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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:16 PM Original message |
So has anyone had a mammogram? What do I need to do before? what do I expect? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's no big deal. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. you know, I don't know what the snarkyness is for, I had an honest question |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. it didn't hurt so much as being really uncomfortable for me, also i was told no anti antiperspirant |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. My dear greenbriar... |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. oh good idea |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not a big deal |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ugg |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. To prepare, smash your breasts in the freezer door, really hard. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. bwhahaha |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Oh man. I didn't want to worry you, but I was only half joking. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. After you've mastered step #1, move along to step #2 - the garage door |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. oh, yeah... many of em... |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Mrs Robeson has to get them regularly due to the history of cancer in... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had my 1st one in April. It didn't hurt. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. beware |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. doggone it! 12? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. yeah, squeeze factor is the same |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. no deoderant/antipersperant, also no powder ... |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks for the honesty |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. if you're "very fibrous, very dense" it hurts like hell |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Damn straight |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Ditto that |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. The last one I got |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. My experience, hurts like a motherfucker, for a minute |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. My wife says they're tolerable |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. Do what I did. Have it the same day as your pap and pelvic. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I had a pap and dentist appt in the same day |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Pap smears are supposed to happen on president's day. (nt) |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Really? I hadn't heard. Our local clinic is slow and inefficient enough. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. In my last job we got that day off |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. yup - me too. Get it all over with in a few hours. My dr. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. That's funny - |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm stalling. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. oh, geez, just go deal with it. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Zackly. Better a mamogram than chemotherapy or worse. nt |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. That's what she says. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's not so bad |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I'll take a stranger over who my last mammographer was: a former student! |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Personally I hate it, |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. I found it to be a little uncomfortable |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's nothing. And you can get a pad inserted between you and machine. Just pretend you're a model! |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
40. my first one was very painful, but it was also about 30 years ago and my |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
41. From what I understand, like dating in high school, only with colder hands |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Wow, that is so accurate! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Really? |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
44. Other than it being The Atomic Boob Smasher |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. You get cool adhesive stickers with metal BBs on them to mark your nipples! |
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WCIL (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. I was prepared for the worst |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. They squeeze the crap out of your girls. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. I was mad when I turned 40 and they were mandatory. |
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