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[quote=Anonymous]I've never had an IUD inserted, so please take this with a grain of salt (I have had a Hysterosalpingography/HSG which I imagine is in the same neighborhood). I am a highly anxious person and avoided shots of any kind and all dental care for a long time once i was in charge of myself so to speak. I have gotten a lot better about the anxiety and the treatments themselves and now (late 40s) do the things I need to do for my health. Take her pain seriously but pick the most moderate management for her pain that is possible. So if Valium is generally good, then giving her that but allowing her to experience/recall the fact that valium was a perfectly good tool will have significant benefits for her long term. Also get her in the drivers seat about the research and the decision. Also, she gets a treat when this is over. She picks it, she maybe buys it, but yes, you do deserve a drink, a new shirt, a new lipstick, an ice cream whatever, on the way home from some shitty procedure. Now, I came to all of this after working with a therapist on issues of overall anxiety, so her request to speak with a therapist is right on, and is a great indicator that she will be able to build the tools to manage this. She needs to know how to. independently manage her health care. You don't want her feeling a lump and avoiding a mammogram because she is afraid of the pain/process in 40 years.[/quote]

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