It occurs to me that because of Planned Parenthood’s low
income plan thingie, my hoo-ha’s health is much more up-to-date than the other
parts of me. Back in February, I had an incidence of HPV and today I went back
for a routine screening and to make sure the HPV symptoms are still
gone—hooray, they are! The doctor said that a healthy immune system could get
rid of the virus, so I can go ahead and worry about it a little less.
I have a deep fear about being diseased because I went
through a lot in that department when I was in high school. Everything was
cured, but the experience was tied to a sexual assault and so there was a deep
shame about being infected and treated.
Today my doctor, God bless her, said something that seems
like it should be obvious but hit me right in the soul:
“It seems like your life is really different now than it was
in 1992.”
Yes, and thank you, thank you, thank you. Even if my
sex-positive life sometimes feels unmanageable, I am very, very happy and
grateful for the way things are turning out to be in 2012.
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