Hymen? Or a larger problem?
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| Wed, 12-17-2003 - 10:56pm |
About a month ago, a week or two after the last time we had sex, I noticed a small, hard bump just on the edge of my opening. The flap of skin also hangs out a little more than it did before, and looks a litle frayed and feels rough. When I looked closely with a mirror, there are lots of bumpy weird bits of skin inside my hole, and some of them are whiteish looking at the tips. One continues to stick out of my vagina at all times.
I do not have a gynecologist in this state since I am from out of town, and don't know where to get an appointment on short notice (I have left messages at three different doctors offices, but they were not returned. I work during normal business hours.) I had a bad experience with a mix-up at Planned Parenthood and am hesitant to go there or wait in line at a clinic.
My boyfriend is coming to visit me this weekend and I want to figure it out before then. I know he has been with a lot of women before me, but he did not have any STDs the last time he was tested. It's possible, I suppose, that he acquired something from his last girlfriend who claimed to be clean, but I'd like to hope this is something normal to losing one's virgnity and not a symptom of HPV or worse. All the same, I am going to request STD testing once I am able to secure a gynecologist's appointment and go in for my annual pap smear.
Is this a cause to go to an emergency room this week, or should I settle for the first possible appointment, and ask my boy if he's ever seen something like this before? (That's kind of embarrassing, but he's seen more girls' bits than I have.) Any suggestions or wisdom would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Ell
Edited 12/17/2003 10:58:34 PM ET by eloway
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| Thu, 12-18-2003 - 12:57am |
