Period and Pap Smear!!!!!!!!!!! PLease answer, I need all the opinions I can get!
Question: Period and Pap Smear!!!!!!!!!!! PLease answer, I need all the opinions I can get!?
Answers:
You can still get a pap when u are on your period, if it bothers u just reschedule. Why are u so nervous all the time relax, it can cause so many problems and it could be why your periods are not regular. Quit worrying, a pap is nothing while you are getting the exam relax all of your muscles and let the doc know you are nervous maybe he will talk u through it. They are really quick. Good luck honey.
You've already answered your own qxn. By Thursday you'll be OK for the Pap and waiting will cause MORE anxiety...get it over with! Having a Pap under heavy flow is usually not recommended, but that's not what we're talking about here...
The new thin-layer method for Paps will take care of the small amount of blood that may appear in the fixative solution the doc swirls your sample in...it's filtered and any blood is lysed.
30 yrs. in the pathology lab