Bethel3330

Yes, ladies, PLEASE find a way to get this test if you don't have coverage. There are so many resources now and we have these screening tests for a reason.
And while we're in the topic of women's health...I hope all of you are getting your Paps also. Cervical cancer is so rare now because of this test but it shocks me how many skip it. Considering it's almost always caused by a virus, and one that is so common and that can lie dormant for many years, this is very scary.
I am a cytotechnologist. I screen these for a living. Two things I'd like all ladies to know is, you are never too old or too married to need a pap, and dysplasia or ascus is NOT cancer. If you hear those words, it's not the end of the world. Ask questions. And know that abnormalities are more common than you think. The more serious cases must be treated however...finding them the whole point of the dreaded stirrups and yearly visit. Haha

Beth

Gerbie

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!

Gerbie

I don't know WHO told you that, but you are definitely NOT too young to get a mamogram. Please get one.

Gerbie

Nolee - no time like the present for your first one. "Git 'er done"

snicktrain

I used to put them off - hated them. After having breast cancer, I don't put them off any longer. I am now down to one a year. ;-)

Ruby the Quilter

I worked for the American Cancer Society for 19 yrs and practiced what we preached. Mammo and pap can be a life saver.

katz_n_kwiltz

wats the big deal? the only thing i dont like is not being able to wear deodorant, its mildly uncomfortable for a minute or two..some woman needs to invent a machine that squeezes male genitalia.....and flattens it out like a pancake!
katz

postal packin' mama

:hunf: They used to say to prepare yourself for the discomfort of being squished nearly flat between those two (always cold!) plates during the mammogram -- "go out to the garage and lie on the floor with your breast under a tire, then have your DH back over your breast & hold it there awhile, which is to simulate their leaving you sooo long in that torturous compression of your tender tata, and - finally - have DH roll the tire back off your breast. When you've got your breath back, switch sides..."
That's just about how painful the mammograms used to be! Much better these days.

skaduzy

quote=kat112000]I am 40 and they told me I was too young to get one![/quote]

Google... Stefanie Spielman. She was 30 when she discovered a lump. Wonderful, wonderful woman who helped a lot of women in Ohio before she lost her life.

Tell them you are not too young!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grammyj

Got my appointment for Dec.