I'd never ever looked downstairs until I got va and the bleeding was bad it turned out I had two big raw sores just at entrance either side of vagina that were bleeding and of course when I peed the pain was horrific ,gp said blood in urine was cancer scare so referred me to urologist for cystoscope without examining me and I just knew something wasn't right hence the use of mirror. I was so glad I did this and refused the cystoscope because I wouldn't get to speak to the urologist till after nurse did it and twice I argued and cancelled appointment and twice they said the same thing.I then went to practice nurse and begged for estriol cream after doing my own research like most of us do,she prescribed it but still never examined me then when I tried to get it again docs refused it because I wouldn't have the invasive cystoscope done,very very petty.Im now at a stage now where I'm assuming I have a prolapse as I can see something fleshy and my urethra when I look ( I can't leave that bloody mirror alone now lol)at 60 years of age I basically new nothing about my anatomy as we just didn't go there as youngsters and like you say winterose if we knew certain things early enough then we could prevent later problems,it's no wonder I have no faith in any gp I've come across in my life I've never met an ounce of kindness or compassion from one I'm sad to say.xx