WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2002: Re: home pap smears

Re: home pap smears

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 23:03:18 -0600 (CST)

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In the spirit of fairness and levity, you've done some "blasting" yourself. I know because you've "blasted" me before. Just for having an opinion, just like you. I've always found the docs and other medical professionals - with the exception of one - to be objective and realistic about their advice. But, that's just me.

Actually, I understand what you're saying about the home pap test. I even think they'd provide a certain extent of hands-on health care for self that would reinforce medical opinion and treatment. People do what they feel is best for themselves. I prefer the MDs administering the exams and providing subsequent interpretation, but if the next woman wants to go with the home pap test - that's her choice, too. I guess it's really to each his (or her) own.

At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, S wrote: >
>Actually, the DNA test does not have a false negative rate. False
>positives aren't going to kill you...false negatives will. Remember, it
>is checking for the DNA of the virus...not a few random cells that a
>cytologist can possibly miss after reading hundreds of them. Go to
>thier website and you'll be impressed. http://www.digene.com.
>And if you search the archives you will see that I most certainly was
>blasted. As was another woman later. >

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