Text-A-Nurse

I am a nurse. I have been an LPN for two years and just got my RN- I am by no means an expert on things. Nursing school throws a million different illnesses, diagnoses, treatments and scenarios in your face and you are lucky if you remember the 80% that it takes to pass your boards. I have worked in a short-term rehabilitation center (fancy old-folk's home) and now I work at a surgical center, an ambulatory surgical center: where we only get same-day surgeries with fairly healthy patients.
Somehow this has translated to my family/friends as "Oh, I have a question related to my Period/Bowels/Urine/Etc., I am going to ask Natalie all kinds of complicated questions and she better have a solution"
I did not sign up for this shiz... I love to help, I really do- but I'm not a Gastroenterologist and the closest I come to specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology is the fact that I have a vagina and hope to one day have kids...
I'M SORRY! I don't have a magical answer for you and you probably aren't going to like my diagnosis of "Well, if it isn't getting better after trying A, B and C, I would call your doctor"
In the odd case that I do know the answer to something- it's not because I have experienced it in the work place, it is probably because I have at one time or another diagnosed myself with it on WebMD: OMG, I have that!! 
Again, I will reiterate- I do like helping- I am more than happy to take a swing at whatever it is that you are about- However I am still in that stage of my career where if I am not 150% sure of what I am saying- I WILL refer you to a better source, oftentimes that will be your MD.
On the flip side of that realize that your MD sees roughly 40 patients a day who all watch enough medication ads to 'diagnose' themselves and if they aren't taking you seriously when you really do have a problem- it is your right to speak up for yourself. Take control of your own healthcare and be responsible for your well being. Write symptoms down along with what seems to make it better/worse. Write down questions that you have and be empowered enough to ask them when you have their attention in the office- most likely you will not get that much detail in an answer if it goes through several people and is left on your voicemail. These things are not bothersome (or shouldn't be) to your doctor and will ultimately help them make a better diagnosis for you. If it does bother your doctor, they refuse to answer your questions or you get brushed off when you really feel like something is going on: Get a new doctor. They obviously don't need your business enough to care and there is someone out there who will.
That is my two cents and just realize that I will begin charging $5 a text for bowel/menstrual/urine questions that I receive throughout the day... effective immediately.