Medical update

[redbird]

I've had my first mammogram. Frankly, sitting in the waiting room for 45 minutes with an over-loud TV playing obnoxious cartoons, and someone very loudly explaining over a cell phone that she was quitting smoking and (blah, blah, blah...) was less pleasant than the actual procedure. I wouldn't recommend it as a recreational activity, but it was both quicker and, for the most part, less painful than Saturday's hair removal. Quick is good.

My right foot is currently wrapped in a compression bandage; I'm applying an icepack on and off, and taking ibuprofen. I have high hopes that it will be better tomorrow, but I will NOT go to the gym tomorrow, because that would be stupid. Probably not to Rose's either. *sigh*

womzilla generously drove me to the radiology place, picked me up when I was done, and drove me home via a drugstore (for the bandage). Thank you again.

Comments

[snippy]

I had mammograms every 2 years starting at age 30. Lucky, too, because when I was 36 they found a lump. They called me in for a second mammogram, confirmed it was there, gave me an ultrasound, and removed it right then for biopsy (it was not cancerous, thank goodness). Now I have them every year. All the women in my mother's family have had breast cancer, and some quite young (age 35), so they started me on regular mammograms early.

[crazysoph.livejournal.com]

Even if I found the pain (okay, discomfort) of a mammogram equal in intensity to that of hair removal (from where??!!, eeek, I barely managed the lower legs... long story, won't go there), I would prefer the mammogram simply because it's a much higher purpose, catching cancer before it caught me.

Still, happy not to be contemplating one (http://www.livejournal.com/users/crazysoph/10924.html) again for awhile....(ps protected entry, sorry to the non-friends)

Crazy(the parenthetical, today)Soph

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

I'm a very bad correspondant at the moment ... did I miss a particular reason why the mammogram was thought necessary? Here's to a clear result!

[redbird]

No particular reason, but I'm close to 40 and hadn't had one, so my doctor thought it would be a good idea, just in case and as a baseline.

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

When alone in waiting rooms, I've been known to turn down the volume to almost mute if I can reach the controls. I've never had the nerve to do so when someone else is in the room though.