The Fancatus Bureau of Incest ([info]balefully) wrote,
@ 2006-09-13 01:02:00
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Current mood: discontent
Current music:Foreigner -- Double Vision
Entry tags:recs - spn and cwrps

The day of doctorishness, apparently...
SO. House? Was awesome tonight. A) the beginning was totally a SPN episode, man. And if I'd ever watched the X-Files, I'm sure I would have loved it even more. Also, the diagnosis was kickass. B) HOW MUCH DOES WILSON LOVE HOUSE? SO MUCH. HE DIDN'T WANT HIS WINGS TO MELT. <3333!

What was NOT awesome today, however, was my attempt to get my acne cleared up. Oh no. See, I went to the dermatologist, and he said I should start taking Yasmin, which is a birth control pill, because it'll fix my screwed up hormone levels and therefore clear up my skin and my unfortunately hairy chin/neck area. BUT, the dermatologist couldn't actually prescribe it, and said I had to get an OB-GYN to do it instead. Which lead to...


So I called and made the appointment, went there, checked in, blahblah. And then the nurse took me back, and took my temperature and height/weight. And I'm standing there thinking "...UM?!" because JESUS CHRIST ALL I WANTED WAS THE PILL. So I thought well hey, maybe they needed my temp. and weight to make sure I could have the pill, or something. So I happily went into the exam room, assuming the doctor would come and give the prescription and it would all be good. BUT NO. The nurse was all "IT IS TIME TO TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES AND PUT ON THE GOWN NOW! :D!" and I was all "...ohshit." I was actually going to have to have a freaking gynecologist sticking her hands/metal instruments/pokey things/etc. up me, and all I wanted was something to clear up my skin. D: The doctor came in, and she was like "SO! Are you here for your annual pap smear, or do you have discharge or something?" I just kind of went "...o.O?! I JUST NEED YASMIN FOR MY SKIN OMFG HELP." And she was all "Well, you've never had a pap smear before, and you should, so we'll do a complete exam while you're here."

Yeah. I was not happy. It wouldn't have been too bad, really, except that APPARENTLY, I AM ABNORMAL. She was, like, rooting around down there forever, and she was all "...I can't find your cervix. D:" and I was all "Um. I'm pretty sure it's there." So after, like, ten minutes, SHE HAD TO LEAVE TO GO FIND A LONGER SPECULUM, BECAUSE MY CERVIX IS SO FUCKING DEEP, SHE COULDN'T REACH IT WITH THE INSTRUMENTS SHE HAD. D: D: D: The scrape-y pap smear part didn't really hurt, just kinda pinched, but then she had to feel around with her fingers and press really hard on the outside of my pelvis, and it fucking KILLED. Like, it hurt like FUCKING HELL. And she was all "relax your belly..." but if I relaxed it just hurt MORE, so I was all "FUCK THAT!" and clenched my abs as rock-hard as I possibly could and pretended to be relaxing. D: I AM SURPRISED I AM NOT ALL BRUISED.

Anyway, so then she wrote me the prescription, FINALLY, and told me a billion horror stories about people who take Yasmin and get blood clots everywhere and how I shouldn't take any long flights while I'm on it. HAH, I WISH, LADY. I'm seriously glad I'm not a hypochondriac, or I would actually die of anxiety while taking this freaking pill. >:0! WHAT A PAIN.

And now, a couple more recs:

Widdershins, by [info]angstslashhope. I seem to be on a genfic roll here. Seriously, I have next to no interest in John Winchester, and I am usually made physically ill by stories about/containing babies or people who have babies. This three-parter, though? This was fucking magic. It was so finely plotted and everything was so richly described, and just. FUCK, THE PLOT. And John is AMAZING and baby Sam and baby Dean are to DIE for, and the penultimate scene with John and the house and fire and the current-day...well, you'll see. It'll suck you in instantly, seriously.

Lessons Learned, by [info]lyra_wing. This is a multi-part story starring Michael from Something Wicked, and just. Woah. I am drooling and spazzing out with the incredible, driving urge for more of this, and there won't ever be. D: The boys are SO well-written, and Sam and Dean's future life is fascinating, and they are so so so perfect in their weird domestic situation and just EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS is fabulous. Someone else plz to be writing in this universe, kthx.

