Today has been Cancer day (slightly less cheery than these days normally are).
Last week I was hanging out with some girlfriends when it came up that one of them had recently had unusual pap smear results back. Not a huge cause for concern apparently but she was going through the process of getting it checked out further. What did transpire from the conversation though which was alarming to me was that in the UK women are supposed to start having them from the age of 25…
...and I've not had one!
I've moved around a fair bit the last few years and didn't sign up to a GP immediately when we moved into our current home so I guess I must have slipped through the net. All this had been weighing on my mind the last week but I hadn't actually gotten around to doing anything about it so Cancer day seemed like the day to sort it out.
I'm still out in LA but I figured if I called my GP at midnight my time they'd just be opening at 8am their time. I called a few times but unfortunately couldn't get through, getting in touch with them is often a real pain. (Hence not signing up to the GP sooner or chasing the whole pap smear thing earlier in the week.) Eventually I gave up by phone and tried to find an email address for the practice. No luck, but I did find that they have an online booking system. I booked a generic appointment for in a months time as that was the only option. I'll try and get through to them when I'm back home and make sure I can get the test done then.
World Cancer day… 6/10 it's not exactly been celebratory but it was a good prompt to get my butt in gear and organise this.
