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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree. 
- someone who gets routine colposcopys

Spelling it right 1. raises awareness 2. helps you be a better advocate for yourself and for the condition and 3. allows you to communicate clearly.

Not spelling it right is dismissive and doesn't help either the patient or person they're speaking to. When people say to me "colonoscopy or whatever" it makes me feel ignored and not understood. [/quote]

Oh dear God, you feel ignored or misunderstood because someone misspelled colonoscopy.  As if "someone who gets routine colonoscopies" is part of some misunderstood minority.  I get "routine mammograms and MRIs" because I've HAD breast cancer, and so maybe bring more emotion to these tests, but I could care less if someone misspelled them.  If someone said "mammogram or whatever" the last thing I would feel is ignored or not understood.  The TEST is not my identity.

Maybe you were kidding.  Your post reads like a parody.

And we all know there is no edit function here so if you make a typo you can't correct it.[/quote]

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