Showing posts with label mammogram test breast cancer nurse squashed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mammogram test breast cancer nurse squashed. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Hanging By A Boob

Quote of the Day
"There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.”
Greta Garbo
A friend of mine had a mammogram today. She said, " I’m going to get slammed.” Slammed? I always called it squashed. I guess we all have our own interpretations of the event. A mammogram in itself is a unique event. At no other time can you be hung by your boob and have somebody tell you not to breathe. You say, “I …couldn’t…if…I…tried…..
Oh..please,.. God…help…me.”
I know it’s for a good reason. Mammograms are a necessary evil. I wouldn’t want to find out I had breast cancer too late. Of course, I always get called back for a repeat. They didn’t get a good picture, there’s a suspicious dark area they want to get a better look at it, or my personal favorite, “we don’t know what that is.” Gee. Thanks. My doctor’s nurse sure has a great bedside manner about her. As it turned out, it was OK.
My favorite story was published in a women’s magazine a few years ago. I think Women’s World. The lady was getting a mammogram and the electric went off while the machine still had hold of her. She was stuck until the power was restored. Talk about scarring for life!