Cancer Diary - Part 1
Aug. 25th, 2018 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dyllanneOn July 17th I went for my first routine mammogram. I will be 51 in October 2018. I decided to go for the screening as my maternal Aunt had breast cancer and there is sometimes a family link.
On arrival at the screening centre in Glasgow in Nelson Mandela Place I went to the waiting room. It’s nice there. There’s a courtyard garden and the radio is on low. From there I went to the changing room where I was told to take off my bra and put my top back on. Then I was to sit with the curtain open so they knew I was ready and then I would get taken through. When I was called I went to the x-ray room and took my shirt off. I was maneuvered into the machine and several pics were taken at various angles. I had been told that I might find it uncomfortable, but it wasn’t that bad. It was all over in 15 minutes and I was back out the door and back at work in no time. I had a very positive experience and went back to work quite happy.
On arrival at the screening centre in Glasgow in Nelson Mandela Place I went to the waiting room. It’s nice there. There’s a courtyard garden and the radio is on low. From there I went to the changing room where I was told to take off my bra and put my top back on. Then I was to sit with the curtain open so they knew I was ready and then I would get taken through. When I was called I went to the x-ray room and took my shirt off. I was maneuvered into the machine and several pics were taken at various angles. I had been told that I might find it uncomfortable, but it wasn’t that bad. It was all over in 15 minutes and I was back out the door and back at work in no time. I had a very positive experience and went back to work quite happy.