Much healing~ma to Matt (and words cannot express how un-surprised I am at both his heroism and his disregard of his heroism), M and K, A, and all your community.
I think gynos prefer not to do paps and exams because it fucks up the culture.
I just saw my doctor last week under the same circumstances, and she said it's no longer a problem -- the culturing process has changed, and it's pretty good and accurate no matter when in your cycle you are. You want to avoid the part of your cycle when you're physically most sensitive and achy, but that's different for everyone; the test results will be fine no matter when.
Healing~ma for Matt and for Beth's people.
Oh, coolio, JZ; that's good info to share with my girlfriends. We were operating under "Period = no gyno."
Damn, that reminds me of an onerous task for break: calling my gyno and seeing if she take my husband's new insurance plan.
Ok, on it now. No time like the present, right.
Matt is one of the best guys I know.
No bullshit or snark added.
Much healing~ma for your community, beth and massive brackets to Matt. He is one heck of a mensch.
What erika said about Matt, and echoing everyone else's thoughts for ~ma. Did I understand right that y'all knew the attacker? If so, that's some added awful. But what a testament to your awesome community, that everyone reacted instantly and supportively.
Much healing~ma to Matt (and words cannot express how un-surprised I am at both his heroism and his disregard of his heroism), M and K, A, and all your community.
There we go, now I can just say, "What JZ said."
Oddly, this is one of the few times things aren't spreading instanly through the community - because i would have to go around telling people to stop using the word hero- it isn't helpful for him. I did tell him that if attacker had been been larger - he wouldn't have done what he did - his instincts aren
t as off as he thinks. but if you aren't violent - doing something violent will have a profound effect on your brain.
We just found out that D 's court apearance is today at 2. That is all we know now.
I'm finding I'm looking at everyone with a lot more suspicion than usual
Much healing~ma to Matt (and words cannot express how un-surprised I am at both his heroism and his disregard of his heroism), M and K, A, and all your community.
There we go, now I can just say, "What JZ said."
Exactly, because JZ said it perfectly.
No, I think that's really true. Violence is not a normal part of matt's nature, and the fact that he felt it was necessary is a difficult thing.
I really encourage both of you to get some post traumatic event counseling, even if that's also not a normal thing for you. This was a significant event, and I really think it would be helpful to you both. I suspect matt would be resistant to this, but I think it would really help you process and move through this.
