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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 03:30 pm
Am I the only woman who has cramps for a day or more after a gyn exam? GRRRR ANNOYING.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 03:12 pm (UTC)
A friend of mine once retorted "And when's the last time YOU had it done?" to a male doc. To his credit, that did shut him up.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 07:38 pm (UTC)
Weirdly, it has always been the female gyn's who have said that to me. My male gyn seems to just take me at my word on stuff, presumably since he CAN'T just assume we all work like he does :)
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 09:06 pm (UTC)
Fortunately for me, I've never had anyone say it to me. Phew!

It seems to be understood these days (at least by several docs I've seen) that women vary widely in terms of how much sensitivity there is in various spots. Maybe as a new generation of physicians comes in, that sort of comment will be a thing of the past.