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chicagoetc · 11-19-2009, 06:51 PM

I vote for painless (which the report says this machine is). The only non-painful screenings I have had have been in the past two years. The others were horrendous. Course it possibly was the first indicator of my cancer. But most of the earlier images were probably impossible to read because some technician kept telling me to move in closer and stop shaking (and then repeated it again and again which only made it hurt worse and me shake more). Maybe it's not that way for most women? Or maybe it's only recently that I've found technicians who knew what they were doing?

Sorry for the rant.

Melanie

11-19-2009, 06:51 PM	#2
chicagoetc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Chicago Posts: 196	Re: Meanwhile: New Breast Cancer Screening Device Unveiled I vote for painless (which the report says this machine is). The only non-painful screenings I have had have been in the past two years. The others were horrendous. Course it possibly was the first indicator of my cancer. But most of the earlier images were probably impossible to read because some technician kept telling me to move in closer and stop shaking (and then repeated it again and again which only made it hurt worse and me shake more). Maybe it's not that way for most women? Or maybe it's only recently that I've found technicians who knew what they were doing? Sorry for the rant. Melanie __________________ Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07) Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes Portacath: 9/7/07 Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema) Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol) Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07) Reconstruction (silicone implant) Herceptin done (10/08) Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08) Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis) Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10 Six years NED...7/7/2013!