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  • heartbreak_star
    heartbreak_star Posts: 8,286 Forumite
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    Ooh, OP's completely ejected all the toys from pram now and has changed the title and amended the opening post. Hopefully she's done this because she's heard all the stories on here and decided that a few minutes of her time with a nurse's hand up her mooer every three years is worth it. :)


    Done the same in her DT threads too, and deleted all her posts so we all look like we're talking to ourselves :rotfl:

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  • pigpen
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    This_Year wrote: »
    I find they tend to frown on you laying there with a glass of wine in your hand and your legs akimbo in my surgery ;)

    don't know about anyone else but I'd spill it in my face trying to drink in *that* position lol... maybe a lidded sippy cup is a better idea?

    They wouldn't notice anyway so long as you were correctly pruned ( foof topiary anyone?) toes painted, toe ring and jingly anklet.. :D
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  • System
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    My daughter at the age of 25 attended her first smear test and they found abnormal cells. She had to forgoe any plans for starting her family until she had treatment and was in the clear.

    I'm so glad she was screened and treated early on.
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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    don't know about anyone else but I'd spill it in my face trying to drink in *that* position lol... maybe a lidded sippy cup is a better idea?

    They wouldn't notice anyway so long as you were correctly pruned ( foof topiary anyone?) toes painted, toe ring and jingly anklet.. :D

    Fwiw I can drink while lying prone. It requires very unattractive lip position, but its possible. I have had far too much practise.

    But a sports drink bottle would do the same as a zippy cup and probably be more socially acceptable for those of us who have no kids.
  • aileth
    aileth Posts: 2,822 Forumite
    I think if I walked into the Nurse's room with a children's sippy cup full of wine, I'd be more likely to leave with an appointment with a psychiatrist than a completed smear test!
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    edited 1 May 2013 at 11:54AM
    aileth wrote: »
    I think if I walked into the Nurse's room with a children's sippy cup full of wine, I'd be more likely to leave with an appointment with a psychiatrist than a completed smear test!

    Well, some have felt the smear was compulsory, so chances are you would get both ;). Top and tail I guess.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    aileth wrote: »
    I think if I walked into the Nurse's room with a children's sippy cup full of wine, I'd be more likely to leave with an appointment with a psychiatrist than a completed smear test!

    And to think that some people complain about the NHS - and you reckon you'd get two appointments for the price of one!
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  • pigpen
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    Fwiw I can drink while lying prone. It requires very unattractive lip position, but its possible. I have had far too much practise.

    I don't even want to know how you discovered that little 'gift'

    But a sports drink bottle would do the same as a zippy cup and probably be more socially acceptable for those of us who have no kids.

    I guess... but they make my lip sore.. you could use a bendy straw..

    I need to get out more lol.
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  • valk_scot
    valk_scot Posts: 5,290 Forumite
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    Just to give this conversation a boringly sensible turn, I've been known to take a thermos of tea with me to medical appointments. If I feel a bit wabbit coming out I'll sit in the car or on a convenient bench and have a cuppa, just to calm down. Caffeine enhances the effects of paracetamol/ibuprofen too, so it's all good.
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  • Person_one
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    aileth wrote: »
    I have just received my first letter and am hoping they can do it at the same time as my depo (which is usually done by nurse). I had a very similar 'procedure' done a few years back when I had trouble with cramps. I have to say it certainly wasn't the most pleasant experience, but definitely nothing a *large* glass of wine and a piece of galaxy can't fix!


    I have mine done at the same time. Not every time of course, a smear every 12 weeks would be a bit OTT! Its still only a 10 minute appointment, if that.
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