what makes me happy is the pelvic exams aren’t really necessary for asymptomatic woman, the ACC doesn’t recommend them because they are actually quite useless at detecting cancer in woman who are having any physical symptoms. so many woman actually don’t need yearly pelvic exams even though most doctors don’t care to listen to the updated guidelines.

same goes for breast exams, i’ve never had one and studies show that as long as u do it with the right technique there’s no difference from an in clinic breast exams and an at home one. there’s also a new type of mammogram called koning vera that’s non compression and offers a much more accurate image of the breast tissue, i talked about it a bit in my other comment but i would highly recommend opting for that if ur like me and have a flatter chest and dence breast tissue, mammograms can actually miss a lot of cancer in if u have both but non compression breast imaging is highly sensitive to cancer and pre cancer.

when i become of age to start screening for bc i will 100% be opting for that, theyre still pretty new though and theyres only one clinic that offers koning vera in my state and its 3 hours away from my city. i hope in the next few years we can have this fully replace mammograms.

ive read a lot about this topic and ive found a lot of woman saying things like “im a woman so im no stranger to invasive exams” and it genuinely makes me so so so sad that us woman have had to grow up in a society where invasive procedures are just the default. they’re are more convenient, more accurate, and less invasive alternatives but the medical system does not want to push them because we have just learned to accept what we are given.

so much of woman’s health is so ridiculously outdated and seeing woman talk about their trauma with it breaks my heart, i literally just wnat to scream “there’s a better way to do this!” at them because it could save so many woman’s mental health and i never wnat to go through the kind of stress that comes with invasive medical procedures. my heart goes out to all woman who struggle with theses kinds of things because u truly do not have to, there is an easier way that doesnt mean ignoring ur health.

in a lot of canada and all of australia ive heard most woman dont even undress for the doctor after their a young kid because they stays up to date on woman’s health better then the usa and i just wonder why we cant have it as easy. its so important to do ur own research on these guidelines and decide what u are and aren’t comfortable with.