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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
What did women do centuries ago? They died of female cancers that went undetected. Cervical cancer is not the only female cancer that a woman needs to be concerned with, there is also Uterine and Ovarian (in case there happen to be be additional misguided women out there)
It absolutely stupid in this day and age for a woman not to have her yearly exam....from the time that you start having sex until you die (pretty much) My great grandmother got ovarian cancer when she was 70 and died from it, my other great grandmother got breast cancer at 80 and died of it. \
Dont like your dr? go find another one, and another and another and another until you find one that you can deal with.
No this is not something any woman enjoys, I dislike having to time having intercourse around it and then waiting a day or two to have it afterwards because Im sore. I dislike having to lay on that table and "scooch my butt to the end" I dislike realizing I didnt shave my legs completely and laying there with my feet in the stirrups realizing I have hairy knees...but you know what?....
I'd dislike being dead a whole lot more and Im sure my hubby and my daughter would too.
Got an issue with a male dr? there are PLENTY of female doctors that do gyn exams, and guess what? THEIR hands are smaller lol
Its what? an hour once a year (as long as the test comes back ok) to insure the well being of your body......why do you want to become a cancer death statistic?
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There are also plenty of female nurse practitioners who specialize in family planning practice and do annuals. I've been getting mine from LPNs for the last four years via a program called the Family Planning Project (via state funding, they cover exams and family planning services, including birth control, for low-income females) for free.
Every woman should get her annual exam. It's just part of being a woman and having all of our sexual organs on the inside. How many women look at their vaginas on a regular basis? Not many, that's who. When was the last time you looked at your vagina? Do you even know what your vagina should look like when it's healthy? How will you know if it looks abnormal if you don't know what it looks like normally? THAT is why we get annual exams. We don't look inside of our vaginas or check our cervixes ourselves on a regular basis, so we should have a doctor or nurse practitioner check for us once a year. It's key, as Shani said, to early detection.
Additionally, it's a great opportunity to talk about your sexual health with a health practitioner, and learn about new advances in contraception or other sexual health products.