Dude, having an IUD inserted was so (briefly yet holycrapsharply) painful that I will NEVER complain about a PAP test again.
Steph, did sounds get metallic on you?
Sounds got metallic on me. It was really, really weird. I mean, I understood intellectually what was going on, and which major nerves were involved, but man... everything sounded like it was coming out of a tin can.
Is the doctor using the right size speculum? Cause while I have a large outside, apparently, my insides are small. They assume that my big ass means big other stuff. Several years ago, as I was grimacing in pain, the doc looked at me and said "you shouldn't be in this much pain, I'm going to try something" and put in a different sepeculum, a size smaller. SO MUCH BETTER.
and in other girly news, got the bargain of a lifetime last night. Jones New York jacket priced at $239.00 for TWELVE DOLLARS. It's a little big, but what's a waist nip when the jacket was TWELVE DOLLARS.
Colposcopy. That hurt. There are advantages to having a female goolie doc, because she looked up at me with the tears coming out of my eyes and said, "I know, I had one of these a couple of months ago, hang in there."
Yep. Colposcopy is not fun.
I donwanna think about girly bits and procedures any more than that.
Dude, having an IUD inserted was so (briefly yet holycrapsharply) painful that I will NEVER complain about a PAP test again.
Truer statement, mang....
I am like Vortex. My OBs have figured out pretty quickly to use a much smaller speculum on me. Before childbirth, one of my GYNs actually used a child-sized one. Which was good for me, but also made me sad because there are very few good reasons to need such a thing as a child-sized speculum.
Edited because a "much speculum" is not the same thing as a "much smaller" speculum. Must learn to proof before posting.
Jones New York jacket priced at $239.00 for TWELVE DOLLARS. It's a little big, but what's a waist nip when the jacket was TWELVE DOLLARS.
Ooooh. Nice.
Amazon is recommending Sidney Poitier's autobiography, based on the fact that I ordered "YOU: On A Diet." Interesting.
Also, I've been looking though the recipes in "Vegan With a Vengeance," which I also just bought. It's pretty interesting as vegan cookbooks go. The desserts take up about a quarter of the book, and there's no a single salad. Looks like fun. I have a feeling I might be bringing a lot of vegan baked goods into the office in the next few weeks.
Amazon is recommending Sidney Poitier's autobiography, based on the fact that I ordered "YOU: On A Diet." Interesting.
Probably because both books have been featured on Oprah, although Amazon recommendations are often on the bad crack.
Hysterectomy = no more pap smears. This is a definite benefit.