OH AND! I saw Little Miss Sunshine with my parents tonight (and had Chinese food omgyum), which was amazing and hilarious and GOD I LOVE STEVE CARELL SO MUCH. And Dwayne was a schmooface. I was sobbing and laughing hysterically at the same time when he freaked out. That guy was also in The Girl Next Door, which, you know. I am a total sucker for ANYWAY, so of course I would love him no matter what.


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[info]furiosity
2006-09-13 05:06 am UTC (link)
I HATE GYNO EXAMS. HATE. D:

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 05:08 am UTC (link)
Apparently, my CERVIX hates gyno exams, and decided to HIDE, so I had to ENDURE IT EVEN LONGER WHILE SHE FOUND THE FUCKING THING. >:0!

I FEEL YOUR PAIN. D:

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(no subject) - [info]emmagrant01, 2006-09-13 02:32 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]radiobroadcast
2006-09-13 05:09 am UTC (link)
Gyno exams are HELL ON EARTH.

And I'm on Yasmin too! It cleared up my skin completely in WEEKS, it's amazing.

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 05:11 am UTC (link)
I AM NOT A FAN! It could have been worse, I suppose, and now that I know to tell them when they start that they need SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT or whatever, it'll go faster, BUT STILL.

And YAY, that is good to hear! You are not dead of blood clots, either, which is nice to know. ;)!

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[info]babyofthegroup
2006-09-13 05:14 am UTC (link)
There are many reasons I am glad to be a boy. One of them is that I don't have to deal with girly bits and all the horrible things that can go wrong with them. Another is that I don't have girly bits and thus don't have to have them examined.

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 05:16 am UTC (link)
I am so ridiculously jealous, you have no idea. D: D: D: I wish you thousands of uncomforable prostate exams in the future. :|

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(no subject) - [info]balefully, 2006-09-13 05:17 am UTC (Expand)
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[info]poetsshadow
2006-09-13 05:46 am UTC (link)
See, everyone who's commented here has been all "OMG VAGINA EXAM ICK >_<" and I've been getting them since I was 16 (that's when I first went on the pill to fix my stupid hormones). And I dunno...maybe I've gotten used to them? But they're really not that bad. Obviously the first few years it hurt like mighty hell to get all stretched open like that, but I'm glad for them. If anything does happen to your inside bits, there's really no better way to tell than a Pap Smear. And if you establish a good relationship with your doctor, they'll know what normal for you and what's not and all that. Doctors now are able to catch something like 99% of cervical cancers before they get bad and thus deal with them.
/end medical lecture. XD
Point is, even if they kinda suck at first, they're a really really good thing to do to stay healthy. And you might as well get used to them, because as long as you're on the pill, they'll wanna see you once a year.
*ahem* Yay healthy girlybits!

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 05:48 am UTC (link)
Stretching was not painful at all, actually! The painful part was the practically-punching-me-in-the-pelvis OUTSIDE the girly-bits part. D: I am not a fan of that.

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[info]scarah2
2006-09-13 11:35 am UTC (link)
I've been going since I was 14 and I totally just don't give a shit. I feel like it's more intrusive when the dentist is fucking around in my mouth.

I did once almost jump off the table while having a IUD put in, but that was fucking weird.

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[info]littlesilvered
2006-09-13 05:53 am UTC (link)
I hope you don't want sympathy, because I go every year since I was like 10 :P It's good for you in the long run, really.

And I'm on Yasmin too and have had no problems...except remembering to take it every day. I've been taking birth control pills for how long and I still forget? *shakes head*

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 05:57 am UTC (link)
Ahahaha, no sympathy needed, just had to vent. ;)!

I'll probably keep forgetting, too. I've had to take various kinds of pills every day since about middle school, and I am still crap at it.

