Squished

[msmemory_archive]

Ow! Is it really necessary to squash me flat between two plates to do that? At least I shouldn't have to do it again soon.

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[tpau]

yes, it is. trust me.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Trust you?

:) I already have some idea why I should be squished, it just seems like it could be done in a way that hurts less....

[tpau]

well, you are takingsomethign roughly spherical and puttingit under roughly the microscope. slides have to be flat, you see.

[tpau]

besides, pain is um, good for you? wiat no, that's not it... pain is a reminder thatyou have to do it agian? wait no, not htat either... um, i will think of something :)

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

One would hope that in the future some sort of MRI-like technology will become available that is less invasive and has a better detection/error rate.

My cynical, sexist side says this would already be fixed if *men* had to undergo it.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

At least you didn't wind up laughing at the tech....

Last time I had one done, just before she went to take the pictures, she said, "Now don't go anywhere." I muttered, "Unless I'm going to become an amazon..."

At which point, I started snickering. Then eventually laughing hard enough (yes, I'm pathetic sometimes) at my own joke that the tech had to wait until I was calm again to take the picture.

[dsrtao]

Well, if they took a CAT or NMRI, this wouldn't involve squishing anything. But those two machines are much more expensive and take longer to use.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

And if you're me, have a tendency to break - I swear sometimes the aliens go to extreme lengths to make sure folks don't see the chips

[metageek.livejournal.com]

No, we don't.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Then could ya stop causing the damned computer to crash? I had to spend 3 hours in the evil tube waiting while they kept rescanning, only to have it crash *at the same point* in the scan of my brain...

[metageek.livejournal.com]

We're working on it. Unfortunately, tech support doesn't have ansibles, and they're way down towards the Core, so it'll be, oh, something like fifty thousand years until they respond. Just be patient.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

At least it's faster than Microsoft.

[antoniseb.livejournal.com]

Good Heavens! You can't convince me that YOU are over 40! You come across as wise, but very youthful.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

[flutter eyelashes] Why, that's mighty kind of you to say!

[tpau]

i think this only makes her over 36

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Several years ago, I saw a PBS program which showed a prototype scanner that you laid down upon, face down. There were two cups for the breasts. No squashing involved. I haven't heard a word about it since.

I'm only a year away from the squashing experience, myself. I suspect what we really need is squashing parity: tests for testicular cancer to require squashing down by the same percentage of volume. That might get some action in the research department.

[cellio]

I suspect what we really need is squashing parity:

I agree. I'm due for my first squishing, and I'm not looking forward to it.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Owww!

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

QED

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

That's not parity; your ovaries aren't scheduled for flattening. Besides, men have their own unpleasant medical procedures starting around the same time, and their discomfort has not driven technology to alleviate it.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Well, that's true; it was parity as the absurd extreme. Although ovaries don't have a lot of pain receptors, and breasts do.

As for the men's procedures, I'm sure there's stuff I don't know about, although the one I do, seems likely to be similar to the yearly GYN exam.

[siderea]

Is it really necessary to squash me flat between two plates to do that?

Yes. Medical technicians really aren't paid all that much, and staff retention considerations require that they be allowed to get all the job satisfaction they can. :)

[dmnsqrl.livejournal.com]

I am very tempted to make this my QoTD

[matildalucet.livejournal.com]

Mine today, too. Safe for another year, unless they find something. Hurrah! Though I have a Flybaby friend who has an inflammatory breast cancer that doesn't show up on mammograms - very scary. If I'm going through the squashing, I'd like at least the illusion that it makes me totally safe.

[tpau]

NOTHING makes you totally safe

[kellan_the_tabby]

*curls up in a small, sympathetic ball*

Ow.

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

*winces in sympathy and decides to further postpone calling to set up a physical*

Good luck with the results, at least!

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Don't postpone the physical. The mammogram was a separate visit -- if you twitch at the thought, postpone that (or other specialized test) but schedule the rest of your physical anyway.