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Peace's avatar

Pap smears usually only needed if having sex with multiple partners (or a partner who is having sex with multiple partners). Go with thermograms instead of mammograms - gives you red flag almost a decade before a mammogram detects anything. No downside to the thermogram like there is with the mammograms between squashing the breast tissue and the repeated exposure to the radiation.

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Estar's avatar

I had a mammogram once and that was enough. It reminded me of an 1800s cheese press. Then they hounded me for six months saying they might have found something. I didn't fall for their fear trick. That was about 40 years ago and I'm still here.

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Heterodox Introvert's avatar

Good for you! Great story. It’s the fear thing for sure that drives a whooole lot of business for them. Not saying things don’t go haywire in bodies. Saying know your body and your true self, which has not very much to do with the body.

You don’t have a soul, you have a body. You are a soul. ~C.S. Lewis

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GoodGrief-239's avatar

Thermogram requires a baseline scan and then a follow up 3 months later. That sequence establishes your baseline. Just wanted to mention that for those unfamiliar.

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

This! Thanks!

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