"I've never got why women put it off."
No shit Sherlock. You can't imagine for one moment why some people find them extremely distressing?
Have you ever met some abused? Raped? PTSD. Horrific birth experience.
painful-smears
If your child has a fit and nearly died, or your husband had a heart attack and you thought you'd lost him?
For most A smear is just minorly embarrassing, For others it's a tiny bit uncomfortable. For some it's really bad. Can you comprehend that?
I hate them. More than I hate anything else medical. I don't know why I hate them so much. I've tried all the techniques, all the recommendations, pain relief before, the whole hand sitting on my hands does nothing. I have an inverted cervix, they could never get it in, they try the small, they try the long thin, they try this, they try that, they often fail, nearly every time, it's incredibly painful. The most painful medical thing I have ever experienced in my whole life and I've had toothache, injections into my eyes, and two children by cs. and they were a walk in the park compare to smears. that probably sounds weird to you, if smears don't bother you. because you've never experienced it or you're not one of those types for whom it's very painful.
but please have an ounce of respect and understand there are some women for whom it is for whatever reason incredibly painful.