# I mildly pit my girly bits **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380 "2009-02-25T16:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/21 "2009-02-25T22:15:30Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > _sigh_ it is that time of year to go off norethindrone so I can get spelunked and boobiegramed Why do you have to go off it? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/22 "2009-02-25T23:20:31Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Honestly, if men went through this fucking crap, they would have long ago found a way to turn it off harmlessly so that it could be turned back on for procreation when desired … and by what I and others have gone through with pregnancy, an artificial womb unit that sits on a shelf and gestates for you. Not really, no. Men are actually a lot more willing ( stupidly so IMHO ) to put up with discomfort and bad treatment in general. Complaining is unmanly, you see. One of the beneficial side effects of women moving into traditionally male jobs is they tend to stand up and demand more comfort and safety than men do. And to be fair, no I don’t expect you to have an especially objective minded view on this issue when boob-squashing is imminent. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/23 "2009-02-26T00:26:48Z")
A mild pit about a girly bit It may have been her tit (I missed that bit) Squeezed between plates something she hates Or probed with a speculum (though not in the bum) Not a lot of fun but it has to be done So you may as well make a day of it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/24 "2009-02-26T00:45:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Prostate exam’s longer than that. I hate it. Also not happy about the colonoscopy. _\>snort\<_ The colonoscopy is easy - it’s the day before that you spend evacuating your bowels that sucks. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/25 "2009-02-26T00:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > The colonoscopy is easy - it’s the day before that you spend evacuating your bowels that sucks. No. At the urging of my doctor, I had it without any anaesthetic or other chemical aid, so I could drive in, then drive out afterwards. It was clinically interesting (I got to see my own intestines from the inside in real time, and living color), but otherwise squickworthy. I cannot understand folks into anal sex. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/26 "2009-02-26T01:06:05Z")
That was great, **Chimera** The first time I had a mammogram I forgot to take the little pasties off, ran a bunch of errands and came home to notice that there were these weird little metal tips poking though my clothes. It just added to the fun of the day. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/27 "2009-02-26T01:23:50Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Why do you have to go off it? Not a freaking clue, just my doc wants me to have one cycle a year, and it always synchronizes with going in for the annual ritual torment … maybe something related to my PCOS? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/28 "2009-02-26T01:25:40Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > _\>snort\<_ > > The colonoscopy is easy - it’s the day before that you spend evacuating your bowels that sucks. no not suck, it is _exiting_ not _entering_ and exiting, and exiting, and exiting … and where did that kernal of corn come from … I havent eaten corn in a month … and why are there always little bitty bits of carrots? _and_ sesame seeds?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/29 "2009-02-26T02:31:38Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Hey, enjoy that cancer! My grandmother always pooh poohed the tests, too. “Why don’t you get one, gran? We love you and we don’t want to lose you!” Oh they showed her the medical reports, the documentaries on TV, all the evidence. “Early detection is the key!” She was from the old country, was never one to visit a doctor. The more we tried to persuade her, the more obstinate she got. She just refused because “it could never happen” to her. Sure enough, she died. Wait, come to think of it, it never did happen to her. She died of old age. Cancer free, actually. :smack: Just the same, get checked.😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/30 "2009-02-26T03:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > The first time I had a mammogram I forgot to take the little pasties off, ran a bunch of errands and came home to notice that there were these weird little metal tips poking though my clothes. It just added to the fun of the day. Okay, I’m a guy. Explain to me about the pasties – why do you need to wear something over your nipples? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/31 "2009-02-26T03:50:46Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Not a freaking clue, just my doc wants me to have one cycle a year, and it always synchronizes with going in for the annual ritual torment … maybe something related to my PCOS? I have read there is a feared increased risk of endometrial cancer in PCOS due to lack of periods/shedding of the uterine lining. Perhaps that’s it? Well, no matter. I was just curious. