by drum » Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:49 am
dog wrote:drum wrote:dog wrote:Raggamuffin wrote:Very sad indeed. A year ago she said it had spread to other parts of her body. I suppose she was too young to have regular mammograms.
I think you have to be over 50 to be invited for a mammogram although a few of my colleagues have been a couple of years older.
I'm dreading when it's time for me to be invited for one as I've been told it's quite uncomfortable. I also know all the staff on the clinic so I think that will be embarrassing but I will obviously still go for one.
It's not as bad as people make out, got more embarrassed having squished boobies in the machine, but it's over in 5 minutes, and results usually within a fortnight. I got mine done in a van in Tesco car park.
My colleague said they handle your boobs like a piece of meat.
I suppose there is no other way to handle them lol.
For the above reasons though I will request an appointment at a different hospital where the staff don't know me.
They feed them into the machine, they arent massaging or checking your boobs, just lifting them into the machine, then that closes down a bit , feels tight for a second but bearable. You might get an appointment for one of the vans rather than hospital. The only issue I had was the little change rooms are really little. You change into a paper gown for your top half and in you go.
[quote="dog"][quote="drum"][quote="dog"][quote="Raggamuffin"]Very sad indeed. A year ago she said it had spread to other parts of her body. I suppose she was too young to have regular mammograms.[/quote]
I think you have to be over 50 to be invited for a mammogram although a few of my colleagues have been a couple of years older.
I'm dreading when it's time for me to be invited for one as I've been told it's quite uncomfortable. I also know all the staff on the clinic so I think that will be embarrassing but I will obviously still go for one.[/quote]
It's not as bad as people make out, got more embarrassed having squished boobies in the machine, but it's over in 5 minutes, and results usually within a fortnight. I got mine done in a van in Tesco car park.[/quote]
My colleague said they handle your boobs like a piece of meat.
I suppose there is no other way to handle them lol.
For the above reasons though I will request an appointment at a different hospital where the staff don't know me.[/quote]
They feed them into the machine, they arent massaging or checking your boobs, just lifting them into the machine, then that closes down a bit , feels tight for a second but bearable. You might get an appointment for one of the vans rather than hospital. The only issue I had was the little change rooms are really little. You change into a paper gown for your top half and in you go.