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[info]steffish
2006-09-13 06:51 am UTC (link)
D: I think I'm in for this same joy in a few weeks, as my last few doctor's reciepts have had a little line saying "automatic recall for cervical smear 16/9". Your experience is not reassuring :|

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 06:53 pm UTC (link)
Well, if you're EXPECTING a pap smear, then it probably won't be quite as shocking as assuming you're just going to get a prescription and leave, but instead be roped INTO a pap smear. ;)!

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[info]annephoenix
2006-09-13 07:37 am UTC (link)
I used to take that type of combo pill and it nearly KILLED me ... ok not really, it just screwed everything up BUT BUT BUT I actually did clear up my acne, and when I changed pill 1 years later after a bajillion blood tests, the acne never came back. w00t! And that was about 7 or 8 years ago, w00t!

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 06:53 pm UTC (link)
Okay, well, the KILLING part doesn't sound so great, but the no-more-acne part is definitely encouraging! :D!

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[info]electricmayhem
2006-09-13 07:55 am UTC (link)
And that's why we go to Planned Parenthood. Cause they just say, "You want the Pill? Cool. Have some."

Of course, then we go to the Health Department, and they make us watch videos about all the horrors! of! sex! and poke and prod us. Unfun.

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 06:54 pm UTC (link)
I will definitely keep THAT in mind in the future...:D!

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[info]lazy_daze
2006-09-13 08:42 am UTC (link)
AKJDGKJADG! I am never going to a gyno type person. I could not deal with that. Am a wuss D:

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[info]idoru
2006-09-13 02:29 pm UTC (link)
PUH-lease. If you ever get pregnant, you HAVE to, and people are always elbow-deep up in your business. From what I understand. :]

Plus, 10 minutes of discomfort a year in exchange for a] birth control, and b] making sure you aren't getting girlybits cancer? I think worth it.

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[info]misscake
2006-09-13 11:43 am UTC (link)
*howls with laughter* The first one is pretty awful, I agree. Then again, trying having a baby. After that, everything is pretty much small. =:0

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 06:59 pm UTC (link)
soidngsodinhsodhin AUGH BABIES NOOOOO. D: D: D: I am never ever giving birth. EVER. So it will not be a issue, I HOPE.

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[info]karaz
2006-09-13 12:25 pm UTC (link)
Yes, I'm an X-files fan girl and I was so excited for last night's episode!

Aw! *pets you* My first exam was at 19 (I put it off as long as possible) and I got this complete nut for a doctor. First it was a guy, second he made the speculum (stretch your bits apart thingy) TALK TO ME! AND he did a weird voice for it. Seriously. I wasn't 12... I was 19. I was so weirded out I didn't go back for 4 years.

Anyway, I've got PCOS and I SERIOUSLY miss the pill right now. It really makes a difference. I was hoping I'd be one of those women who has clear skin while pregnant but noo... and there's not much I can do about it right now. I'm not even going to talk about unwanted hair other than to say, it's really a bitch that pregnancy makes it grow faster.

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 07:02 pm UTC (link)
I have decided I really need to watch the X-Files at some point. I would probably LOVE it.

Okay, woah, that is fucking creepy. D: This woman was nice, even if she still wasn't the best ever. I am still not looking forward to going back, though. Urgh.

That will HOPEFULLY never be an issue for me, as I am really not ever planning on being pregnant. But I have unwanted-hair-issues now ANYWAY, so that is an extra reason for me never to have a kid.

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[info]idoru
2006-09-13 02:28 pm UTC (link)
The external prodding is to make sure your ovaries or something are in the right place, I think. It shouldn't hurt THAT much! So maybe another gyno might be wise. I'm 22, have been having annual "well woman" checkups since 18, because my hormones were wonky starting about halfway through high school. We're talking, like, okay, spot for two weeks, a week off, then full-fledged Fountain O' Blood period. WHAT. The worst that happens, usually, is the speculum might be on the painful side. Despite my being sexoholic and my boyfriend NOT having a tiny penis, I usually need/prefer the smaller speculum size because the bigger one is scrapey and painful. I mean, I guess if I were AROUSED [mm, clinical hottness?!] the large speculum might not be uncomfortable, but.

Anyway pap smears are good because it's strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer. No one wants genital warts OR cervical cancer.

