Men Have It Easy 5/25/2001
This is a continuation of my day from my last entry. To top off everything, I had my first gynocology appointment that day. Sorry if that grosses any of you out, by the way. My mother and I were fighting, so she basically dumped me off at the doctor's ofice and said "You're on your own. If you have any questions, ask the doctor." She left.
The doctor was a fairly young woman, who was a pretty nice person. The experience itself was absolutely horrible and degrading though. I mean, here I am, shivering like crazy in a freezing cold doctor's office, in a gown as thick as a paper towel and just as flimsy. The doctor asked me if I gave myself breast exams. Um no. With my luck, I'd think I felt something, call the doctor's office in a panic, and the results would turn out as fine. Then she says, "Well, you're being pretty calm, so I'm going to give you a detailed explanation about what I'll be doing during this exam." Gee, thanks Doc. She shows me this metal thing and is telling me that she's going to stick that in me, open it up, and take a "sample." A sample??? It's not like there are little green men hiding in there. As long as it's not green with orange spots, I'm fine. I get along very well that region of my body; it doesn't bother me, I don't bother it, we get along very well. And what happens if the doctor slips and ends up stabbing me in a a very inconvenient place?
So as she's about to do the exam she says,"This may be a little umcomfortable." Uncomfortable is a euphemism for what I felt. It's so embarrassing too. It was kind of funny, in a twisted way, because she kept asking me everyday questions like, What college are you going too? and Are you doing well in school? I felt like saying, "Do want want to talk about this with me while you're doing that? Why don't you concentrate on getting the little green men out of me, hmm? Sigh...the things women have to go through.
The whole reason for me going through this torture was because I wanted to start taking birth control pills. Not that I plan on having sex anytime in the near future, but just in case. One of my biggest fears about college is getting drunk and going home with some guy and getting pregnant. If that ever happened I would probably get an abortion, but I would really REALLY rather not have to make that choice. So as of Sunday, I'll be taking the pill. Go me. I just wish men had to go through this too. They seem to have it so easy sometimes....
Until my next ramble
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