Back in October...since Frank and I are living together, we thought it was best for myself to get on some type of birth control. I have been having female problems and we didn't want to get pregnant right now...so I went to Planned Parenthood with a friend of mine. We're both the same age, we both don't have health insurance and we both work two jobs. She told me about this place so I agreed. We went...and I about flipped when they told me how much I'd have to pay. I didn't get an exam...because I can't afford it. I just wanted the pill. The pills alone upset me by the price, but I paid for two months worth and went on my way.
About three weeks into Ortho-Tricyclen Lo, I had EXTREME pain on my right side. It got so bad night after night that I would literally crawl onto my floor and cry. I'd sit on the bathroom floor, holding myself and crying in extreme pain to the point where I would get sick. I called Planned Parenthood and they told me NOT to stop taking the pills.
This pain...went on for another week and I just could not stand it anymore. I called the local ER and they told me to come in immeadiately, so I did. I was told to stop taking them immeadiately and the ER doctor told me that I had 3 nodules on my lungs (I'm a smoker) and I'd have to quit immeadiately and they found cysts on my ovaries and that one probably burst. He told me there was a good chance I had PCOS and that I would have to see a gyno in about week.
I went home after that eventful evening...worried. I called all around my area...asking if anyone would take me without insurance. I was shut out. Everyone said no. No one wanted to listen. I called UTMB then, I didn't dare want to go back to Planned Parenthood. I had a friend who went to UTMB while she was pregnant and said she didn't have to pay a dime and she lacked the health insurance as well. I called them, anyway...and they told me unless I was pregnant or had children, they couldn't help me.
I was stunned. You see, in my youth I was diagnosed with bipolar. I was on numberous medications and seen doctors...and on my 18th birthday, my parents' health insurance dropped me. I applied serveral times with the state of Texas for medicaid and was denied constantly...so I just gave up. My boyfriend, however...does have bipolar and our great country pays for EVERYTHING. He has medicaid and he's had it since he was 15 years old. At least I don't have to worry about paying outrageous bills for him.
Well. That ER doctor told me there was really no point for me to take the pill. I can't get pregnant even if I wanted to, unless I have surgery to remove the cysts...
I got a bit sneaky. I went to UTMB a couple of weeks ago...told them I thought I was pregnant. I had to fill out a form, answer some questions..and they took one look at me and said "no." Why? I make too much money.
...funny. If I made too much money...THEN WHY WOULD I BE THERE? My tax dollars go to these programs, hell...I've DONATED to Planned Parenthood, clinics, I've even volunteered...and this is what I get. I was absolutely furious...and the thing that bothered me the most...
Every single woman in that lobby...was of a different race. Didn't know any english and had at least one or two children with them. I was outraged. I then asked how much money would I have to make to be accepted. $100 a month.
So pretty much, I'd have to be homeless. Why couldn't I have been born in Canada?
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Are you white? Perhaps they are being racist. Sad how the country pays for people without jobs and not for you, I hope it all works out
Actually, yes I am white. LOL. The young lady that referred me to UTMB is hispanic and illegal at that. She recently got married, however...but is still afraid the government is going to find her and her family.
The other young lady I went to Planned Parenthood with is white...but she makes a little more money than me and is better with her finances, but we're about the same.
this is a great place for teens