[Sca-cooks] OT: mamograms, was cook for a cure

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

a lot depends on which machine they use.. AND how well trained the techs are
in adjusting it.. and how experienced they are, etc, etc.

i can ssure you that no amount of mamogram discomfort is "worse" than
advanced breast cancer...
that said!!! if your local mamography center wont listen to you and talk to
you about your concerns.. find another one!  protest! write to the editor of
your paper, or a women's magazine!  call your HMO... whatever it takes

this is your life, and the life of a lot of others we are talking about
here.
men can get breast cancer too. and too many mamography centers dont seem
prepared to deal with MALE patients.
Kirsten
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
http://www.fabricdragon.com

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----- Original Message -----

> Maire wrote:
> >I'd imagine you're right about that....the one I unfortunately get *my*
> >anatomy slammed in isn't even that accessible if you're *short!* For
> >pete's sake, I'm 5'5" (duh! like average height here!), and I have to go
> >up on tip-toes for the slamming.  I have no *clue* what a woman with
> >limited mobility would do!
>
> Hmmm, i just had another one done over Thanksgiving. Where i had it
> done, the machine is electric and goes up and down.
>
> I'm 5'1" if i stand up real tall, and it had no trouble reaching me -
> and it could have gone down lower. And when i went in the room it was
> up pretty high - i'd guess a tall woman had been in before me. I
> cannot tell whether it could have gone low enough to reach a woman in
> a chair, though.
>
> I guess it depends on how new the machine is, and how sensitive the
> mammography center is to the varying heights of human women so that
> they actually get a machine that adjusts to extremes.
>
> The experience, not my first, was uncomfortable. But i think having
> cancer would be more uncomfortable than a few minutes every year or
> so for a mammogram.
>
> Anahita
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