So today I had one of *those* doctors appointments, the kind women look forward to on a biennial basis, thank you Dr Papanicolaou. I decided to go to one of the doctors at the surgery I’ve used for various appointments for the children since we moved, I chose her because she specialises in womens health. She doesn’t specialise in making things sound nice though …

The procedure itself was fine, but it’s always so surreal,  lying back and trying to pretend you are somewhere else while keeping up your end of the chatty conversation. This one was even weirder than usual … in between comments and questions about why we chose Copenhagen, did I speak Danish etc etc she’d pop in little gems suchs as “I strongly recommend you get a thin smear as well … it does cost a little extra …”  and a short time later “I’ll put you on a different pap test advisory register, they are more reliable … it does cost a little extra …”.

There is something distinctly uncomfortable about being upsold for a pap smear while it’s underway, you feel like you need to agree with everything that’s offered or they’ll use the *cold* speculum. But it was nothing like the freakiness of her announcing “Oh, I might as well have a feel around while I’m in here” and following up with “how are your breasts? Do you want me to feel them as well?”. Um, let me guess … it costs a little extra??

Glad that’s over for another two years!