Mammogram next month

TheCatWoman said:

I know lots of women hate them

I'm not surprised so many hate them, my wife has had many painful experiences with the NHS staff in London who have been quite rough and have either bruised or caused small tears from over squishing her boobs in the scanner.

I'm glad that there have been significant advancements in 3D scanning technology that mean the old clamp-and-scan approach is becoming obsolete and with AI based analysis of the scans there is greater accuracy in detecting abnormalities.

I hope the NHS can afford the upgrades but with their budget looking as tight as it is, it looks like the painful approach is going to be about for many for a long time still.

I have mine done in a trailer in a car park, its all very clean and modern. In someway I think it's nicer than going to a hosptial, it feel less clinical if you know what I mean?

I think how painful or uncomfortable it is depends on the density of the breast tissue, women who've not had children or who are pre-menopause will have denser breasts than those of us who are older or have had children and breast fed them.

I'm happy to have these tests, having heard from my step daughter in law about her experience of breast cancer whilst she was still in her mid thirties, it's not something I would wish to have. Although she's made a full recovery she did spend a year suffering from the effects of chemo and radiation threatments and her's was tiny when she found the lump. 

As I said before I think we're lucky to have all this testing for free and the treatment if anything is found, it cost my other daughter in laws mother 100k for treatment in India and most of it had to be paid upfront. She got very similar treament, to that on the NHS. My daughter in law has had a genetic test for breast cancer as every woman in her family has had it, she has one of the genes and is on enhanced monitoring and when she's had a baby will have an elective mastectomy and reconstruction. 

I have mine done in a trailer in a car park, its all very clean and modern. In someway I think it's nicer than going to a hosptial, it feel less clinical if you know what I mean?

I think how painful or uncomfortable it is depends on the density of the breast tissue, women who've not had children or who are pre-menopause will have denser breasts than those of us who are older or have had children and breast fed them.

I'm happy to have these tests, having heard from my step daughter in law about her experience of breast cancer whilst she was still in her mid thirties, it's not something I would wish to have. Although she's made a full recovery she did spend a year suffering from the effects of chemo and radiation threatments and her's was tiny when she found the lump. 

As I said before I think we're lucky to have all this testing for free and the treatment if anything is found, it cost my other daughter in laws mother 100k for treatment in India and most of it had to be paid upfront. She got very similar treament, to that on the NHS. My daughter in law has had a genetic test for breast cancer as every woman in her family has had it, she has one of the genes and is on enhanced monitoring and when she's had a baby will have an elective mastectomy and reconstruction.