the booby squisher experience

Oh, dear!  I'm thinking it might be some sort of odd pocket from weight loss.  At any rate, I'll send good thoughts your way.  Oh, and BTW, when I had my mammogram a few months ago, I wore the large gown out of habit, and it hung on me like a drapery. Kix

Glad to hear it was an overall better experiance for you Juile, I know what you mean about gettint to wear the gowns everyone else does! It's such a good feeling! You will be in my thoughts and prayers that everythig goes well and it's good news on the 30th!

Julie, Congrats on yur weightloss - it sounds like you have made amazing strides!! I too had a mammogram this week (Weds actually). My mom died of breast cancer almost 6 yrs ago & my paternal grandmother had it many, many yrs ago too so I have been doing this for the last 5 1/2 yrs religiously & I agree with you - it didn't hurt this time at all!! The tech & I were joking about the fact that she needed an extra hand to position "things" correclty & I commented that this was after losing 144lbs... she laughed & said it wasn't fair (she was a tiny girl). Anyway she was great!!  I did want to offer some words of encouragement because right after my mom died I had my first one done & I was told because it was a baseline I might get called back for another appt... ok, no biggie!! I get the call to come back in - it was expected but what wasn't expected was the phone call about 3 days later from my pcp at 7am at home!!! She was on her way out the door that morning for a family vacation & wanted to call me before she left... ok the night before in the mail I got the letter from the Image Care saying they found something & needed me to come back which the woman on the phone never mentioned... oh, slight panic now!! My dr said she had to call knowing what I went thorough with my mom a few months before (she was also my mom's dr) and she wanted to put my mind at ease because they all felt it was a cyst & that they were going to do an ultrasound the next day. She told me not to worry - they'd give me the results the same day & that she had instructed the office to call her with them too! (She is super cool!!)  Anyway, long story short it turned out to be nothing more than a cyst & after a few more follow-ups it was gone!! So moral of my long story is don't worry about it - our bodies have goen through so much because of the wls that chances are it's nothing!! Sounds like you've found a very good place to go & thank god they are thorough... this isn't something to mess around with!!! The 30th is only a week away so try to enjoy your long holiday weekend & don't even give it a second thought!!!  Good luck & please let us know what they find!! Cece

I was cracking up reading your post....I knwo EXACTLY what you mean about the tube socks and a crane needed!  I can personally relate to that!!  The smile disappeared from my face though when I read about your reading. I will pray that its just a blip on the screen and nothing serious.  Stay strong & optimistic!!  HUGS  Jeanine

HEY JULIE,      SORRY IM SO LATE WITH A RESPONSE.. HERE LATELY IM ALWAYS LATE FOR SOMETHING OR ANOTHER LOL... I AM TELLING YOU NOW NOT TO WORRY MUCH... THEY JUST LEFT THAT DAMN FORK ON YA WHILE DOING THE XRAY LOL.... GOTTA LAUGH TO KEEP YA SAIN IS WHAT I SAY.... DONT WORRY SERIOUSLY... I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD MINE LAST YEAR AND MIND YOU WAS MY VERY FIRST I SAT AND TALKED WITH THE LADY DOING IT AND MY BOOBIES WERE SO MESSED UP FROM ALL THE SKIN TILL SHE ACTUALLY WROTE ON THE FOLDER HOW MUCH WEIGHT I HAD LOST AND WAS GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT TO READ... SO HANG IN THERE AND JUST BE HAPPY IT WILL ALL BE OVER SOON... BUT I WILL BE SITTING HERE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YA! HUGS MARGE