i hate smears.....yuk.....ours are 3-5 years though....plus we don't start til 25 (which i think is too late)....i remember getting called back once.....that freaked me out big style.....i must have spent a whole evening googling stuff on abnormal smears....
The first time I had one I was 21, and my doctor didn't let me know that the Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program sent out a letter every time you get the smear done! I got the letter and freaked out until I opened it and read that everything was fine.
My doctor laughed when I was telling her this a year later. She apologised for not telling me. She then reassured me by telling me that if there was actually something wrong, I would hear from her before I even got the letter.
Every year Husband opens the letter just to be sure
I can't be bothered. If I were single, it would just go in the trash