Compression Three THIS

[oselle]

You know, I'm not at all a mammogram virgin. I know they're uncomfortable. They're not supposed to make you howl out loud and double over in pain (as soon as you're released from the plexiglass jaws of death, that is).

I'm sure it was the technician's fault. She was either just unskilled or didn't know how to do a mammogram on tits as small as mine. I could tell she was doing it wrong even before she started lowering the boom.

And you know what? If you're doing a very routine medical procedure on someone, the kind that's only supposed to cause mild discomfort, and your patient winds up HOWLING IN PAIN AND DOUBLING OVER? The correct response is, "I'm sorry. Let's take a minute and try again." The correct answer is NOT a snippy, "I was only on Compression Three."

Fuck you. How about I Compression Three my foot up your ass?

There's no excuse for that machine. Some misogynistic descendant of Torquemada invented that fucking thing as far as I'm concerned, and you know damn well that if it was developed to be used on men they'd have long ago invented something less torturous and humiliating.

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[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

The only time in my life that I have ever keened was having a mammogram. It's my theory that smaller must be harder or something, but yeah, you'd think the technician could be apologetic about it at least.

I remember one that hurt for days afterwards too--wtf is that?

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I was already keening when she was foot-pedaling the clamps down so she should have known something was wrong. She didn't ease up until I ratcheted up to full-scale bellowing. Jerk.

You're supposed to try to time these things for times of the month when your breasts are less sensitive but no matter what -- it shouldn't hurt for days.