WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1998: Re: VERY Embarrassing Question...(This is not a joke.)

Re: VERY Embarrassing Question...(This is not a joke.)

From: MaryJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:08:07 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Jess wrote: >
>Please don't misinterpret my concern as a joke. I am too embarrassed to
>ask anyone this question for fear of being laughed at.
>
>I am scheduled for my first visit with a gyn and I'm nervous. I went to
>Gyn101 here, and that helped a lot. One fear still remains: Obviously
>the exam is clinical and sterile, and there's NOTHING remotely good
>about it, but (no laughing!) I am VERY sensitive there and am terrified
>of my body 'reacting' to being examined. I certainly don't expect to
>have an orgasm or anything, but I'm still scared about my body
>'reacting' in even the slightest way. I think I would die of
>embarrassment on the spot.
>
>Am I making too much of this? Does this actually happen to some women?
>This is the main reason I've put off seeing a doctor. I've actually
>cancelled appointments in the past because of this fear...or maybe it's
>just stupidity!
>
>Any comments will be appreciated. I really need some thoughts before my
>appointment next week. Thank you.

don't worry about it,. im sure theres nothing you can do that they haven't seen before. you will be embrassed enough just by laying there in that postion and having people you don't know looking and touching that very private area. even though that is a very sensitive and pleasurable area,. there will be nothing pleasurable about the exam. my advice to you is don't watch them, don't think about what is happening,. just close your eyes and think about a happy time in your life. just remember millions of women go through this, its for the best, if you don't have your health what do you have.

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MaryJ
Nashville, TN

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