First off most clinics are SUPER DUPER nice and respectful. Mine is no exception! The women who work there do there absolute best at trying to make the whole experience as pleasant as possible given the circumstances and the pain involved.
Into a dressing room I went to change into a drape (waist up). The machine has two plexiglass panels that you put your boob on - one at a time - the tech pushes and pulls to try and get, not only the boob in position, but as much as the chest wall tissue also. The whole time she is doing that she is lowering one panel down to completely smash all the tissue. After a few turns of the shoulder here and there and 'please hold your breath'...one picture is done. There are 2 to each breast, each with its own level of discomfort. By the time she says "hold your breath" I couldn't even take a breath at all because I was so constricted.
Almost immediately the Technician pulls up the images and we scan them together. She explains what we are looking at and what she would see if there was some issue to see at all. I was all clear and out the door. The whole process from check-in to walk out took 20 minutes.
My chest wall muscles are a bit sore right now but it's a small price to pay for prevention!
Boobs up ladies...save them at all cost!!
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