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/32 "2009-02-26T04:04:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Okay, I’m a guy. Explain to me about the pasties – why do you need to wear something over your nipples? I want to know too. I’ve been told a lot about them, but I won’t have my first for a few years. No one has ever mentioned lead pasties, though! ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/33 "2009-02-26T04:39:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Okay, I’m a guy. Explain to me about the pasties – why do you need to wear something over your nipples? Now that you ask, I don’t know. It had something to do with how the x-rays came out, I think. Now it’s all digital but it wasn’t years ago. I tried to google it but I think it’s a question for a radiologist. Am I the only one that remembers those and was my local hospital very behind the times a few years ago? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/34 "2009-02-26T04:40:46Z")
I’m still too young to have my boobs squished, though I did have to get the left one ultrasounded once and tit\* turned out to be nothing. I must ask my mom about the pasties, though? I’ve never heard about _that_. I have to think that a pelvic is more involved than getting a prostate check, gentlemen. It’s not like there’s a speculum involved for you. Fortunately I have so far avoided the finger-up-the-bum part of a pelvic exam (don’t ask me, I know some do it and some don’t, and I’m not about to _ask_ for it). But the rest, while not horrible, is no fun whatsoever. _tossing chocolate to **aruvqan** _ Sometimes womanhood _sucks_. Big time. Hang in there. \*This is what I typed and it will stay because it makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/35 "2009-02-26T05:44:12Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > I have to think that a pelvic is more involved than getting a prostate check, gentlemen. It’s not like there’s a speculum involved for you. Yeah and I’m pretty sure they don’t need to keep the super-duper-mr.-hooper Q-Tips on hand to soak up the blood from a prostate check. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/36 "2009-02-26T12:41:05Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I have read there is a feared increased risk of endometrial cancer in PCOS due to lack of periods/shedding of the uterine lining. Perhaps that’s it? Well, no matter. I was just curious. Not a clue, though Ill try and remember to ask =) Though she wasn’t hesitant at all to put me on norethindrone and supress the menses, though I am thinking of an ablation to decrease the sheer number of pills i have to take in the morning. I dont think I could talk her into an hysterectomy to just stop the freaking problem permanently, the idea of 10+ more years of this crap is personally offensive … but at least my diva cup gets used once and a while=) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/37 "2009-02-26T12:43:03Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > I’m still too young to have my boobs squished, though I did have to get the left one ultrasounded once and tit\* turned out to be nothing. I must ask my mom about the pasties, though? I’ve never heard about _that_. > > I have to think that a pelvic is more involved than getting a prostate check, gentlemen. It’s not like there’s a speculum involved for you. Fortunately I have so far avoided the finger-up-the-bum part of a pelvic exam (don’t ask me, I know some do it and some don’t, and I’m not about to _ask_ for it). But the rest, while not horrible, is no fun whatsoever. > > _tossing chocolate to **aruvqan** _ Sometimes womanhood _sucks_. Big time. Hang in there. > > \*This is what I typed and it will stay because it makes me laugh. Finger up the ass is for a fecal colon cancer check, the smear it on a card test. though I have a doc who keeps the speculums in a warming drawer=) [sort of pitiful the high spot of the process is not having a cold speculum _sigh_] ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/38 "2009-02-26T13:11:44Z")
The pasties are for knowing where the “center” of the boob is on the x-ray. I think they are called “radiopaque nipple markers.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/39 "2009-02-26T15:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > The pasties are for knowing where the “center” of the boob is on the x-ray. I think they are called “radiopaque nipple markers.” Thanks. I asked **Pepper Mill** about them last night, after I posted, and she had no idea what I was talking about – she never had anything like them, and she couldn’t see the point, since they’d obscure things at the nipple itself – and you want to be able to examine those as well. Come to think of it, why would you need coverings on the nipples – aren’t they pretty prominent in the mammograms themselves, and act as position identifiers? Seems I always see them on mammograms. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380/40 "2009-02-26T16:03:59Z")
They don’t cover the whole nipple, just the very tip. They’re very small. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mildly-pit-my-girly-bits/487380.md?page=3)