Posted by Lonely on April 22, 2006, at 23:47:40
In reply to Mammograms, posted by cecilia on April 22, 2006, at 22:38:07
I haven't heard of this but would also dearly like to find a less painful way of checking this area of the body. I've stopped having mammograms for 3 years because of pain for a week afterward. That kind of compression, as you pointed out, cannot possibly be a good thing. Healthcare is very slow to change unless it's to make greater profits. I had an echocardiogram 2 days ago and found that extremely painful to a small area of my left breast. Goodness, that didn't happen the first time and was not supposed to hurt. Perhaps one has to become extremely assertive and demand that the pressure be stopped ... dunno.
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