Take that and stuff it up your....
Smear test...DONE for another 3 yrs. Or 3 and a half, depending how long I manage to put it off next time (don't put it off, go, it's good for you.)
The NHS, in their typically overworked fashion, cocked everything up, but the nurse was lovely and sorted it all out!
"So, you're here for...a smear test!"
"And to discuss having a coil fitted..."
O_o "Right, well, coil is another two appointments - one for consent forms and STD tests, then the other for the fitting."
"Noooo...STD and consent is today, along with smear..."
"Oh...but you're fine for pills?"
"No, need pills too, I did book all of this..."
"Well, we're a staff member down, owing to illness, and it's all a bit rushed..."
"Weeeeeeeeelllllllllll, I'm not getting my bits out for you again in a week just because you're down a staff member...so shall we rush through it all??"
So we did. Consent form very quickly 'Probably all be fine, one in a thousand chance of us cocking it up so badly you need major surgery', sign there... Smear and STD test done, and then...."Oh, we're really short of your pills. I'll just give you a month of them...so book your appointment today to get the coil. You can't have it fitted within the next 2 weeks, but HAVE to have it fitted within 4...."
Of course, they don't have any Friday appointments within that time. So I'm on standby for an appt. on a Friday, but booked for a Weds.
And then got to explain that to my boss...who halfway through asked "Sorry, what are you having done?" Well..he asked. I told him. His face went something like O_O that, but his mouth was more open, and his eyes more bugged out.
And all the boys also wanted to know where I'd been all morning. Odd how they suddenly decide they didn't want to know after they find out the answer...that's what you get with working with all blokes though, no girls to chat to! But all of them have girlfriends, apart from one, and the boss has daughters, so I told them they should all be cool with this stuff!
The NHS, in their typically overworked fashion, cocked everything up, but the nurse was lovely and sorted it all out!
"So, you're here for...a smear test!"
"And to discuss having a coil fitted..."
O_o "Right, well, coil is another two appointments - one for consent forms and STD tests, then the other for the fitting."
"Noooo...STD and consent is today, along with smear..."
"Oh...but you're fine for pills?"
"No, need pills too, I did book all of this..."
"Well, we're a staff member down, owing to illness, and it's all a bit rushed..."
"Weeeeeeeeelllllllllll, I'm not getting my bits out for you again in a week just because you're down a staff member...so shall we rush through it all??"
So we did. Consent form very quickly 'Probably all be fine, one in a thousand chance of us cocking it up so badly you need major surgery', sign there... Smear and STD test done, and then...."Oh, we're really short of your pills. I'll just give you a month of them...so book your appointment today to get the coil. You can't have it fitted within the next 2 weeks, but HAVE to have it fitted within 4...."
Of course, they don't have any Friday appointments within that time. So I'm on standby for an appt. on a Friday, but booked for a Weds.
And then got to explain that to my boss...who halfway through asked "Sorry, what are you having done?" Well..he asked. I told him. His face went something like O_O that, but his mouth was more open, and his eyes more bugged out.
And all the boys also wanted to know where I'd been all morning. Odd how they suddenly decide they didn't want to know after they find out the answer...that's what you get with working with all blokes though, no girls to chat to! But all of them have girlfriends, apart from one, and the boss has daughters, so I told them they should all be cool with this stuff!