it is very unlikely that she is pregnant. But if she thinks she might be, she needs to find out soon, because the Implanon will need to be removed if she is.
re: Sexual healthcare for visa holders in the US?
By Gavrilushka

By Gavrilushka


On Tue Dec 22, 2015 06:47 AM
Hey everyone, just thought I'd update since I got off the phone with sis.
I told her about the doctor at Google and she was able to get an appointment with her. All she had was just a silly UTI and a side effect of implanon (she got implanon NXT). Not pregnant, yay! She says she is still spotting though, but hopes it will go away like the doctor said.

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