Mammograms are easier for the well endowed.

::looks down at the C-cups that would be B-cups if I were thinner::

Well, damn.

I found that the squish is not the bad part, but the machine pressing against your sternum is not pleasant. Mammograms are easier for the well endowed. Mmmmm, boobies.

Mammograms freak me out because of the squishing and that's why I've been putting it off. But I should really, really do it soon. for real.

yay for you Connie - esp after that weirdness about being more into your job. I swear, be happy that someone does there job well and who cares about ambition.

Yay for you omnis!

Glad you are home and doing better Erin.

Sorry the kids are misbehaving , vw, but I guess that is what they do.

ION, we hve to start cobra and I just don't want to deal with this shit. And no, we have no idea what is happening with the co of 1 billion interviews.

I just got an email from a place we've stayed before. offering bargin rates for this weekkend. Bah. This just wasn't what I need to see right now.

Please do it soon, lisah.

The squishage may also depend on the experience level of the person doing it. I had mine done by a squisher with many years' experience who really knew her way around the machine; she got all the views she needed and had me in and out, with nothing worse than mild discomfort, in less than 15 minutes.

I had my first mammogram last month. The squishage was surprisingly not a problem. Sure, there was some, but it wasn't to the point of pain. Rather more annoying was the phone call saying they needed to re-squish some areas. It's probably nothing, but that's just one more thing I didn't want to deal with.

This is probably an asinine question, but I'm in a lot of pain, so I have to ask it: is there any point whatsoever in going to the ER for an unbelievably bad toothache that's lasted over 24 hours? (No, I don't have a dentist. Yes, I realize I'm paying for it right now.) I don't think hospital ERs can do anything about dental stuff other than trauma resulting from a car accident or something, can they?

This is agonizing, and it's my own fault for putting off finding a dentist, but painkillers aren't doing anything at all and I can't make it stop.

I know there are dentists that do emergency work. I don't know how you find them

ER can at least give you stronger pain killers. There may be a dental surgeon.

Some emergency rooms do have dentists on staff (my DDS roommate from college moonlighted this way). You could try calling and asking - if they don't have someone they may be able to refer you.

YOu might get cooler drugs, Teppy. You know the rest of the recommendations.

I should go get squished. And have someone peer up into the cooter and take the mini-bottle cleaner to it. I wonder if men's specific examinations hurt--other than the finger up the butt to prod the prostate, which shouldn't hurt.

yay for you Connie - esp after that weirdness about being more into your job. I swear, be happy that someone does there job well and who cares about ambition.

The conversation where they said "Gosh, you're wonderful" was with quality control, the conversation about "If you just tried a little harder" was with my supervisor. It's kind of like conversations with my mother back in school: "Hey, an A-, good for you," says the teacher. "Why wasn't it an A?" asks my mother.

Oh, but they just want you to be the best you can be, they'll say. Bugger it.

Teppy, I agree with Sparky, call your local emergency and see what they suggest.