To be slightly embarrassed because I know the lady who will give me a smear?

[Themasterandmargaritas]

I am having a long overdue smear tomorrow. The GP who will do it is known to me, but I don't know her terribly well, as it is my dh who is very friendly with hers. To add insult to injury they are coming to dinner on Friday! Should I feel embarrassed or will she have seen it all before?

Perhaps I should rephrase that, I have been to see a few male gynaes. Don't want you all thinking I am slapper

Wasn't talking about life or death. I said 'life threatening situations excepted' in my post!

My point was that there is choice about male or female gynaes and while theres choice, I'll go for the woman as I don't trust the motives of any man who chooses to qualify himself to spend his entire working life delaing with vaginas. I find it very odd that any man would choose ths as his career path and I don't trust them.

Imananny, glad to see that I'm not alone

And TMAM I laughed out loud at your comments on her rejection of you, lol

my friend was invited to a dinner party where her local gp attended and she had an app the next day for a breast exam with him ... just grin and bear it ...

expat - life or death is different, but for smears (and I have them every 6mths) as i have had 3 lots of cancerous cells zapped and a cone biopsy - its nice not to have a strange man twice a year shove his fingers up me!!

My own doctor is male, and he is fab, have no problem getting pill from him and him asking questions, but I just like a bit of privacy in some things

though it might change after i have had children, apparen;ly ALL your dignity goes then, so my dear friends tell me

Yes, I have lovely male docs too - just don't want them there. And I've had 7 children, nanny