Off Topic: Cross post on mammogram question from Living Room
#79387 - 06/15/04 11:03 AM
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LauraSue
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I posted in the Living Room a question for all the ladies about mammograms. Any one have any help for me?????Mammogram
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-------------------- Laura
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was sore for days myself and I don't have fibro! I plan to take Advil or something before the next one. Ugh....
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Hey fellow NYer
#79423 - 06/15/04 11:41 AM
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bz
Reged: 06/18/03
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY
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Hi LS,
I went for one a few years back and it really wasn't that uncomfortable at all. The technician was really nice, I wasn't bruised or sore at all (I'm a 34C).
You should really make the appointment and go, it is really very important to have checked. Good Luck.
Barbara
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I know it's important and I'm going to go, I just want to make sure I don't get three days of soreness again. This is about the 6th or 7th one I've had and only one of the 7 hurt that bad. But now that I have the pain amplification from fibro, I'm a litle nervous.
How you surviving the heat today, Barbara from NY??!!
-------------------- Laura
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for LS
#79432 - 06/15/04 11:54 AM
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bz
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I am not a summer girl. Give me the good old spring and fall any day. I feel like I'm melting as soon as I go down into that subway. Oh just to have those 6 lucky numbers and I can stay home!
Barbara
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No Problem, LS
#79439 - 06/15/04 12:21 PM
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Bevvy
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Honey, it's not bad at all. Really. I'm not pulling your leg. Would I do that to you? It's just SUCH a piece of cake! Just envision a little rough sex....
ooh....
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Bevvy, I've had them plenty of times before, I know what they're like. But with fibro, it would be like rough sex while you have the worst flu you've ever had in your life. Does THAT sound like fun????
Now I need some real suggestions, like local anesthetics or codeine or WHAT??? I can't do this without something to turn down the pain volume. (Yeah, I'll call the doctor's office and ask them too)
BTW all you younger girls, Bevvy's right, it's no big deal. I don't want to put you off mammograms when the time comes. They are VERY important and CANNOT be skipped. You MUST get them, just like Pap smears and dental cleanings. They are part of taking care of the temple God gave us for our souls to live in.
-------------------- Laura
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You know, I'm such an inconsiderate JERK sometimes. I know you have fibro, and I have an idea what it's like (but no one can really KNOW what it's like unless they have it). The thing is, you're so wild and crazy and fun and -- well, I just forget sometimes that you hurt.
Please forgive me.
I need to help you somehow, and I just don't know how. Um, uh, while this is not really a good suggestion normally, and I don't know how this would affect your fibro, but in all seriousness, could you tolerate just a shot of JD? Just a little bolt before you walk in the door there? (Be sure to take a mint with it; otherwise, you'll breathe on everyone there and blow 'em all away.)
Something else that might work for you is Tylenol PM. It REALLY relaxes me BIG time. Of course, it might make you fall asleep, so you wouldn't wanna drive by yourself. Have someone take you. Oh, and if you try the PM, be sure to take it about an hour beforehand (that's how long it takes to "kick in.") Last, but not least (although the most dangerous) would be some Vicodin. Do you have any? It's a fabulous pain killer, but VERRRRY addictive. You could pop one just before the appointment.
I'm sorry, LauraSue, Girlfriend, please, PLEASE forgive me.
Hmmmm.... rough sex while I have the worst flu? Lets see, worst flu in one hand, balancing with the rough sex in the other ..... hmmm.....?
Say you still love me. Maybe I just need to be punished?
Bevvy
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Re: This D cup
#79520 - 06/15/04 02:29 PM
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gigi
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Laura Sue, it has never occured to me to take something before the mammo. Take something you can tolerate, I need to schedule mine also. It always hurts me, but I dont recall being in pain for days, it has been several years for me, next time Tylenol.
I really think your mammo will come out just fine, you deserve it !!! gayla
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Ha ha.... I guess I have to be happy what little God blessed me with. No fair that my 10 year old daughter has more than I do!
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That's OK. We "little" ones can go without a bra and nobody notices. It's a lot more comfy. Would you rather be big and uncomfortable????? Well, maybe I need to think about that for awhile.....
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I hate that I now need to wear a bra most of the time. Not that I do - I just have to remember not to run up the sttairs when I don't!
Small can be very nice.
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Little Perkies
#79629 - 06/15/04 04:28 PM
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Bevvy
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You guys with small boobs are BLESSED! You can go without bras -- how MARVELOUS! Just imagine, if you will, having huge boobs hanging down to your bellies, so big that you couldn't possibly go out for a jog (oh, the pain!), even if you wear TWO athletic bras at the same time (yeah, that was fun), and then, after wearing your giant (36-DD) bra all day long, the shoulders begin to ache from all the weight, and you finally take off that bra, look in the mirror, and see that the straps dug into your skin, which is all red and chapped.
Give me little perkies ANY day!
Big Boobed Bev
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Ah, but you don't have my problem of not filling dresses! If my boobs had got just the teeniest bit smaller when I lost weight, my wedding dress wouldn't have fitted! There's only just enough of me as it is!
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Hey Bev,
I guess we always want something we can't have. Guess I should just be happy with my "little perkies" and no-bra comfort.
Little perkie Barbie
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I second Bevrs comment!! I am a size 32DD and have major back problems after a car accident in 1995. I had been researching breast reductions for the past year and finally mentioned it to my dr. about a month ago. He wasn't very encouraging really but it is worth my efforts anyway. But Bevrs is right about the physical activity and also around my PMS they hurt very badly. My dr.'s main concern was the fact that I haven't had children yet and the whole breast feeding issue. I am 27 and have no potential mate so I could be waiting forever to get relief! Just venting now..
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-------------------- Laura
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