One warning about BC, though -- many women have to try several different versions of the Pill before they find one that works for them. By which I mean, doesn't make their hormones/bitchiness all wacky, doesn't cause weight gain, DOES clear up acne, etc. I was lucky and have been on the same pill since first prescribed, so don't get OMFG I CANNOT FUCKING GAIN WEIGHT JUST TO CLEAR UP MY ACNE WHAT, because it probably won't happen -- it's just something to watch for.


ALSO, WILSON. Goddamn I was irritated with him last episode and this, until the end, when he's all ICARUS, SAD SAD SAD. Cause he was being a giant jerk up until then. And then I was all 'awwwww, Wilsonnnn.' Also the 'bucket of Viagra' was funny.

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[info]poetsshadow
2006-09-13 04:35 pm UTC (link)
Actually, the pap will only catch the cervical cancer ones. The strains that cause genital warts are 1: really inconsequential (ie don't cause cancer) and 2: really common.
No one wants to get genital warts but something like 5.5 million new cases are diagnosed every year in the US. >_< Hooray for diseases that lie dormant and sometimes never cause symptoms.

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[info]emmagrant01
2006-09-13 02:28 pm UTC (link)
*pets*

Ah, the first gyno exam. Always a big moment in one's life. Mine was at my university's student health clinic. I'd had a pregnancy scare over the summer before my freshman year in college (not to mention increasingly weird reactions to The Sponge), and I decided I wanted to go on the pill to be done with it. I had to have a little one-on-one onfo session with a nurse so that she could explain to me everything that would happen in the pelvic exam, ingreat detail. As a result I dreaded it intensely. In the end, it wasn't as bad as she had made it out to be. Though I remember being pissed that they had not, in fact, warmed up the speculum like she'd said they would.

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 07:10 pm UTC (link)
If I had known ahead of time that I was going to have to HAVE an exam, it probably would have been better. But I was expecting to get in and out of there in a couple of minutes with my prescription, so the whole thing just kind of took on this "UGH WHAT?!" feeling. But now I know how it goes, so it won't be so annoying next time. Hopefully.

And ahahah, the first speculum they used on me was warmed, but the second (longer) one wasn't. That was...interesting. :|

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[info]gnomad
2006-09-13 02:43 pm UTC (link)
Congrats on surviving the first one! It's a little strange at first, but you really do get used to it after a while. Hopefully your pap will come back normal too, so that they don't want to see you back even sooner (I always have abnormal paps so they want to see me every 6 months instead of 1 yr. Bah). If you weren't terribly impressed with your gyn & plan on continuing going to one in the VA area, I have a list of recommended docs you can try. :)

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[info]balefully
2006-09-13 07:11 pm UTC (link)
I wasn't terribly impressed, but she's with the family practice we use for our GP and stuff, so I might as well just stick with her, even if she was kinda blah. I didn't mind her weirdness THAT much, and maybe she won't hurt as much with the pelvis-pressing next time if I mention it to her.

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[info]kitsuneneko
2006-09-13 03:08 pm UTC (link)
A) HOUSE! OMG! And I totally called the chimeraism because I watched a tv show about it on Discovery Health at my parents' house one night and we talked about it in my Gen Bio class. :D I felt smart.

B) Gyno exams suck monkey balls. Big, hairy monkey balls. The smear part is eh, but the pressing and digging in the tummy, ow. Please stop now, k?

Weeeeeeee! I need new icons.

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[info]kitsuneneko
2006-09-13 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and I take Yasmin as well and I really like it! No problems, and all and have been on for about three months and one week. :D

It makes period cramping so much easier to deal with, too.

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[info]nutnatz
2006-09-13 10:35 pm UTC (link)
*cough*

My First Gyno exam she told me that I had a really long vagina. That was horrifying, and yet made things that had happened in the past make much more sense.

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[info]balefully
2006-09-14 04:50 pm UTC (link)
HAHAHA oh man. That sounds like the same thing as a deep cervix, maybe?

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[info]angstslashhope
2006-09-14 12:22 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for the great rec!! :D

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[info]balefully
2006-09-14 04:50 pm UTC (link)
Thank YOU for the great fic! <333!

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