I participated again this year in the promotional mammogram program at ECM. $40 for a mammogram, and the price includes the reading. I've already gotten my results in the mail, and I went during October!

I appreciate so much being able to have access to something like this. I don't have health insurance and this is really great for me.

Thank YOU for appreciating and supporting out local hospital!

Good for you, HomesickGirl!

And if you received the results in the mail, I take it the outcome was good. I'm glad.

Yep, the results were good. I had to get over being afraid to get tested. You know that phobia that says getting tested will make you have it? Or what you don't know won't hurt you!

I had my first one last year, and since then they have gotten digital mammography at ECM.

I am impressed with them on many levels. Everyone I talked to and came in contact with was professional and friendly.

Do they really squish it flat as a pancake? And does that not hurt?

Go find out.

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Originally posted by beyonce:
Do they really squish it flat as a pancake? And does that not hurt?

No, it doesn't hurt....doesn't tickle either. I don't know about flat as a pancake - you have to look straight ahead while the technician is doing her thing. It feels like they're squished flat as a pancake, but apparently they pop right back out to normal.

HomesickGirl,

I understand about the phobia and have found that once you've done it once or twice, the nervousness starts to lessen. I say better to know than not know, and a stage one diagnosis is much better than stage four.