PAPSMEAR Reminder Thread

[smiles4u]

Oh thanks Smiles , i am going to ask my DR about it

I have an appoitment to get my skin checked at a skin cancer clinic (they bulk bill my one) phheww next week ,its very important as well.But yeah GP can do it as well

WOW Shell they bulk bill at your skin cancer clinic that's awesome ... well in that case gals i would recommend DO your check there instead as i felt the surgeon who was the one that checked me over 'again' was better and also he had these special googles he wears that the GP clearly doesn't have and when the GP cut a biopsy of the main spot of concern the surgeon said she didn't cut it all out properly and didn't have it all to test (and my GP is a great GP but clearly not a super skinspot specialist)


(and if any of you ever need to have a skinspot removed i highly recommend a Plastic Surgeon and not a regular surgeon cause they will make the scar look as pretty as possible, but keep in mind plastic surgeons cost more $$ ... I went to the SkinSpot clinic here and it cost me nearly $400 just to remove 'three' small spots, health insurance didn't cover it ).

>>>>> DON'T FORGET GALS WHEN BOOKING YOUR PAPSMEAR APPOINTMENT YOU NEED TO TELL THE RECEPTIONIST IT'S FOR A PAPSMEAR TEST SO SHE CAN BOOK IT AS A DOUBLE BOOKING and not a regular length booking <<<<<<

[Shanti]

I'm getting mine at my 6 week post natal check up with my GP after this bub is born. I refuse to get one whilst pregnant. I think they are really important and once you've had a baby, it's not a big deal having a papsmear anyway (as in, less embarassing as everyone has already seen your bits LOL)

[mrsmac]

What a great thread.
My MIL was in hospital last week having precancerous cells removed which were found at her papsmear. She is 59 so not terribly old.
A friend's sister in NZ discovered she had VERY advanced cervical cancer at 35, she had put off getting pap smears, she is alive still but with lots of complications "down there".

[ShootingStar]

I agree! I was a year overdue at the beginning of this year and something was nagging at me to get it done as we were going to TTC. Well, lucky for me i did as it came back with high risk CIN3 precancerous cells (and im only 30). I ended up having to have surgery to have these removed in April. My recent pap smear since has come back all clear, but now have to have them every 6 months. Had i not have had that pap smear and then just went on to TTC who knows when i wouldve had my next one and those cells could have turned into cancer!

So get it done! Stop putting it off because its annoying and uncomfortable and embarrassing.. mehh.. those doctors have looked at HUNDREDS of hoohaas and done THOUSANDS of pap smears.. they dont think twice about doing it. And not to mension alot of woman who put it off have given birth! And theres nothing more uncomfortable than pushing out watermelon out the size of a lemon. So if you can do that, a pap smear is a walk in the park... and well.. it just may save your life!

[Indadhanu]

Um. I'm overdue by ... a lot ... but my doctor is not open now! Remind me tomorrow!

[trishalishous]

Excellent idea!!!
As someone who was diagnosed with cervical cancer as a 16yo virgin, I urge all women to be check regularly.

[sconeonamission]

I was due for one, but am pregnant at the moment. I went to my (public hosp) hospital ob appt and she said "oh, you're due for your PS, do you want to do it now?" All done at once! I think that ob saw all of me that day!