Alright ladies do mammograms really hurt?!
Question: Mammograms should not be painful. They can be uncomfortable for some women, and other women aren't at all bothered by the exam. If you are tender breasted, you might feel more discomfort. Make your appointment for after you have started your menstrual period, when the breasts are the least tender. Caffeine also makes tender breasts more tender for many women, so consider limiting your intake (coffee, tea, chocolate) for a few days prior to a mammogram. I do not recommend avoiding caffeine if you are prone to headaches when you go without.
Size of the breasts have nothing to do with the level of discomfort. Both small and large breasts can be tender. We don't compress the breasts to a magical number. A large breast might be compressed until the breast measures 6 cm thick. A small breast could be compressed until it measures 3 cm. So, in this case, size does not matter!
Now, lets assume that mammographic exams are VERY painful, for arguments sake. A routine, screening mammogram consists of 4 images....2 views on each breast. The total time of compression for those 4 images is about 45 seconds. I can do anything for 45 seconds, especially if those 45 seconds can greatly impact my future and my quality of life. Sounds like a small price to pay, doesn't it?
I get very upset with women who spread the misconception that mammograms are so extremely painful. They are scaring other women badly enough that some women are not having mammograms. I had a patient a few years ago, who came in for her first mammogram because she had a huge lump in her breast. You could tell, without the mammograms, that she had an advanced breast cancer. Her skin was red and nipple was inverted....her breast looked angry. She had known about this lump for over two years, but never went for a mammogram, because her "friends" had told her how painful they were. A day later, we did a CT scan of her head, chest, abdomen and pelvis, and her breast cancer had spread to her liver and brain. She was dead within a couple of weeks. I guarantee that pain was nothing what is experienced with a mammogram. With friends like that, who needs enemies, right?
I just hate the analogy of a man getting his penis squished and a mammogram. Compressing a penis will do nothing to potentially save that man's life....squishing his penis is just mean. We don't do mammograms on women to be mean, but we do it to save lives and quality of lives.
Answers: Mammograms should not be painful. They can be uncomfortable for some women, and other women aren't at all bothered by the exam. If you are tender breasted, you might feel more discomfort. Make your appointment for after you have started your menstrual period, when the breasts are the least tender. Caffeine also makes tender breasts more tender for many women, so consider limiting your intake (coffee, tea, chocolate) for a few days prior to a mammogram. I do not recommend avoiding caffeine if you are prone to headaches when you go without.
Size of the breasts have nothing to do with the level of discomfort. Both small and large breasts can be tender. We don't compress the breasts to a magical number. A large breast might be compressed until the breast measures 6 cm thick. A small breast could be compressed until it measures 3 cm. So, in this case, size does not matter!
Now, lets assume that mammographic exams are VERY painful, for arguments sake. A routine, screening mammogram consists of 4 images....2 views on each breast. The total time of compression for those 4 images is about 45 seconds. I can do anything for 45 seconds, especially if those 45 seconds can greatly impact my future and my quality of life. Sounds like a small price to pay, doesn't it?
I get very upset with women who spread the misconception that mammograms are so extremely painful. They are scaring other women badly enough that some women are not having mammograms. I had a patient a few years ago, who came in for her first mammogram because she had a huge lump in her breast. You could tell, without the mammograms, that she had an advanced breast cancer. Her skin was red and nipple was inverted....her breast looked angry. She had known about this lump for over two years, but never went for a mammogram, because her "friends" had told her how painful they were. A day later, we did a CT scan of her head, chest, abdomen and pelvis, and her breast cancer had spread to her liver and brain. She was dead within a couple of weeks. I guarantee that pain was nothing what is experienced with a mammogram. With friends like that, who needs enemies, right?
I just hate the analogy of a man getting his penis squished and a mammogram. Compressing a penis will do nothing to potentially save that man's life....squishing his penis is just mean. We don't do mammograms on women to be mean, but we do it to save lives and quality of lives.
Probably not as badly as cancer
Nope, not in the least, really. Childbirth hurt a HELL of a lot more, and for a lot, lot longer. Mammograms are a breeze. Not knowing what the lump I had was, was a lot more painful. Turned out to be a plugged sebacious gland, btw. Deep outbreath, and thank the Goddess.
YES!!! Take your boob, and lay it on a table, now have your husband take a book and smash down on your boob, what do you think now? Oh yeah, on top of that, its cold so put some ice cubes under it too.
If you are a guy, do it to your penis... does that hurt?
Yes, they do. But it's over eventually, and then you get to know whether you have a life threatening disease or not.
It's worth it.
Yes they do, but they are well worth it. Better then not knowing. Nobody wants Breast Cancer, and thats the best way to find out...
As for the person that said for the guy to take his penis and slam a book or what ever on it. I agree a hundred percent. Now to find one who will do it, lol.