This post is a bit more of a rant on a serious note. Cervical Cancer!!
I was recently sent an article that had been taken from The
Manchester Evening News. Its headline was “The Jade Goody effect has long gone
as smear test rate hits 20 year low” Now I mostly remember Jade Goody being on
Big Brother but I also remember how she tragically died from cervical cancer
leaving two small boys behind.
Before Jade’s death she did everything in her power to
campaign for women to have regular smear tests or cervical screening tests as
they are now known. The amount of women undertaking their routine screening
rocketed and this had an effect on the amount of women who caught their cancer
early enough to receive treatment rather than full on chemo.
So why has the amount of women having their screening tests
done dropped? Yes it is embarrassing to have to get your lady bits out and have
equipment used to scrape inside of you but seriously are women too proud to do
this for 5 minutes max when it could save your life?
It’s not even that often!! Depending on your age it could be
every three or five years. I just don’t get it.
Of course everyone has a right to not attend and apparently
the drop in numbers attending has not been helped since the NHS updated its
cervical screening leaflet to say that it is not compulsory to attend. Now most
people know it’s not compulsory to attend the screen but do they really need to
advertise the fact?
I simply cannot understand why a woman would put embarrassment
in front of a lifesaving five minutes. Plus the health professional won’t care
if you haven’t paid your lady bits any attention recently, I am guessing they
have seen it all, including the lady who quickly wiped her bits before her
appointment with a flannel she had used the previous evening in the bath with a
glitter bath bomb!!! Lol doh!!! (Just for information, that woman was not me!!
Honest!!)
So please do your family and yourself a favour and book in
for the test and be a brave lady, be a strong woman who laughs in the face of a
speculum. Speculum sounds like a word Miranda would like “Speculum” Sorry I am
heading off topic!!
See you didn’t think you would be reading about Speculums
tonight did you?? Lol
For more information about the tests please visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-screening/
Cervical Cancer Screening Week is 22-28th January
2018 more information can be found at jostrust.org.uk/ccpw
#smeartests #cervicalscreening #speculum #bebrave
#itsjustfiveminutes #getitbooked #doesntmatterifyouhaventshaved!!
#getyourladybitsout #fiveminutesorlife #cervicalcancer #smearforsmear
A couple of minutes of slight discomfort for a potentially life-saving procedure is surely worth it. (Makes note to self to double check when my next one is due). #devonbloggers
ReplyDeleteUrgh I really hate having this, but as you say it's a few minutes of discomfort and embarrassment that could possibly save your life x
ReplyDeleteNo one enjoys it but it’s got to be done!!😁
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