Not to worry, maeve, thanks, though.:-)

I really appreciate the respect throughout this thread, folks, thank you.

I have no cervix. When I asked the nurse, recently, if I even needed a pap, she said just as a baseline, but then probably not necessary after that. Really, she didn't sound as though she had a clue. NO ONE, not even the surgeon, ever said one way or another about paps after a vaginal hysterectomy. I have been very healthy in those parts for years and years. I have been to a physical therapist who has given me exercises in order to improve my pelvic floor muscles which had been weakened over the years from not being able to exercise, too much weight, and last fall's pneumonia's hacking and coughing. The latter really was hard on those poor muscles! So...I am giving the exercises six months as the phy. therapist said to do. If things haven't improved by then, I'll find a woman doc to go to, plus nearer the end of the year is better for our insurance deductibles, etc. I could go to my doc's PAs but they both missed the pneumonia; neither of us trusts them anymore.

Thanks, again!