You know....I've wondered, for a while, if there is some other way to get the same results of a pap smear without putting people thru a pelvic exam. I mean...there are millions of women who are survivors of rape and abuse, and even just those who are self-conscous about their bodies and prefer not to be so 'exposed'...even to a doctor.

Can't we come up with some other way to test for cervical cancer, and other stuff? Maybe like a blood test. Or a self-pap smear (ok that sounds gross) but like you know, put a tampon kinda thing in and it would get the stuff. But you could do it yourself, not have some stranger doctor look there.

Hmm...just a thought. I'm no doctor.

Sorry this is a struggle for you. Since you do have an IUD in...you really need to get in there, just to make sure everything is still okay and all that. But I do understand it's difficult. Sorry!