Wow, I had no problems going to the gyno at 16. I guess it was the promise of bc pills...
I *did* have problems with tampons. It wasn't being grossed out, I just couldn't get the thing in. And my mom was no help. She started using tampons around the same time I did, and was so uninformed about it, that she went around with the tampon in, with the applicator still on. Don't ask me how she did that.