Mammmmograghhhh!

A friend of mine, who shall remain anonymous, recently had a mammogram done. Most of us are so ignorant about this aspect of feminine healthcare, especially after the age of 40. The following is her hilarious (ok for the rest of us anyway) account:

"I don't think I should blog this ... LOL..

I went for my first mamogram this morning! MY GAWD !!! haha...

This tall eurasian looking lady did it for me. She said that some people feel pain and some don't. She's seen all sorts of boobs and size doesn't make any difference.. .LOL...

As she felt my breasts, she told me that she has done sooo many mamograms and she remarked that mine would be painful - apparently she can tell, and she was RIGHT!! graghhh!! And she said that my rib cage (between my boobs) was kind of high, so even harder to do. sigh.... I said it's like a sandwich, she said more like pancake! Ha.. how consoling...

She kept saying "Relax! Relax!" while she prodded and shifted and tried to take in more flesh onto the 'shelf'. I THOUGHT I was relaxed ??!?!!??? She didn't think so, and kept saying it over and over... even got frustrated becos I was not relaxed - HOW WEIRD!!! I think I just tensed subconsciously. It was soooo painful to have have her puuuuuuulll all your flesh and skin in and have it pressed and flattened, while hoping that it won't pop out of the contraption (otherwise I'll have to re-do again!!) How to relax when everything hurts?? She had to take 2 diff shots of each breast - the flat one is WORSE than the sideways one. Felt like I was
dangling off of one boob that was subjected to the grip of death!!

My goodness, I was sooo relieved when it was over. They still feel a little sore leh. =((

Wow... the most horrifying procedure of all !!! Even worse than the rectal prod to get stool sample - at least they use gel for that ....."

This prompted most of the ladies who have not had one done to declare that they would never have one, until they found a better way.

Another choice description: "...like having the door slammed on your boobs so you are trapped and can't go anywhere."

Mammmmograghhhh! indeed.