Post by Littljoe on Jan 29, 2005 2:28:36 GMT -5
I didn't want to post this until you'd actually HAD your first mammogram, but now that it's over I think you will appreciate it.
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Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there is no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day for a week preceding the exam to do the following practice exercises, you will be totally prepared for the test. And best of all, you can do these simple practice
exercises right in your home.
Exercise #1: Open your refrigerator door and insert one breast between the door and the main box. Have one of your strongest friends slam the door shut as hard as possible and lean on the door for good measure. Hold that position for five seconds. Repeat for the other breast, and then do the whole thing again if you can still feel something after the first time.
Exercise #2: Visit your garage at 3:00 a.m. when the temperature of the cement floor is just perfect. Take off all your clothes and lie comfortably on the floor with one breast wedged under the rear tire of the car. Ask a friend to slowly back the car up until your breast is sufficiently flattened and chilled. Turn over and repeat for the other breast.
Exercise #3: Freeze two metal bookends overnight. Strip to the waist. Invite a stranger into the room. Press the bookends against one of your breasts, and ask the stranger to squeeze the bookends together as hard as she can. Set an appointment with the stranger to meet next year and do it again.
Congratulations!! Now you are prepared for your mammogram!
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--LJ
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Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there is no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day for a week preceding the exam to do the following practice exercises, you will be totally prepared for the test. And best of all, you can do these simple practice
exercises right in your home.
Exercise #1: Open your refrigerator door and insert one breast between the door and the main box. Have one of your strongest friends slam the door shut as hard as possible and lean on the door for good measure. Hold that position for five seconds. Repeat for the other breast, and then do the whole thing again if you can still feel something after the first time.
Exercise #2: Visit your garage at 3:00 a.m. when the temperature of the cement floor is just perfect. Take off all your clothes and lie comfortably on the floor with one breast wedged under the rear tire of the car. Ask a friend to slowly back the car up until your breast is sufficiently flattened and chilled. Turn over and repeat for the other breast.
Exercise #3: Freeze two metal bookends overnight. Strip to the waist. Invite a stranger into the room. Press the bookends against one of your breasts, and ask the stranger to squeeze the bookends together as hard as she can. Set an appointment with the stranger to meet next year and do it again.
Congratulations!! Now you are prepared for your mammogram!
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--LJ
