Bud

November 13, 2018

Had to switch to a new OB/Gyn. The last one hurt too much. Until one day I said, “This is not right. Not normal.”

The new gal today was upbeat.

There’s been a wild fire in the area. Half way into the procedure, my doctor was reacting to the smoke that was still enshrouding the air. She started apologizing when a cough would come on, and would turn her head to cough.

She kept apologizing. And I kept telling her it was okay.

“Awkward,” she said, suppressing a chuckle. “Like, ‘Great meeting you!’ and coughing into your vagina.”

Immediately mortified, she corrected herself, “Not coughing into your vagina.” 

I could have shrugged. “That probably wouldn’t hurt anything,” I said. After all, the vagina has a special pH balance to fight off bacteria.

She almost choked in laughter. Catching her breath, she said, “Few patients make me laugh. You did.” And she chuckled some more.

And that was the best OB/Gyn experience to date.