Anonymous #1 1w

Yes it is ignorant but imo I really do think it’s stupidity as well. Colonoscopies, mammograms and pap smears are 3 tests to help us find cancer early, knowing that and deciding not to have said test is ignorant but it’s stupid as well that’s just how I feel. Cancer is worse than any test. And please for the love try and switch to a female doctor for gyno it’s truly night and day

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Anonymous OP 1w

it’s not many around where i am. i usually try to close my eyes and pray for it to be over lol

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Anonymous #3 1w

I had vaginismus for my first pap smear and it went fine. It was uncomfortable, but my doctor was very accommodating and receptive. If you don’t feel comfortable with the person doing the pap smear, then it’s worth finding someone else, but don’t just skip it

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Anonymous #1 1w

it's very very dumb to take that kind of risk when it comes to your body and health

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Anonymous #2 1w

That’s so horrible, I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I also just had my first a couple months ago. I’ve had other tests go wrong before and it absolutely can be traumatizing. But I agree, I’d do it again and again to protect my health.

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Anonymous #3 1w

Yes me as well. I truly think having a good doctor like that is important for tests like these. I can’t imagine having a dismissive doctor for a test like that. I can’t even really use tampons and I’m a stone top lesbian so I had myself really really worked up for the appointment. But my doctor was very assuring and in tune with my responses. She gave me a break before I had the chance to ask for one.

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Anonymous #3 1w

Absolutely. It is also an insane privilege to have these kinds of tests as there’s around 195 other types of cancers that don’t have anything like that. The only reason I survived my cancer was because we found it accidentally. There are no early dedication tests for what I had. There are around 200,000 deaths globally each year from the specific tumor I had. So to ignore such privileges is just fucking crazy to me

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Anonymous #4 1w

that’s not what i was talking about, but ty for telling me this :)

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Anonymous #2 1w

I wonder if you can ask for pain management next time

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Anonymous #2 1w

that's so awful, im so sorry you had to experience that. do you think maybe the doctor did something wrong?

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Anonymous #4 1w

It’s possible. She was very young so she may have been inexperienced. Also I’m a virgin and I don’t really stick anything up there, so the sudden opening with the speculum may have caused the pain since I’m not used to anything like that. I also found other women online who said that they also experienced a ton of pain, and it never gets better no matter what you do or what doctor you have. Some women’s bodies just don’t react well to pap smears. So idk what case I fall into

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Anonymous #2 1w

In some cases it depends on the doctor, my gf’s first one was very painful but the second one barely felt like anything. Different doctors

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