i have an appointment on friday and i wam wondering if it hurts to get a mammogram done and what is the procedure. please be honest im young and scared
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what does a mammogram feel like?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Sigh....it hurt a little. Nothing to be scared about.
A machine is used to squeeze your breast between two plates. They are squeezed different ways to get pictures of what's inside. Good news - no needles!!!
Posted 2 years ago # -
I have been told a mammogram feels like a steam roller is driven over your breast smashing it flat as a pancake - might be less severe depending on the x-ray technician. hope this helps.
Posted 2 years ago # -
They can be quite uncomfortable, but shouldn't really be painful.
To get a good resolution your breast tissue needs to be flattened between 2 plates - uncomfortable.
To get all the breast tissue on the view, the corner of the plate needs to fit tightly into your underarm - uncomfortable.
On the bright side, I am assuming that if you are young, you are getting a lump investigated, 80% of breast lumps investigated are not cancer.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Takes some Tylenol about an hour before your appointment, you will feel less pain. Think about closing your breast in a refrigerator door, luckily, it doesn't last but a few seconds. It will be over before you know it. Good Luck.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Why four thumbs down, poor fella? He speaks the truth - my greatest fear is that I might pass out and hang from the machine by my poor tit. But that's because I have more scar tissue than breast left.
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