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HAHA....got your attention didn't I?????? Ok...so....I am getting up there in age now :) and it was time....for......YES...THE DREADED M word.....MAMMOGRAM!!!! Mary...a good friend of mine called to let me know about a Women's Medical Center that was doing MARGARITAS AND MAMMOGRAM NIGHT. She said..how fun would it be for a bunch of us to get together and go??? I totally agreed. So we emailed all our friends...and just 3 of us ended up going. The rest are just BIG OL' CHICKENS!!!! So it was just Mary, Carol and Myself. As we were sitting there in our gowns I said...Oh...I should of brought my camera...so I could take a pic of the three of us in our lovely gowns to put on my blog. Then I thought..ummmm...maybe NOT...haha...I wouldn't do that to you all....you might not come back to read my post anymore. LOL

I ran across this poem...and I couldn't of said it better myself. So I thought I would just post it.

The Mammogram

By Julia Napier©

For years and years they told me,

Be careful of your breasts.

Don't ever squeeze or bruise them.

And give them monthly tests.

So I heeded all their warnings,

And protected them by law.

Guarded them very carefully,

And I always wore my bra.

After 30 years of astute care,

My gyno, Dr. Pruitt,

Said I should get a Mammogram."

O.K." I said, let's do it."

"Stand up here real close" she said,

(She got my boob in line),

"And tell me when it hurts," she said,

"Ah yes! Right there, that's fine.

"She stepped upon a pedal,

I could not believe my eyes!

A plastic plate came slamming down,

My hooter's in a vise!

My skin was stretched and mangled,

From underneath my chin.

My poor boob was being squashed,

To Swedish Pancake thin.

Excruciating pain I felt,

Within it's vise-like grip.

A prisoner in this vicious thing,

My poor defenseless tit!"

Take a deep breath" she said to me,

Who does she think she's kidding?!?

My chest is mashed in her machine,

And woozy I am getting.

"There, that's good," I heard her say,

(The room was slowly swaying.)

"Now, let's have a go at the other one.

"Have mercy, I was praying.

It squeezed me from both up and down,

It squeezed me from both sides.

I'll bet SHE'S never had this done,

To HER tender little hide.

Next time that they make me do this,

I will request a blindfold.

I have no wish to see again,

My knockers getting steam rolled.

If I had no problem when I came in,

I surely have one now.

If there had been a cyst in there,

It would have gone "ker-pow!"

This machine was created by a man,

Of this, I have no doubt.

I'd like to stick his balls in there,

And see how THEY come out!

HAHA! Honestly...it was not bad at all. I don't know what all the fuss is about with women not wanting to get them. But I really do think that they should test for testicular cancer this way!!!! :)

All my girlfriends have no idea what they missed. Yeah...we got the mammograms...which took a whole ten minutes...but guess what else we got.....MASSAGES...ON OUR BACKS...AFTER we got our shirts back on...ROFL. They had a person there doing chair massages after you were done. Then we got refreshments and drinks....Carmel cheesecake...YUM And...we got to sign up for a drawing for a basket full of goodies and a spa treatment...I HOPE I WIN...LOL And going with friends was great!

NOW...that is MY KIND OF MAMMOGRAM. I would go back again today if they let me :)

They will be doing it again next year! YIPPPPEEEEE!!!! Ok...Ok..I know I don't get out much...but in my opinion...for something that all of us should be doing....this is the way to do it!!!!

Here are some statistics I thought I would post on Breast Cancer.

Cancer Burden†
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In 2004,* 186,772 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,954 women died from the disease.
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Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women.

NOW...if you are due....Quit be a CHICKEN...and go do it!!!!