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fandomsecrets2015-05-27 06:42 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2015-05-27 06:42 pm
[ SECRET POST #3066 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3066 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Christopher Walken]
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[Harry Potter/Parvati Patil]
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[The Mummy]
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[tokyo ghoul]
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[Ioan Gruffudd/Alexander Siddig/Dominic Keating/Max Pirkis]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 023 secrets from Secret Submission Post #438.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: Things you think you should know how to do/about, but don't. (Or forgot.)
(Anonymous) 2015-05-28 02:12 am (UTC)(link)So I need to go. I've picked out a doctor, but I haven't called. I've read up on what to expect but I still feel like I don't REALLY know anything and it's going to be this hugely foreign, awkward experience. And even though I don't really think there's anything I can do that's WRONG before going, I still feel like I'll find something that can not right and do it.
I also need to go to the dentis (10 years since I've been) and eye doctor (2 years since I've been). So really this just needs to be the summer of medical treatment for me, I guess, and I feel really dumb about all of it.
Re: Things you think you should know how to do/about, but don't. (Or forgot.)
Good luck!
Re: Things you think you should know how to do/about, but don't. (Or forgot.)
(Anonymous) 2015-05-28 03:26 am (UTC)(link)1) You're shown to the examination room and there's a paper robe and maybe another paper sheet. The nurse explains that you need to undress completely, put on the robe, sit on the table and lay the sheet over your lap if you like. The nurse usually runs a pan of warm water to heat the speculum in so it's not ice cold. Then you're left alone to undress, and in my doctor's office, there's a switch you flip that works a light on the outer door to let the doctor know you're ready. No embarrassing walk-ins where you're struggling out of your bra, etc.
2) Doctor comes in, small talk and asks if you've had any problems. My doc checks my ears (painless) and my lungs with a stethoscope, asking me to breathe in deeply, also painless.
3) Doc then asks me to lean back and scootch up to the edge of the examining table, where there are stirrups to put my feet in. You do not have to spread your legs very wide, so this part is more embarrassing than uncomfortable.
4) Doc puts on gloves and then inserts the speculum, which is a metal instrument that sort of looks like a duck's bill. It opens when it's inside you, which doesn't feel great but is more discomfort than actual pain.
5) The pap smear test can be uncomfortable. It involves inserting a swab and scraping some cells off your cervix. I don't have a really high pain threshold and the worst it's ever felt is like a half second period cramp. Most of the time I barely feel anything at all, and it's quite fast.
6) When that's done, speculum is removed. Doc then lubes up and does a digital examination of my uterus, which involves inserting two fingers and pressing up from the inside while his other hand presses down from the outside, i.e. my lower abdomen. He's checking to make sure there's no tenderness or anything weird going on. This is uncomfortable, but still way better than period cramps.
7) Final step is the breast exam. One arm goes up over your head, and the doc massages your breast in a circular motion from the nipple working in a spiral out to your armpit area. My doc looks away when he does this and it's all quite clinical. Then he does the other breast.
After that, he checks to see if I have any questions or other problems, we shake hands and he leaves so I can get dressed. I forgot to mention that a nurse may or may not also be present while the exam goes on. That's for your protection as well as the doctor's, to make sure there's no hanky panky. The results usually come back in a week, but my doc works on a "no news is good news" policy, so I don't get notified if everything looks okay.
Now, depending on how old you are and your family history, the doc may want you to get a mammogram. That's a whole other thing, but I find it less scary because it's less invasive. You have to strip down but just on top and the mammogram machine is this tall metal contraption with two metal plates. First, the nurse asks if you have any bumps or moles on your breasts. I got funny circular band-aids to stick on them, just to mark them on the scan to let people know they're not tumors. Your boob basically gets squished between the plates on the machine. That's not great, but try to schedule it for a time when your breasts aren't sensitive or tender due to periods and it should be fine. The nurse or technician can usually go through the preliminary results with you right away, and you'll get a notification later if there are any issues that need following up.
Re: Things you think you should know how to do/about, but don't. (Or forgot.)
(Anonymous) 2015-05-28 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)it hurts me.