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REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« on: Apr 18th, 2008, 6:26pm » |
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I had mine done today...
By a guy...immediately, I asked him if he was gay. I thought I would feel more at ease - not, though he laughed and said yes.
I feel violated. I mean he was just pulling and tugging and what not trying to place my breasts to fit right in the "sqooshing" machine.
He said it's harder with bigger breasts to place them just right. 
Whew! Got through that...now you ladies don't forget to. Not a great experience, but saves lives...even if you have to go through a few moments of torture and embarrassment. 
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #1 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 6:30pm » |
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SAVE THE BOOBS!!!!
There, I have done my part! 
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #2 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 6:51pm » |
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Had two friends go through surgery and chemo in the last year because they didn't get it done.
Better some bruises than ..............
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #3 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 6:57pm » |
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And while you are at it ladies, please see your GP for a pap smear too. That can also save someones life ...
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #4 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 6:58pm » |
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I had mine done last Monday. I hate that test. My boobs still ache. Dr. said everything looked fine on the test. I was a little worried there for a while I had found something suspicious. I usually get mine around my annaversary so I remember. Hope yours turns out well to ladies. Remember it saves lives.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #5 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 7:00pm » |
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This thread is worthless without pics. 
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #6 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 7:31pm » |
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You want pics of my mammogram, KJ? You're weird.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #7 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 7:45pm » |
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I think they should be mandatory for men, too. I went to high school with a GUY who had breast cancer (brew can confirm since he knew him, too).
If the prostate cancer test was anything like the mammogram, men would NEVER have them done.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #8 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 10:10pm » |
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Geeze...ok......I will make an ob/gyn appointment.
That is the only Dr. I have not seen in the past few years.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #9 on: Apr 18th, 2008, 11:14pm » |
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I have fibroid cysts, so I've had annual mammos for over 20 years now.  One good thing I've noticed as I age ... the longer my boobs get, the easier it is to lay them on that freezing plate.  Still hurts, though...but I do it... because it's the right thing to do.
What's even better than saving your boobs? Saving your life.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #10 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 1:10am » |
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Nani, the "longer your boobs get"??? I'm sorry but that cracked me up.
I agree that this should be mandatory for men as well.
I've had my pap done too 5 months ago--they said it was "inconclusive"???...so I have to have another one done in two weeks as I just had a procedure done where they had to go through my cervix into my womb to get biopsies of the lining...that was fun. Gordon was with me and I nearly broke his hand.
I'm dreading a colonoscopy...I think I want to completely asleep for that or maybe i'll be lucky and faint while it's being done.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #11 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 9:25am » |
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Langa,
I think that most colonoscopies are done while you are asleep, or at least not cognizant. Jimbo and Sarah both have had one and neither remember anything. With both of them, they use Versed, so they weren't *aware* of what was going on and even if they were, they can't remember it.
Carolyn who will have to face that one this year too.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #12 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 9:51am » |
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Yep me too. I am having a colonoscopy Wednesday morning. Gotta go by some of that nasty stuff to drink Tuesday night. I can't wait. Old age.............not for the faint of heart.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #13 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 10:38am » |
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Had a colonoscopy about 5 months ago.
Gave me a shot of the lala stuff and a little later asked if I felt it. Said no. They gave me second shot and started the procedure. I laid there and watched my insides go by on the monitor. A little pain from cramping but not bad.
Jimi, the prep stuff is the worst part. I was up most of the night taking care of business.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #14 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 12:03pm » |
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LOL>>>>"Golightly"...that's what they call the prep drink.........what's so light about sitting on the throne all night long...........
I do the things I'm sposed to...........but my Grandmother's 102-how long do ya really what me to live????
Thank you for the reminder, Langa. We all need to do the things we can to ensure a LONG, HEALTHY life.....as for me, I'm going for thequality, as long as that big guys sees fit to keep me here on earth........and as long as I am here, I'd like you all to hang out with me...........deal?
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #15 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 12:13pm » |
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On the subject of Mamograms... a friend sent this to me.....
Ladies pay very close attention.
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From a nurse:
I'll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I
had to tell them they had to go home with the drains,
new exercises and no breast.
I remember begging the Doctors to keep these women in
the hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but
their hands were tied by the insurance companies.
