Is it normal for it to hurt like a b!tch and then to bleed profusely during/after one?
I've never bled during a standard pap smear before, and I've had so many problems with this particular gynocologist in the past. The only reason I went to him yesterday was to get a refill for a prescription, but he insisted on doing a pap smear since it's been 6 months.
The clamp he sticks in and then twists to open things up was DIRTY. He pulled it from a bin full of instruments in (what I assumed was) sanitizing solution, used it on me, and then tossed it back into the bin. WTF WTF WTF??? Some of the instruments were half-in the solution, half-out. I wish I'd brought my digicam so I could've taken a picure of it.
During the pap, he jabbed the swab much too hard, to the point where it hurt (normally, it's supposed to be a soft swab), and his glove came away covered in blood. He kind of chuckled and told me it was normal when I looked shocked.
This same gyno performed a procedure on me in the past that did NOT need to be done after I consulted with a second doctor after-the-fact. Lesson learned... ALWAYS get a second opinion before a doc does anything serious with your body. The procedure he performed on me increases the chance of miscarriage in my future, and if this fvcker messes with my fertility, I'm going to be PISSED.
I'm filing a consumer complaint against him with the Medical Board of California. Can anyone think of anything else I can do?
(I know AT probably isn't the best place for this, but mrsskoorb is a nurse and there are other females here who can probably/hopefully relate)
I've never bled during a standard pap smear before, and I've had so many problems with this particular gynocologist in the past. The only reason I went to him yesterday was to get a refill for a prescription, but he insisted on doing a pap smear since it's been 6 months.
The clamp he sticks in and then twists to open things up was DIRTY. He pulled it from a bin full of instruments in (what I assumed was) sanitizing solution, used it on me, and then tossed it back into the bin. WTF WTF WTF??? Some of the instruments were half-in the solution, half-out. I wish I'd brought my digicam so I could've taken a picure of it.
During the pap, he jabbed the swab much too hard, to the point where it hurt (normally, it's supposed to be a soft swab), and his glove came away covered in blood. He kind of chuckled and told me it was normal when I looked shocked.
This same gyno performed a procedure on me in the past that did NOT need to be done after I consulted with a second doctor after-the-fact. Lesson learned... ALWAYS get a second opinion before a doc does anything serious with your body. The procedure he performed on me increases the chance of miscarriage in my future, and if this fvcker messes with my fertility, I'm going to be PISSED.
I'm filing a consumer complaint against him with the Medical Board of California. Can anyone think of anything else I can do?
(I know AT probably isn't the best place for this, but mrsskoorb is a nurse and there are other females here who can probably/hopefully relate)
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