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I Literally just got back from the hospital and they had no idea what is wrong. But i have no insurance so i dont think i can afford the tests anyways. I just want to know if you have heard of this before... I woke up this morning and went to the bathroom, and i was bleeding, obviously i started my period right... wrong... about 6 hours later i had pulled out my second tampon of the day and there was a significantly large piece of what looked like skin on the tampon (about 1.5 inches long and almost round). I got scared and immediately called a nurses hot line. They told me that it sounded like a miscarriage. Which would be imposable since i am a virgin! Once i told her that she became worried and told me to to see a doctor within the next 4 hours if possible. So i went to my local Womens clinic and she looked at the piece of what looked like skin ( that the nurse hot line told me to put in a baggie, and said she had never seen anything like this before. Which scared me. bot without running any tests our further examination, she threw it in the trash. Asked me to take off my clothes and lay on the table which was completely expected... then she did an examination and said she was still dumbfounded. She told me there was no tearing and my Vagina and uterus seemed completely normal, textbook even. And then told me i was ok to leave and that if happened again to contact a OBGYN... i am still freaking out wanting to know what is wrong with me or what was. I KNOW that a piece of skin that big couldn't have just appeared for no reason. Since then the bleeding has stopped. and im getting even more worried but its not like i can afford the 300 dollars just to walk back in the door as i have to insurrance. Have you ever herd of this? Or can you help me in any way? This is my last hope any advice or answers you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Answer:
by Konstance McCaffree: (10/03/2007)
It has now been several weeks since you experienced this and my answer to you is more about what you can do for yourself now than an explanation of what it was that came out on the tampon. Since the examination by the nurse revealed that you looked very ‘normal’ we know that the object did not come from your skin. It is possible that it was a piece of the wrapping from the tampon that accidentally went in when you placed it.

At this point it may not matter what it was. If it should ever happen again, THEN you need to see a doctor and have it checked out. We may never know what it was, and as long as you are having normal periods (normal for YOU) and your body is feeling good, it is not a concern.

What is very positive about what you did was knowing that something was ‘different’ and taking action on it. You did all the right things. Taking care of your health is one of the most important things you can do, and it isn’t easy. When a person doesn’t have health insurance it is much easier to let things go, and you did not do that.

For the future I suggest that when you have an opportunity to get affordable health insurance, you utilize that insurance to get regular health and gyn exams. For women, getting a Pap smear and breast exam is fundamental to our long term health. For those women who have not had intercourse it is just as important. Intercourse is only one behavior and there is more to health than that sexual act. I applaud you for taking action.

Reviewed by: Kathleen VanKirk DHS

This question appears in the following topics:

Women's Sexual Health: Gynecological Concerns