Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoFDA approves self-tests for cervical cancer, as an alternative to the dreaded pelvic examwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1201
arrow-up1201external-linkFDA approves self-tests for cervical cancer, as an alternative to the dreaded pelvic examwww.usatoday.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareKitlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·7 months agoGoing to the OBGYN as a very masculine transdude is horrible. I get so many confused looks and hateful stares. This is going to be a godsend.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-27 months agoI hope this doesn’t attract heat, but I’m really struggling to figure out why you’d need to go to OBGYN is that just automatic or something? Edit: Yeah my brain missed the small detail I’m an idiot
minus-squareKitlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 months agoI haven’t had a hysterectomy so I still need to have cancer screenings every couple years.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoI’m really sorry my brain just decided to completely skip what ‘transdude’ meant
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months ago“transdude” = was woman > now man maybe that was your confusion?
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoYes apparently. My automatic thought was this person is man why would a man go there and yeah… I’m an idiot
Going to the OBGYN as a very masculine transdude is horrible. I get so many confused looks and hateful stares. This is going to be a godsend.
I hope this doesn’t attract heat, but I’m really struggling to figure out why you’d need to go to OBGYN is that just automatic or something?
Edit: Yeah my brain missed the small detail I’m an idiot
I haven’t had a hysterectomy so I still need to have cancer screenings every couple years.
I’m really sorry my brain just decided to completely skip what ‘transdude’ meant
The plumbing didn’t change…
“transdude” = was woman > now man
maybe that was your confusion?
Yes apparently. My automatic thought was this person is man why would a man go there and yeah… I’m an idiot
I mean, I am a man.