This week’s episode of Honest to Gob with me, Gemma Ray, comes to you straight from my headphones on the drive to Liverpool Women’s Hospital. No video version this week!

My house is currently a DIY war zone, and recording at home aint happening as the windows get changed, the roof is completely off, and the builders are taking a sledgehammer to multiple walls.

It's fine... this is fine... it will all be worth it!

Not wanting to leave ANOTHER week without an episode, and knowing that you know this podcast will never ever be perfect and polished, I hope you'll forgive this rough and ready recording.

I was on my way in for a colposcopy (AKA me, in stirrups with a doctor shoving a camera up my chuff to have a nosey at my cervix) after finally dragging myself to a smear test I’d put off for two whole years. When the nurse at my doctor's surgery spotted a growth on my cervix, that overdue appointment suddenly didn’t feel so easy to ignore.

After sharing all this on Instagram before this journey was recorded, multiple women messaged to say they’d booked their overdue cervical screening.

CERVICAL SCREENING SHOCK NEWS IN THE UK

Did you know? In the UK, cervical screening has just changed from every 3 years to every 5 years, meaning remembering to book your screening and NOT putting it off is more important than ever.

If this episode encourages even one more person to prioritise their gynaecological health – no matter how awkward or embarrassing it feels – then the shaky car audio and pre-hospital nerves at having my *'salmon canyon' excavated were worth it.

Honest, messy, slightly chaotic… welcome to Honest to Gob.

*You'll have to listen to understand this awful description.

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