Catherine Durkin Robinson
Come on – cold fingers, cold instruments, and one rather large telescope all up in your privates at the same time. What’s not to like?
Oh wait. They aren’t dimming the lights or strategically placing that telescope just so? Color me embarrassed. Maybe like is a bit of an exaggeration, huh? Okay.
Still. It doesn’t have to be as bad you might imagine.
If you get a call from your doctor saying they have to take a look up there, here’s how to get through a colposcopy without unraveling psychologically.
Try not to imagine the worst. If you are sitting at the bar with a drink in your hand making eyes at a man who looks like Bradley Cooper while he makes his way toward you, anticipation rocks. If you’re driving to the doctor so he can snip off sections of your cervix to determine if you have cancer? Not so much.
I drove to Dr. Wilkerson’s office last Monday feeling a measure of nervousness and nausea I h...
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