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 Maybe I'll bump up the pictures and do that sooner rather than later and then get the pro site on this week. I hate being unkempt, you should have seen my Dissertation x

 Hi Sophie and welcome  It's a great site and a lot of lovely helpful people onboard so do take advantage (I do!)

 I think I just fell for you for the 'sexual health' section on your site, I am a fan of education and sexual health and std's are a big topic for me. You've also been really specific in your services which might eliminate some questions on the phone and gives a good idea of just what to expect precisely.  You've got some lovely pictures too. I think I'm still too green to know more then that, but those things initially stuck out.

 *I* feel like I'm doing something horribly wrong myself! Must remind myself it's only been 4 days, it feels like forever!

As for the field report, he could write that he met you at xx date and even which site he met you via, as long as it is factual and honest I don't think it matters how you were booked.  (I don't know if some sites have policies against mentioning other directories?)

 

put a thread on here the other day asking about gum clinics, i have my appointment booked but am just worried about being honest with them.  it feels strange to think i will admit my profession to people outside of it but im going to do it so that i get the best advice and i have alredy decided that if (and im sure im just being paranoid) the advice i get doesnt feel supportive enough im going to get an appointment the next time im in london aswell.  i have a fear that my admission might be met with a small town kind of disaproval which im sure it wont.  Ive even booked in to a clinic in exeter which is miles away from me so i dont find myself in tesco bumping in to the nurse or whoever i see!!! Silly really but so be it.

Welcome by the way Sophie.  I'm sure you will find it just as usefull here as we have and you are right... its good to have somewhere to go and talk to others about things.  I dont know how the recommendations thing works (i completly forgot to ask my client to leave feedback) but maybe if you mention in your profile that they can see feedback on your website it might help.  then at least they have been guided in the right direction.  I think i read a similar thread somewhere and the conclusion was that on many of the sites clients have to have sent you a booking request first and then they can add feedback after the appointment so as long as he does that it should be ok??? its not the same as making up random feedback from someone you have never met.  I think i have been asked to swop fake feedback from 2 different people in the last week but i said no to both.  As long as its not that kind of situation i dont see what the problem would be but your better off getting the advice from the experts, i havent gone in to detail of the protocol for that yet.

Im sure if we are patient it will all work out!!!  its just frustrating waiting.  I even looked at agencies again today but i dont want to go down that route really.  Partly because i dont want to feel like i owe anything to anyone but mostly because i have put so much effort in to my site etc so far.


Best of luck sophie.  Evie, pm me any progress reports lol

Lexie
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Asking for a review doesn't make it fake, but a lot of guys don't like writing them, so either hint gently or make it clear that it's just something you'd appreciate if he wanted to do it.

Lydia,
that is terrible that the doctors will not see patients asking for abortions. Somebody ought to report them for that if that is possible. When a doctor is qualified, personal opinions on this should be kept personal, if these are NHS doctors then their attitude is appalling. It's tough enough for a woman to decide to have an abortion anyhow, but to know that two of the doctors in her surgery will not even see her never mind help her is a disgrace.
I think rape victims might be offered an abortion as a matter of routine, but the others like, the lady that already has 4 kids and can not financially or emotionally afford another child - the teenager that made a mistake - and all the other examples of this, how terrible for them that they have to put up with this. If that were my surgery - I would be moving on to another one.
I can't even believe that is accepted by the other doctors in a surgery. It's terrible.
Jo

PEP is a treatment to prevent HIV taking hold. If you believe you've been exposed to HIV, you can take the same drugs that HIV+ people use, for a month. It used to be mostly for people like nurses who got pricked by a dodgy needle, but you can now get it from A&E.

http://www.gmfa.org.uk/sex/hivandaids/pep.html

I can't even believe that is accepted by the other doctors in a surgery. It's terrible.
Jo

Well, I guess times have changed and I'd actually rather know they felt that way (by a notice) as I think it'd be hard to be seen by someone who felt negatively toward me and if they feel they couldn't treat me impartially then it's something I'd rather know about; they have their reasons for how they feel and as long as other doctors feel differently I guess it just balances out.

It's reassuring to know at least a rape victim is offered something like this as routine.

PEP does sound grim, but it's good to know it's out there, should I ever find myself in such a ghastly situation.