Nag-Nag-Go to your Doctor-Nag-Nag

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Submitted by Rooney on Sun, 10/10/2004 - 3:40pm

I turned 40, last November.
"Time for a check up." from my Mom.
"Are you gonna get a check up babe?" asked my husband.
And every radio commercial, tv ad, and magazine article asked the same question.
NO! NO! NO!
I hate going to doctors, especially for female stuff. It is so personnal, and well I get embarrassed.
July, 2004, I got a nasty sty...went into pink eye, scrounged thru the meds in cabinet, found some old meds for my eye. Got worse.
Changed my primary for a new woman doctor. She looks at my eye and says I've got pink eye, and looks like I am allergic to my self meds. Ooops. But she doesn't chew me out. Tells me she understands what I did. But can she please do a pap on me. I haven't had one in over 8 years.
Well, she was so nice and understanding, I said yes.
She did. Whew, she pushed down by my left overy, if I had been sitting up, I think I would have hit her. The pain was incrediable.
She wrote me up for an ultra-sound.
It came back not good. Lots medical sounding stuff.
Referral to another specialist Gyn.
Funny guy, actually like him too. He answers my questions, gives me choices.
We decide to do a D&C and find out whats wrong in there.
Comes back not good. More choices.
Hysterectomy in the works. Actually scheduled for October 12th.
I have pre-cancerous cells. Cells if left alone, would invade other parts of my body. I am lucky. I am 40. I was forced to see a doctor. Please make that appointment today.

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Thanks Rooney

by Vonnie - 10/11/2004 - 4:50am

I was supposed to get a mammogram (just a baseline since I'm 36 now) last month; had to reschedule because of hurricane. I haven't rescheduled yet, but I'm putting that on my list of phone calls to make today!

Vonnie

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Fear

by Kerri - 10/11/2004 - 8:19pm

is a really horrible motivator. My SIL still hasn't gone for her mammogram, though she's now heading for 42. Time to start bugging her again. Like most of us she thinks she'd rather not know if there's something wrong.

my grandmother had that attitude to doctors too, that she'd know if there was anything wrong. First hint she got was bad jaundice, but by then the cancer was so bad that she lasted less than a year.

no amount of these stories really gets through to us though, until it happens to someone close to us, or to ourselves, but it's still worth the try. Thanks Anne!

and good luck tomorrow (it's already Tuesday here) - I'll be thinking of you.

Kerri.

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I just sent

by Kerri - 10/11/2004 - 8:22pm

my SIL a copy of your post Anne, without your name, but explaining how I know you. I hope it will jolt her into doing something.

Kerri.

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yikes

by jennye - 10/13/2004 - 9:32am

This reminds me that I need to make my appt for my wonderful yearly, and for the baby's 2 year check up and shots.

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