dread, Dread, DREAD

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sandra, I'm so glad your ordeal is over. Poor thing!

Silver- I've had one mammogram and because I am pretty small chested (and was smaller still then) I remember it being awful too, as they had to pull whatever you had way out and than clamp it under the plates like a vise to get an image. Nasty!! And painful.
Soon they will use a different system for getting images instead , which are not painful at all, and way more accurate. But not until they get the fgunding to replace the old mammogram machines with the newer technology.

[Tuckervill]

I don't know if they still do, but they used to recommend you get your first mammo at 35. I'm sorry, but I was still perky 10 years ago! Now that they're all stretched out, it's not so horrible.

I sent my friend a birthday card that said, "For my 21st birthday I got a tattoo of a rose on my breast. Now, it's long-stemmed."

Karen

[Pax]

Sandra - Bummer about the nausea! I've been under 9 times myself and get sick every single time.

BTW - When they tell you it's ok to eat crackers...they don't mean Cheez-its. :shudder

[uforgot]

Wow, so glad it's over! I hope you are feeling better soon. Bummer that it was all a breeze and NOW you aren't feeling well.

[silver]

Sandra, I hope that you're feeling better now with the meds. That's what happened to me afterwards too. I'll bet that tomorrow you'll feel good.

Lisa S. H. yes, that was definately the scenario that I experienced! I thought she was going to have my b*tt cheeks in there!

Honestly, I don't know how the plastic surgeon managed to squeeze the implants in.

Tuckervill, right, I had my first at 35. However, I wasn't perky yet. Then I had my next one just prior to the implant surgery (the surgeon required it). I was 39. Then I've had one since then. I'm not sure what the reason for that one was. It was last year, age 41. Maybe they wanted a new baseline with the implants?

[bike4ever]

Sandra - I hope you are feeling better today. I've never had issues with anesthesia just pain meds.

Ironically I received in the mail yesterday my reminder that it is time for my mammogram. The letter said anytime after Dec 22. I laughed at that - since I have no life right now it will have to wait until January.

[Possegal]

if general anesthesia makes you nauseated, be sure to tell the drs anytime you get it. all they have to do is add an anti-emetic in the mix and you should be fine. my first words coming out of the anesthesida after my knee surgery, i grabbed the anesthesiologist by the scrubs and yelled - did i get my anti-emetic!!!?!? he cracked up. but i felt fine! i didn't want the nausea on top of everything else.

working in the oncology field, very glad to hear of all the folks doing their preventive screenings.

[sandra]

CRAP. I have felt like I was run over by a truck all day. I started running FEVER this afternoon and now my fever is 100.7. This is not normal.