I'm 62. I've never missed a smear test and they've all been negative. Until my last one three months ago, that is. That one (the one that ought to be my last ever given my age) came back High Grade severe. I have no discharge. No bleeding. No pain. No discomfort. I went for the Colopscopy. They found nothing. The nurse even commented that my cervix looked very good for a woman of my age. She decided to repeat the smear in three months and I went for it this morning at the hospital. She told me that even though it would a good three weeks to get the results back she was going to book me in for excision anyway. She said because otherwise the waiting time would be too long. Okay... She said, we could see anything the last time, so we need to take samples from high up in your cervix. It might be hiding. Okay... She said, a woman of your age doesn't need her cervix anyway. Okay... I asked her about false positives and, given that they couldn't see anything could it be a mistake? She said, we hardly ever make mistakes. Okay... I came home and google false positives. Anywhere it seems between 14.4% and 20% depending on the study. So, maybe this second smear will also come back positive and maybe I will have to have treatment. Or maybe not. I asked, if it does come back negative, what will that mean? She said, we will compare the slides. We will decide what's happened. Either way, you're booked in for your excision and biopsy. If there's something wrong, I'll take my punishment, but if there's nothing wrong, I surely shouldn't have to still have it? It feels invasive, wrong, and just plain insensitive to say that as I'm 62 I don't need my cervix anymore. You know, I don't need my appendix either, but I'm not going to let you cut me open and take it out if I don't need to.