*clings on tightly* I'm still scared - actually it's getting easier now that I've been sitting approving for an hour or so (yeah, I've not approved much....I've done a lot of thinking 'umm 90% sure on that' and left it). I just need some time & practice to get used to it.
I think we're into preventative medicine at some level eg. there's a national screening programme for cervical cancer/HPV, but we've less money spent on health care per head and (in some ways thankfully) we're far less litigious - it's highly unlikely a patient would be able to sue her doctor for not identifying the early changes that can lead to cervical cancer, unless he'd failed to ensure she was invited along to the screening.
For me the worst part is that I'd reached an almost pleasant state of being prepared for the test to be unpleasant but curious about what it's actually like and I'm now left with that curiorisity unsatisfied, but it'll be OK.
I'm not too worried though - AFAIK no virgin has ever been diagnosed with cervical cancer and I believe what I was told about me being too young for there to be any of the other kinds of pre cancerous changes. I will make sure I have one done in five-ten years or so, even if I'm not sexually active, just to be sure though. Cancer's not a nice way to go.
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I think we're into preventative medicine at some level eg. there's a national screening programme for cervical cancer/HPV, but we've less money spent on health care per head and (in some ways thankfully) we're far less litigious - it's highly unlikely a patient would be able to sue her doctor for not identifying the early changes that can lead to cervical cancer, unless he'd failed to ensure she was invited along to the screening.
For me the worst part is that I'd reached an almost pleasant state of being prepared for the test to be unpleasant but curious about what it's actually like and I'm now left with that curiorisity unsatisfied, but it'll be OK.
I'm not too worried though - AFAIK no virgin has ever been diagnosed with cervical cancer and I believe what I was told about me being too young for there to be any of the other kinds of pre cancerous changes. I will make sure I have one done in five-ten years or so, even if I'm not sexually active, just to be sure though. Cancer's not a nice way to go.