I'm an trach-cruncher, too! MA SISTER!
Spike ,'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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haHA! I raise my hammer in salute!
(No offense to Georgians -- I just know that I'm not comfortable living someplace that far from a Jewish community.)
I think you'd be comfortable in metro Atlanta, but I'd agree that west Georgia is not the best fit. You could probably cope fine for a year or so, because you could drive into Atlanta, but it's not a good long-term fit.
Okay, I'm working myself into a state. Girly TMI and request for advice:
Has anyone ever had prolonged bleeding after a pap smear? It was very uncomfortable and took the woman a while to find a position where she could actually do the smear. A week later, I'm still bleeding as if I'm on my period -- not heavily, not painfully. I had cramps for the first couple of days, but again, not debilitating.
I know I should call the doctor, but I'm being avoidant and hoping it just goes away.
A smear, or did they do that pinch off a bit of your cervix thing?
And it's been a week? Call yout gyno. It probably no biggie, but better to know.
I assume it was the usual, with the brush and the scraping, but I wasn't exactly in a state to ask for details.
Dana, I bled (more like heavy spotting) for a while after my last pap -- the IUD strings tend to mean a more irritable cervix.
I'm guessing your cervix got pinched or nicked.
I wouldn't be especially freaked, but I'd call your gyno tomorrow.
My guess would be they pissed off your cervix and it somehow started your flow ahead of schedule.
But, yeah, call the doc.
Great, nOw my work computer has melted down and won't even start in safe mode. Seriously!?!? I have work to do tomorrow on site that I can't do without a computer, I don't have time for this!! Not to mention I probably have things saved on the computer that I don't have backed up. Sigh.