great thread

one of my friends had a work colleague who was way overdue, she went & found out she had (treatable) ovarian cancer. which then started all the girls in their workplace going. my friend found out she had a massive cyst that she had to have operated on. which in turn sent me (and have gone on time since). all happy endings, but it seems crazy that it takes so much to kick our bums into gear sometimes.

ETA - i didn't realise that mrsmac. i'm gonna have to do some proper research now.