Okay, Guys. EXPLAIN. / myLot

Torture device. Photo taken by and the property of FourWalls.

@FourWalls (61936)

United States

April 26, 2018 11:59am CST

I’m not just humorous here. I try to make people laugh as much as possible, even at my own expense. That included a couple of weeks ago, when I went for my annual mammogram. I posted the picture included here on my Facebook wall and the comment, “Say OUCH, ladies!” I don’t need to identify that torture device to any woman over 40. I had a number of female friends who “winced in solidarity.” What surprised me, though, was the number of guys who know what that is. Y’all need to explain that one to me. How do you fellas know about this thing?????

PS — ladies, over 40, make sure you make your annual appointment for this. After you stop wincing at the thought of the pain, though.

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10 responses

Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (48395)

• Mojave, California

26 Apr 18

Are you kidding, I have one in my house. Just kidding, but think people are pretty caught up on most things these days being the age of information everywhere. Just people are choosing what they want to believe and what is actually true.

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KrauseHome

@KrauseHome (36448)

• United States

26 Apr 18

Just wish their was not so much pain associated with this.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61936)

• United States

27 Apr 18

I mentioned in another reply that my doctor's office has a new machine, and it wasn't nearly as painful this year as in previous years. The pain paid off, though: yesterday I received a notice from my doctor saying the mammogram was clear!

A friend of mine on Facebook said better a couple of minutes of pain than a couple of years of cancer treatment, and she's so right. My next-door-neighbor's cancer was caught in the stage 0 phase.

marguicha

@marguicha (215148)

• Chile

26 Apr 18

I hate those checks and do them. Ouch!

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Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11651)

• San Jose, California

31 Aug 18

It is good for guys to get tested too.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

17 Jun 18

I've never actually seen one before. I've heard that they are quite painful.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129379)

• Israel

27 Apr 18

@FourWalls I go for my mammogram. The first machine they had was awful and now they have a better one that is easier and does not hurt so much.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61936)

• United States

27 Apr 18

You know, the newer machines are an improvement. I asked the radiologist after we finished if I had gotten "used to" the squish or if this one didn't hurt as bad and she said, "We have a new machine. It's better."

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61936)

• United States

27 Apr 18

@Hannihar -- oh, they did. That's the new one in the picture. I didn't have to do the 20 goofy poses, either, with the new one.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129379)

• Israel

27 Apr 18

@FourWalls Why didn't she use it then?