tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post210669379415055471..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: Written in the StarsLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-19830856694622291582009-01-09T20:36:00.000-05:002009-01-09T20:36:00.000-05:00I enjoyed reading this post, for some reason. I t...I enjoyed reading this post, for some reason. I think it had a flow going in there somewhere. But mainly I'm glad you got that appointment behind you.<BR/><BR/>BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-37280347586748550632009-01-09T15:37:00.000-05:002009-01-09T15:37:00.000-05:00Well, you know I get it. It had been a while sinc...Well, you know I get it. It had been a while since I had been to my Gyn too. They even had to check to make sure they had my stuff in order too.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you made it through though. <BR/>I have to go BACK next tuesday for a colposcopy...what fun (not!)littleangelkisseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140422279498772797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-54906019391373801342009-01-09T04:20:00.000-05:002009-01-09T04:20:00.000-05:00They do paps two to three yearly here, but I hate ...They do paps two to three yearly here, but I hate em too.<BR/><BR/>I also hate doing them, but that's because it;s hard to guess speculum size correctly.<BR/><BR/>JGeohdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084396088622931768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-85477155999820110482009-01-09T01:53:00.000-05:002009-01-09T01:53:00.000-05:00Yuck to gyn appts!P.S. I voted! I don't always co...Yuck to gyn appts!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I voted! I don't always comment but I love your blog!Soralishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134991337688208295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-53336139665769429692009-01-08T13:56:00.000-05:002009-01-08T13:56:00.000-05:00Fellow Gemini and Dr slacker here! A few years ago...Fellow Gemini and Dr slacker here! A few years ago I passed some test (for the virus that causes some types of genital warts or something) and I passed so now I don't have to go but once every three years! <BR/><BR/>Glad you went and got it taken care of.Peevemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380650452145936082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-69188332181559992432009-01-08T13:51:00.000-05:002009-01-08T13:51:00.000-05:00Sorry you had such an appointment.And geminis and ...Sorry you had such an appointment.<BR/><BR/>And geminis and not liking to go to doctors - never knew about that one. I am a gemini and I really really don't like going to the doctor. So you say there's a reason? LOLBillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344488411103420236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-89913474834466997272009-01-08T12:52:00.000-05:002009-01-08T12:52:00.000-05:00Why don't they just come to your house? Or maybe ...Why don't they just come to your house? Or maybe a mobile pap smear centre in a mall or something? So I can go have a crackaccino or go buy something right after to make it all better?Deathstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925549983959400448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-39737001363707945842009-01-08T12:48:00.000-05:002009-01-08T12:48:00.000-05:00oh, god I missed my pap smear in 2008. Oh, great....oh, god I missed my pap smear in 2008. Oh, great. And yes, I'm a Gemini and normally I don't have a problem with going to the doctor - as long as it doesn't involve my poom-poom. Cause that would mean I would have to go get a bikini wax and then I have to think about what time in my cycle should I schedule it and thinking about the speculum and the swabbing which is really a scraping and .... agghhh!Deathstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925549983959400448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-9122133856907136732009-01-08T11:44:00.000-05:002009-01-08T11:44:00.000-05:00You're in first place!You're in first place!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11037485291342703216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-57137870331629860132009-01-08T10:49:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:49:00.000-05:00I'm pretty bad with doctors myself - for various r...I'm pretty bad with doctors myself - for various reasons. look at it this way - your legs are all super soft now.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398924875071245573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-45759516440482702902009-01-08T10:46:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:46:00.000-05:00I think it is so very interesting that us IF girls...I think it is so very interesting that us IF girls avoid the gyn like the plague.<BR/><BR/>I am a Gemini but I defy my horoscope - I run to the doctor for every little thing. <BR/><BR/>Glad your appt is over and behind you for another year or so!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740939355597069712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-10627291959648842562009-01-08T10:43:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:43:00.000-05:00Okay - in between laughing hysterically and breaki...Okay - in between laughing hysterically and breaking out into a profuse fit of sweaty palms just thinking about making that yearly trek myself - I still got a few months before I need to - I am already starting to hyperventilate.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure it is no surprise being that I am a Scorpio, that I am completely irate at the fact that I gave them my uterus, my tubes AND my super freaky long cervix after letting them open and close me several times and they STILL want me to come back for a yearly. Miss Julia say huh? I mean, whassup with that?! What are they gonna do - check the echo?<BR/><BR/>Oh gosh - I just have to add my word verification for today is "hawalla" which is precisely the noise I was making reading your post! :0)JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-37545773872446820942009-01-08T09:32:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:32:00.000-05:00Good for you for putting on your big girl panties ...Good for you for putting on your big girl panties and doing something "good" for your self health! I put calling to schedule mine off for about 6 months under the delusion that I was going to get pregnant so I'd be there anyway. Hasn't happened yet, and seeing those pregnant bellies while I was there didn't magically bring sunshine and roses to my life.<BR/><BR/>Strangely enough, I don't always worry about shaving my legs before one of THOSE appointments. I figure either he's seen worse, or I am the worse, so he appreciates the shaves more. Whatever.