i have had to pay to have my eyes tested today for the first time ever. and the only reason why i had to pay is because nobody told me i had to have a form, which is very simple to fill in and i can now send off my reciept with my form and get it paid back. i'm not really that bothered to be honest but it just seems like so much hassle. and, in being at the opticians i got talking about glasses and lenses and that and did you know, that the lenses on their own, without the frames can cos £125!! what!! it seems such a rip off-people need to see. and all these companies are making hundreds of pounds in profit over a vital piece of equipment. i swear, soon people will bottle the earths oxygen and charge us to breathe. Also, i'm sorry to ruin the cheery mood i have here but i saw something the other day that made me want to cry. free chlamidiya testing at boots and ADVERTS for the morning after pill on the radio! what does that say about us? about our life and our morals when high street stores are giving out std tests with their meal deals and you can be informed of the choice of morning after pills whilst listening to breakfast radio. isn't that just so sad. oh dear. its all gone horribly wrong.

About 1 in 10 sexually active young people have chlamydia.

The proportion of women obtaining the ’morning after pill’ from increased from 21 per cent in 2001/02 to 38 per cent in 2003/04. Over the same period, the proportion of women experiencing problems obtaining the ’morning after pill’ fell from 13 per cent to four per cent.

Since 1995, there has been a sustained increase in diagnoses of most Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the UK, and reports of two of the most common STDs have shown massive rises. Cases of uncomplicated gonorrhoea increased by 111% between 1995 and 2004, while genital chlamydia increased by 223%.

One of every 3 girls has had sex by age 16 and 2 out of 3 by age 18. Two of 3 boys have had sex by age 18.