I've been looking through the posts on here and it appears to me that many women out there aren't getting their annual pap/exams done and it really scares me. I've heard every last excuse in the book for reasons not going (ie: im afraid, its uncomfortable, it hurts, no insurance, etc) but you don't know what scared and uncomfortable is until you end up with an std or god forbid cancer. It's a simple appointment that is done in a snap and I really wish everyone out there who is sexually active (especially) or over the age of 16 go in for your annual exams. This is how stds spread and are so common and it really is getting scary now a days. Not only for the fear of stds but cancer. Cervical cancer is becoming more and more common. I highly suggest every woman who hasn't yet gotten one go and get the Guardisil vaccination against the hpv that can cause cervical cancer. Most insurance companies do cover it and doctors reccomend it to women between the ages of 16-26. Again this wasn't to come at some of you and "preach".......just kind of bothered me at the amount of women I have spoken with on these forums who don't go in annually.