Glennalicious

Your convo w/ the doc while you were, uhh, receiving, reminded me of a convo w/ me 'n' my friend on the phone.

Friend: "What's goin-" *holds breath 'n' exhales out out loud* "down tonight?"

Me: "Me 'n' Darnell are 'bout to head out to that one function tonight."

Friend: "Oh reeeeeaaa-" *holds breath 'n' exhales out again* "-ly?"

Me: "Dawg, are you on the shitter?"

Friend: "Yeah."

Me: *hangs up*

wow, that can be scary, sorry for your worry... HPV? I did not realize it could show as atypical cells in men, but makes sense... 'they' thought I had HPV (most people do, correct?) a couple years ago when I was having arthritc symptoms, with no arthritis... weird stuff that I should probably know more about... (will you be selling this video on ebay?)

Bless, you had your own Katie Couric moment. When's it gonna be on YouTube?

(hug) That was a lot to be walking around with but happily the outcome is good. And will continue to be good every time they look at those atypical cells.

And, darling, much as we all adore you - don't sell that video. It's too ... cinéma verité. Now, if you ever find yourself in, oh say a sequal to "Palm Pilots" or a remake of "Very Popular Mechanics", sign me up for the DVD!!

Why do doctors and dentists feel it is time to talk when drilling deep into your insides? I'm guessing next time you'll bring an iPod and a book.

Awkwardly positioned? I am betting you are very familiar with the position, Mr. Man.

Glad to hear everything turned out fine. Atypical, but fine.

Geez! At least when they probed my ass on a monitor, they knocked me out with Demerol. Then, bought me dinner!!!

Hey, some people pay big money for that type of moment.

Adds a whole new dimension to the phrase, "I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille" doesn't it?

Yeah...see, I just would not have been able to watch that. Back when I was a professional singer, I had my otolaryngologist take pictures of my vocal cords and a short video tape, so that we would have a reference point for any potential future conditions: we could go back and say, "Here's what's changed with the cords." I know it sounds pretty tame, but I am seriously squeamish. Have you ever seen your vocal cords in action? It's like some kind of alien vulva or something, it's really scary. At least it was to me. So I had my hands over my eyes while they're saying to me, 'Okay, cough lightly...okay, sing me an [i] vowel...sing me an [o] vowel," etc. I sent one of the "stills" to my mother and she told me at first she thought I had sent her something obscene.

My doctor probably thought I was crazy, which would have been a correct diagnosis.

Well, I didn't get any body parts televised, but last Fall I got a pap smear with an ASCUS result -- Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance. (I remember the acronym by thinking, "ASCUS about your pap smear!") The 6-month follow-up was ok, but I think I'm still on watch. Let's hope that all our atypical cells stay safely atypical.

when allen first told me about this post, he said you were being test for atypical cells, and i asked if it was from something you ate when derrick wasn't home. glad you got good news.

doctors shmoctors. i have some growths on the inside of my ears and after two biopsies they still tell me the cells are "of unknown origin." um excuse me, i think i am the very well known origin of those cells. well, not that well known. nevermind...i'm glad you are well, handsome!

Glad to hear everything turned out OK. I had to have one of thoe exams a few years ago. Quite uncomfortable, and it made me wonder how some doctors decided that this is what they wanted to specialize in, examining the rear entry point of other people.

Let's talk math for a second. Considering HOW MANY CELLS THERE ARE, the likelihood of them all being typical is, well, low. You're gonna have some atypicality. Stay hydrated and don't freak out about it. I'm glad the results were if not a cheerful "no big deal!" at least a "nothing horrible!" *smooch*

Oh, and they talk to you at dumb times to "distract" you. They think they're clever. They really don't get a lot of psych training.

Glad you're atypical.

I'm glad that your cells turned out to be merely "atypical". It just goes to prove that everyone is special. I'm sure that the sight of you undergoing that experience was a rather fetching image, too! ;-)

I'll trade you the video version for pics of my duodenum. I know, I know: Duodenum?; you don't even know 'em.

Eat lots of tomatoes and blueberries.