2.5 Hours of Dental Work Yesterday - Mammogram Today - Afraid for Tomorrow!

[REP]

Tuesday I had two teeth worked on so they can be crowned plus a filling done and what seems like a zillion needle jabs. One tooth was this -><- close to needing a root canal, so it is still sore as hell.

I get my boobs flattened later this morning. I've had cysts for just about forever, so instead of the 1 or 2 calcifications some women have, I have 25+ per knocker. The tech always looks concerned until I explain my history of cysts. Between that and the flattening - last time there was blood involved! - it's not the most fun thing.

After all this, I think I either deserve to do some shopping ... or perhaps hide under my bed.

edited to add spleen, motherfucker!

[Heidi]

1. REP,

you know I'll be sending you some good vibes. Sorry you're going through all this. :hug:

[REP]

2. Don't Get Me Wrong - I'm Glad To Get The Teeth Fixed (at last)

I just really like complaining!

Thanks! :hug:

[Heidi]

3. Well, then you should have included

more spleen in your OP! :rofl: :spray:

[REP]

4. Damn, You're Right!

Check my edit!

And just let me add some SPLEEN here!!

[Heidi]

5. Hahahahahahahaha!

You are simply spleen-did, REP! :rofl: :spray:

[REP]

6. And a Suck-Up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6607656&mesg_id=6609663

[Heidi]

7. Cut it out!!!!!

:blush:

[REP]

8. Make Me

C'mon! I can take you WITH MY SPLEEN TIED BEHIND MY BACK!

[KitchenWitch]

23. *sniff* I have no spleen!

:cry:

[REP]

27. I Have Plenty of Spleen for Everyone One

I'm willing to both vent and share my spleen, so enjoy!

[sandnsea]

9. Count yourself lucky

That you can get it done. A lot of people can't.

[REP]

11. I Was One Of Those People

That's why I need so goddamned much work done - couldn't afford it for years and years. I'm lucky I still have any teeth left.

[LeftyFingerPop]

10. 'I have 25+ per knocker"

Damn...this medical terminology always confuses me.

Could you please use layman's terms? :rofl:

Seriously...good luck with the mammogram.

[REP]

12. Sorry: I Have Thingies in The Hooters

I've been practicing for the mammogram by having someone back my car over my lady-bags.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Whoa! I'll have to try that before my next mammogram!

My neighbor has an SUV. Hopefully, he will be so kind as to agree to run over my lady-bags.

:rofl:

[REP]

14. Use a Vehicle with 4WD

If ya know what I mean!

[LeftyFingerPop]

17. You should know....

that I am a perfessenal mammerrammer.

I put on my best t-shirt (the one with only 2 mustard stains, then I put a magnetic sign on the side of my pick up that says..."Mammergrams R' Us"

Business is booming.

[ThomCat]

15. Ouch.

:hug:

I hope it goes well, and I hope it's minimally painful.

[REP]

16. Well, The Way This Tooth is Hurting...

...I doubt I'll even notice it! Thanks! :hi:

[ET Awful]

18. Ouch. . . I had to have a crown, two fillings and a cleaning done on Monday

I feel part of your pain :(. (the boob flattening I will most likely never experience, being a man and all).

My gums STILL hurt from the two fillings (which were both right at the gum line.

OUCH.

[NV Whino]

20. Oh geez, I wish you guys wouldn't talk about the teeth

I have to go in on the 29th for a crown and two fillings at the gum line. And maybe be shunted over to the peridontist as well. Ouch.

[REP]

29. I'm Having Two More Crowns Week After Next; One With a Root Canal

This round of dental work will include: at least two root canals (already had one done); four crowns; a constellation of fillings and a removeable bridge. The tooth that was drilled yesterday that might need a root canal finally stopped throbbing, but that might have something to do with me finally giving up and taking Percocet...

[libnnc]

19. Got my titties squished on Monday

and a pap and blood work done last Thursday (my triglycerides are a little high). Doc just called this morning to tell me that they'll probably call me back for another mammogram. Didn't get the left one squished correctly apparently and something about two small calcifications x( Oh joy...more torture forthcoming


I totally feel for ya...:hi:

[REP]

26. How Fun For You!

I had a digital squishing, so they were able to tellright away that they needed to crush the right one again a little harder ... Hope your calcifications are like mine: meaningless!

[geardaddy]

21. It would seem a colonscopy would be in order.

;)

[REP]

25. Actually, I'm Supposed To Have One Soon

I've been avoiding calling back the gastro since March ...

Selni rhai yw eu hiechyd!

[KitchenWitch]

22. Girl, you need some serious spa treatments after that!

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

24. Good vibes coming your way!

:hug:

[REP]

28. Thanks - But Where's The Spleen?

[Writer]

30. I'm so sorry, REP ... but better now than something worse later, right?

Preventative care can be a pain.

I haven't started mammograms yet (my doc said I should at 40). Are they as painful as they've been described to me?

On edit: I agree with the spa treatment. You should treat yourself right after all that.

Writer.

[REP]

31. If You Have Cystic Breasts, Why Yes They Are!

Though I hear they're worse for women with small breasts, Cysts just make the hooters sore anyway, so smashing them flat in a press doesn't help. I'm in a high-risk group (nullapara, cysts) so I get high-tech smashing, which is supposedly as little worse than old-school smashing. I've had worse procedures, though!

[bicentennial_baby]

34. They give me ultrasounds...

B/C I'm younger and the tissue is too dense to read properly. Several excruciating mammograms taught them that. Ugh. I need to go again, I'm overdue. The process stresses me out so much, I had to take a break. I'm a hypochondriac (the real kind), and this condition is agonizing for me. :(

[REP]

35. Digital Is The Gold Standard For Dense Breast Tissue

I'm a nullapara, so I've got very dense breast tissue; a regular mammogram wouldn't be able to read shit. That's why I have to drive to hell's elbow (okay, it's just Santa Clara) to get the digital done, instead of down the street to my regular office!

[FuzzySlippers]

32. Okay, I've got to one-up you on the mammogram whining.

I had a mammogram today on my 3&1/2 weeks post-lumpectomy breast. Talk about a sore boob!

[REP]

36. Damn! You Win ... I Think!

I hope the lumpectomy was a success, and that they don't have to do anymore compressions on it for a while. Damn, that must hurt like fucking hell! I hope it's feeling better!

[Der Blaue Engel]

33. Must be mammogram season

I had mine Monday.

The way I deal with things like this is by remembering childbirth. If I can do that for 26 hours, I can deal with a few minutes of pain. :D

[REP]

37. I Pass Kidney Stones Every 30-45 Days

I'm a nullapara, but I think 20+ years of near-monthly stone production is close to childbirth ... except that no one cares if I flush the stone down the toilet!