So there I sat with my patients, giving them the
instructions they needed to take care of themselves,
knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was
saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look
spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank You they muttered.
A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in
order to remove cancerous breast cells/tissue.
If you know anyone who
has had a Mastectomy, you may
know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain
afterwards.
Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an
outpatient procedure.
Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the
hospital for 2 days after surgery.
It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important .
Please take the time and do it really quick!
Please send this to everyone in your address book.
If there was ever a time when our voices and choices
should be heard, this is one of those times.
If you're receiving this, it's because I think you
will take the 30 seconds to go to vote on this issue
and send it on to others.
You know who will do the same.
There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient
Protection Act which will require Insurance Companies
to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients
undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the
'drive-through mastectomy' where women are forced to
go home just a few hours after surgery, against the
wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia
and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.
Lifetime Television has put this bill on their Web
page with a petition drive to show your support. Last
year over half the House signed on.
PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the Web site
below.
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #16 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 12:52pm » |
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #17 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 12:56pm » |
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on Apr 18th, 2008, 6:57pm, Annette wrote:
And while you are at it ladies, please see your GP for a pap smear too. That can also save someones life ... |
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I still think it should be called a "Mrs Pap" smear test.
After all, it was Mrs Pap (Andromache Papanicolaou) who submitted to the procedure every morning, every morning, for twenty consecutive years, so her husband George could develop the test that works so well to this day.
Call it what you like, ladies. It'll always be the Mrs Pap test to me.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #18 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 1:48pm » |
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I never knew that about the Pap smear Aussie. 20 years of pap smears? My goodness.
Colonoscopies scare me because I know a lot of people that do remember and remember certain "comments" the people doing them said. My sister had 3 done in the hospital before she died and the last one blew a hole in her colon...therefore, they had to remove her colon, and redirect her large intestine to a hole they made in her abdomen. she had to have an eltiostomy done (when you need a bag to poop in from your abdomen) after that.
Tony, thanks for the petition. I'm signing and anybody I can get to as well.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #19 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 3:18pm » |
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Get mine every year. Heck, usually get to have two on at least one boob!
I literally refuse to have a man do my mammogram. Fortunately, my clinic has only women do them.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #20 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 3:43pm » |
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just wanted to mention for any ladies who use prednisone, prednisone can make viruses worse, and that includes papiloma virus, so make sure you get your pap smears.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #21 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 5:28pm » |
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Just what is it that posesses a doctor to choose that particular end of the anatomy as a specialty? There are a lot to choose from.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #22 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 7:01pm » |
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I wonder how they would give a man a mammogram? My uncle died of breast cancer several years ago.
For the ladies, if you can schedule your appt. for after that time of the month, you can alleviate some of the pain involved.
I had a colonoscopy. I woke up in the middle of it, they had to give me another shot to knock me out. I was so messed up when I got out, I could barely walk to the door, let alone to the car. The nurse had to put my shoes on for me, because I just couldn't handle it.
Nani, gravity sucks, doesn't it? I don't know, sometimes, I wonder, if I had to have a breast removed, if I would have reconstruction surgery, or not. Or a prosthetic? I think I would feel lopsided. Maybe just have the other one removed? Having to wear a bra is a PITA. Keyword here is having (to).
Guys... think of it this way... it would be kind of like having your balls hanging down to your knees. Be kind of in the way, wouldn't they?
Anyway, get your mammograms. Definitely.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #23 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 7:20pm » |
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If I can toss in here for guys to also have a PSA test for prostrate, get it checked past your mid-forties on.
on Apr 18th, 2008, 7:45pm, Mosaicwench wrote:| If the prostate cancer test was anything like the mammogram, men would NEVER have them done. |
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The the 12 sample biopsy is a very undesirable feeling.
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Re: REMINDER: LADIES GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS
« Reply #24 on: Apr 19th, 2008, 11:33pm » |
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been gettin a mammo since 30.................DE4MANDED it from gyn..............................BC..happens earlier than 40..........also get a sonogram every yr....if @ high risk....LADIES................DEMAND IT FROM DOC............it is a ABSOLUTE MUST..........................LADIES GETTING BC VERY YOUNG................every woman should be self cking all the time and gettin mammos..........DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER..............................if insurance does not cover, find the money & pay.............VERY IMPORTANT!!!.
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