My friend Sheila was in tears. She'd texted me a few days earlier to say that her most recent pap smear had revealed some suspicious cells. She'd been experiencing serious pain — especially during sex — and erratic bleeding. Now, she told me that when she'd talked to her doctor on her follow up appointment, he'd shrugged it all off as "normal aging" and hustled her out the door.
I wish I could say that Sheila's story was unusual.
