After hitting fifty i was told by a friend that you are called in your fiftieth year at some point to have a Mammogram if you have not previously had one that is. Can anyone tell me if this will happen or does anyone know any different?. Thanks ladies!!!!.
I'm 51 next week. I was invited for my 1st mammogram 26 months ago, I was 48. I attended a local mobile unit @ Bluewater.
A couple of weeks later, I had a recall and attended a unit @ Gillingham Hospital where I had another mammogram on one side and a full breast exam. The radiologist had seen something that needed to be checked, all was fine fortunately.
The mammogram is nothing to worry about Rose. I am very small and did find it uncomfortable both times. It is only for a few seconds. I'll definately attend when invited again.
They don't do these things for fun, it is a preventative measure and has helped save the lives of others, just like smears, neither are my favourite pastimes but not terrible at all and well worth it 
Ohhhhh ladies this is a serious subject but you lot have had me laugghhhin at some of these answers ha ha ha. It is strange how some have been invited below fifty and for more frequent ones!!. I understand that some have histories that may require thm more frequently though.
Im not worried but have to get my GG whoppers in the machine lol,lol,lol,. Now im not bragging but Page 3 completely missed me. LOL. Sam Fox has got nothing on me ladies!!.
Yes smears are very important too and i always go for mine.
When I went last year (up the hospital rather than the mobile one as before) I had three each side. They're big but not that big. They always managed with just two before!! I find the most painful bit is when doing the sideways one, the corner of the plate sticks right in your oxter! 
@chickengrandma-2008 wrote:When I went last year (up the hospital rather than the mobile one as before) I had three each side.
6 boobies???.......
That's just being greedy CG.......
OOhhhhhh i see Armpits ha ha ha ha. LOL 6 BOOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I think i have eight then aawwwww gawd. 
Its funny i dont suffer with sore boobs any more before a period (when i get one). I used to have really painful times tummy wise and boobwise at my period time. Its probably cos everything is winding down in the perimenopause. Probably the hormone is not there that causes the sore boobage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
I'm 4 years off my first and I'm hoping there wil be something a little less like a medieval torture instrument by the time I go for mine!!!
No actually I tell a lie, not my first. I remember having one when I was 16 at school, all the girls did, and it was horrendous
I rember seeing something on the news about a new breast scanner which was more like a mine sweeper. You lay on top of a table top and the scanner just passes across you from below. Much easier and less painful!!! Does anyone know if this is being used anywhere now?
