I guarantee no one can have a smear test more embarrassing than my first one, so will tell you my story so that you book yours, knowing it will go swimmingly in comparison.
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Hopped onto the examining bed, made myself relax, she inserted the speculum, and started peeling the wrapper off the swab, then asked me "How often do you check your breasts for lumps?" Me: "Never."
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She pursed her lips and said "You really should. Quite often. In fact, you should do it every time you cream yourself." Now. In hindsight, I realise by "cream" she presumably meant "moisturise". But where I grew up "cream" had a very different connotation than that, for teenagers
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I was almost hysterical but could not show it. Had to keep my face completely straight. My stomach muscles were almost herniating as I tried to stop myself convulsing like a puerile child. The tension had to go somewhere. The plastic speculum shot out of it's own accord.
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It shattered on the floor. She paused, turned to look at the shrapnel, and deadpan said "No problems with the pelvic floor then" as she left the room to fetch another.
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