<BR/><BR/>Now if I could just find a dermatologist who doesn't require a referral from another doctor, even with my family history of melanoma.Mrs. Higrenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716402229360715867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-11759889479710401092009-01-08T09:15:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:15:00.000-05:00oh man, that sounds like a total stressed out day....oh man, that sounds like a total stressed out day. Hate those. on a total side note (well not really) I have found the best place for paps in planned parenthood. They are SO fast and they give you free stuff. Plus the waiting rooms are much more entertaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-72604880270445722792009-01-08T07:58:00.000-05:002009-01-08T07:58:00.000-05:00I'm glad you got the pap over with--though I&#...I'm glad you got the pap over with--though I'm sorry it brought up some bad feelings for you...<BR/><BR/>"Yes, doctor, she has gotten a bit tubby, but she did take the stairs"<---this is something I think every day of my life. I'm always seen taking the stairs...as if that somehow makes it ok.'Murgdan'https://www.blogger.com/profile/00740095971968567222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-84784397587420460792009-01-08T06:39:00.000-05:002009-01-08T06:39:00.000-05:00I'm glad you went in and got things checked but I'...I'm glad you went in and got things checked but I'm sorry it was so rough.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791317184998122691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-45051108295623009452009-01-08T01:22:00.000-05:002009-01-08T01:22:00.000-05:00hey, you're WINNING!hey, you're WINNING!lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-2688546189545077662009-01-08T00:59:00.000-05:002009-01-08T00:59:00.000-05:00I am a deliquent patient as well... this has remin...I am a deliquent patient as well... this has reminded me/inspired me to make a phone call tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>I swear. I am really going to do it tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Promise.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120730876922498309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1164918550991152432009-01-07T22:46:00.000-05:002009-01-07T22:46:00.000-05:00I was WAY overdue for mine, so I can relate. even...I was WAY overdue for mine, so I can relate. eventually I had to switch to a new ob/gyn. couldn't handle it anymore. ironically I ended up in the same bldg as my RE, but somehow that was easier. go figure. <BR/><BR/>glad you're all up to date! and have smooth legs, too!lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-33245438003194686642009-01-07T22:25:00.000-05:002009-01-07T22:25:00.000-05:00Wow do I ever identify with this. I had to go for...Wow do I ever identify with this. I had to go for my annual (I *had* to because I had an abnormal pap once so I don't mess around), anyhow I had to go to my annual exactly two weeks after our first adoption fell through and my GYN office is/was also the birth mom's OB office. I had met her there for ultrasounds and such and had to sit in the same waiting room with all the preggos, thinking that she could (for whatever reason) walk in with the baby at any time). I was terrified. Not to mention that one floor above me was the delivery ward where the whole painful thing went down. It sucked big time. You'd think I'd just change GYNs, right? Except the next closes GYNs on my insurance are a 30-minute drive away and the office in question is 5 minutes away. Anyhow, I'm glad you sucked it up and went to your appointment, it's very adult of you :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-42933631714762352592009-01-07T21:55:00.000-05:002009-01-07T21:55:00.000-05:00I am going to be a little bit harsh here Mel.First...I am going to be a little bit harsh here Mel.<BR/><BR/>First off though as a fellow Gemini I can say I have never had trouble going to the doctor. It could be that having mine on the 19th of June and a sort of cusp makes a difference, I am not sure but just an FYI.<BR/><BR/>OK now to the tough love.<BR/>As a mother it is your responsibility to get over your doctor issue and go to all your yearly appointments. I mean this. I had cancer at 19 and it was caught early because I went to my doctors appointment. Early detection, especially with breast and ovarian cancer is soooo crucial. I feel very strongly about this, about early detection, and about being there as long as you possibly can for your kids.<BR/><BR/>Were I not a mom I am sure I would likely still smoke. It is what makes me so determined to get this weight thing in check after this pregnancy. And it is what helps drive me to make the yearly checks and take the vitamins and thyroid meds I have to take forever.<BR/><BR/>I love and adore you and hate to think of your struggles with this, but I also believe if you view it this way it becomes much much easier to overcome.<BR/><BR/>Much love I hope I didn't offend.bleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467701792949981337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-56845992613180637552009-01-07T21:39:00.000-05:002009-01-07T21:39:00.000-05:00I finally found the right doctor. I don't mind go...I finally found the right doctor. I don't mind going to see my OB/GYN, because he's awesome. I'd see him all the time, if he wasn't obligated to check the undercarriage. In fact, he's the OB/GYN for almost all of my husband's family. But, I have to say, I never go to the doctor otherwise, unless I have to. I think I've had bronchitis every year for the past 10 years, but was never diagnosed with it (or treated for it) until last year. I went to the doctor that time only because I thought I might have strep throat and could give it to my toddler. And I'm a Cancer.<BR/><BR/>Good for you for getting it over with, though.areyoukiddingmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-15457213091111326052009-01-07T21:08:00.000-05:002009-01-07T21:08:00.000-05:00gulp. I've been avoiding going in for my annual t...gulp. I've been avoiding going in for my annual too. I was supposed to go in November, and haven't made the appointment yet. I've also been lax on going back to see my GP, and having some bloodwork done. If you can do it, I can do it. I'll call tomorrow. Thanks for the push. I needed that!<BR/><BR/>And yeah- no one likes the speculum. Yuck! And ouch!Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618450893147930174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-88492082492879463712009-01-07T20:42:00.001-05:002009-01-07T20:42:00.001-05:00I completely understand that completely understand...I completely understand that completely understand the profound uncomfortable feeling. I am a horrible patient as well and get fussed at routinely for not going more often. It makes you have to face the reality of everything involved around it. Who wants to do that? Wouldn't we all rather just live in a utopia of everything is perfect?Carrie27https://www.blogger.com/profile/01067539967893759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-9448997028735518922009-01-07T20:42:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:42:00.000-05:00Good for you to go to the appointment...you're fre...Good for you to go to the appointment...you're free now until next January. <BR/><BR/>At least you weren't like me at my last one, I started bawling on the table during the exam!<BR/><BR/>Oh, why do we feel we need to shave for them, either?Photogrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709453130822429881noreply@blogger.com