FOR MEN
Okay, I am speaking to you guys here. You know how we complain about going to the doctor and getting that ‘look-right-and-cough’ exam with our pants pulled down to our knees? Stop whining because it is nothing like what women have to go through at their female doctor visits.
OKAY WOMEN CAN JOIN NOW
We went to our first pregnancy doctor visit, and wow, my eyes are opened to what women have to go through. I am going to give this from the guys perspective here so pardon any ignorance I show. Guys, this may be too much for you so it is okay if you have to stop reading (wimp). Jooae had told me how these things go down, but it is quite different to be an eyewitness.
The first exam was more or less a basic gynecological exam plus blood work and such. I was there basically to answer like 3 questions about my health history. So here’s how it goes: first they have you disrobe and put on one of those uncomfortable hospital type robes. Actually for women they wrap around the front like a normal bathrobe. After taking the medical history, the nurse asks you to lay back and put your feet in these stirrup things. So basically the woman is laying there with all her glory exposed to the world. Wait guys, it gets worse. The nurse grabs this instrument that basically was a cold metal shoehorn - I kid you not. I think the point was to, eh, stick it into a very sensitive place in order to pry it open. Now as I was watching this, a few thoughts came to mind. Surely after decades of female care, they could have devised an instrument that was perhaps a bit more comfortable for women. I mean, come on, cold metal? I am pretty sure that we have devised other materials in the twentieth century that could be used. I was thinking something like the Dr. Scholls gel inserts for shoes (to stick with the shoehorn analogy). This would be more comfortable and maybe could be warmed. Just a thought. Anyway, then the nurse takes some swabs for something they call a ‘pap smear’ - if that is not a positive sounding test name, I don’t know what is. Meanwhile the woman just lies there helpless. Seriously, this has got to be against some ethical code or something. Of course the biggest disgrace is that you are paying for this to be done to you. I have a new respect for women.
Guys, stop whining (you know what I mean).
