Planned Parenthood of Golden Gate was closed a while back, but a number of women posted negative reviews on Yelp. Here’s one example:
Share on FacebookI have never before had a bad experience with planned parenthood – the long waits are usually worth it for the discounted services and my depleted wallet rejoices at such things.
However, I was diagnosed flat out with HPV after an extremely cursory exam. Some sort of acid was applied to me without the doctor even asking permission – she just simply explained as she was applying it so I couldn’t even interject. There was no helpful consultation and one page flier was thrust into my hands as I began to ask questions.
After completely freaking out and spending the next 24 hours straight calling exes, researching online, and having a mental breakdown – I went to a more experienced (albeit far more expensive) gyno who assured me he saw absolutely no trace of HPV and thoroughly tested me for everything under the sun.
What if I hadn’t gotten a second opinion? The doctor was irresponsible – I don’t care how busy it was that day. I was glad to learn a scary lesson without the consequence, but that is ridiculous. To this day I think about whether or not I should have pursued the issue with PP, but I don’t think anything would come of it and I was just so relieved at my clean bill of health.
PLEASE! If PP diagnoses you with something, do NOT hesitate to get a second opinion.