I had the most surreal experience yesterday. There I am legs akimbo, with three nurses looking my neither regions, fan blowing against my hair, staring up at a man scuba diving somewhere exotic. The only thing I could think of, was could the scuba diver actually see what the nurses were staring at. Put a new perspective on ‘going for a dive’.

 

I have to say the nurses were great but I have to wait another 4-6 weeks for some biopsy results to come back, which just drags the experience on. The only downside was that when the smear results came back they were borderline but when they examined me yesterday it looked different again. Just have to wait and see what happens. Some people might wonder why I talk so openly about such an experience, well why the hell not is what I say? Apparently thousands of women go through this all the time, but you hardly hear anything about it, which makes the whole experience kind of scary. You don’t know what to expect and think you are very much alone. Recently I have talked openly with friends about the whole thing and you realise a lot of people go through the same thing. Another scary thing that I have learnt is just how many women do not go for smears at all. One of the main reasons for women getting cervical cancer is not having smears carried out. Crazy to think that such a simple procedure is pushed to one side due to embarrassment and the lack of understanding.

 

Today I must admit I am feeling a bit pants and woke up with really bad nausea, although this could be down to the fact I tried some new chinese food yesterday! All the running round the hospital has had one good effect though, in that I lost 2lbs just trying to find the right ward!