wow. what was all that fuss abt? it hardly even warrants a post!! a mammogram is really nothing to be afraid of. i thought that they have to squish it to within an inch. are you kidding me?i have more fat than that!! i was fearful that it would squish my boobs until something popped or the skin split or i would be the one case where blood would ooze out of my nipples or the machine would malfunction and jsut keep compressing. haha...all my fears were in vain.
k. the rest of this is for the mammo virgins. :)
you undress just to the waist. you put on a gown. the machine is new age and kinda cool looking. you just stand on the tape and the nursey lady (who was awesome in my case,, but i'm sure there are nurse ratchets out there) basically puts your boob on the tray that is at the right height bcs it's completely adjustable. it's a clear tableish thing. and then she finagles all the boob parts that are trying to squirm away. she has the "paddle" (which had to be upgraded to the larger size...the only embarrassing part of the whole procedure) gently press down. then she does a little manual tighten, asks you to hold your breath and voile'! that was it!!
that was the easy part. then she does the same thing on the other side, and then you do a sideways one. basicaly you are in the same position, but the tray is kind of tilted so they can get it at an angle. and they do the same thing. i'm not going to lie, this part hurt. but what hurt was my ribs. bcs they want to get the whole boob on the tray, and you have to kind of lean into it. i wish they'd use that cool gel stuff? anyway, that was it....
oh, one more thing---it was deodorant that i wasn't supposed to use. :( eeek!! so i used a little wet wipe to take it off. :) then when it was all over, they had a spray can of deo to refresh. :)
DONE!! piece of cake. probably in and out in less than 10 minutes. so if you haevn;t done it, GET OUT THERE AND GET IT DONE!!!!! :)
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