Regarding the HPV thing, I have had no sexual contact whatsoever.
I know how important these exams are, which is why I will continue to have them despite the trauma. I did study the process, though. I knew it was going to have to happen eventually, but there's a difference between reading about something and actually having it happen. For example, pregnancy and birth fascinate me, but while reading about what happens to a woman in labor may educate me, when I actually do have babies however far down the line, no book is going to be able to fully explain how I deal with it, how MY body deals with it.
I knew that I was going to have to have a pelvic exam. I apologize if the tone of my post made it seem like a surprise. However, I still felt very violated by the whole process.
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Date: 2006-06-15 01:49 am (UTC)I know how important these exams are, which is why I will continue to have them despite the trauma. I did study the process, though. I knew it was going to have to happen eventually, but there's a difference between reading about something and actually having it happen. For example, pregnancy and birth fascinate me, but while reading about what happens to a woman in labor may educate me, when I actually do have babies however far down the line, no book is going to be able to fully explain how I deal with it, how MY body deals with it.
I knew that I was going to have to have a pelvic exam. I apologize if the tone of my post made it seem like a surprise. However, I still felt very violated by the whole process.