"Sexual health check after new partner"

I was nervous about attending but the Nurse quickly put me at ease. She asked some very personal questions about my sexual activity but I realized it was necessary.

She said she could remove my coil today. I was 63 yrs old!

I was at the clinic as my fairly new partner said he had an itchy penis and that we both should get checked for STIs.

I did a urine sample and then the nurse explained what would happen . She got another nurse in to help if it proved difficult to remove the mirina coil . In fact it was easy so no help was needed. The nurse examined me and took swabs and then she took a blood sample for the remaining STIs. She did say from my sexual activity and lack of symptoms and her examination it was unlikely that I had an STI and that my partner should see his own GP as she thought it might be Balinitus which is not an STI !

A few days later I got a text to say all the tests for STIs were clear. I was very relieved and it felt good to have a clean bill of health!