The mammogram poncho is stylin!

Things I loved about my morning mammogram at Fauquier Hospital:

Arrived on time
Great parking
Minimum paperwork
Seen on time
EVERYONE was genuinely sweet, especially Shannon
Geek-fest explanation of the new digital technology
The modesty poncho is fetching, don't you think?
No more discomfort than an overenthusiastic hug
The manicure set parting gift: adorable AND practical**
Done in 10 minutes
The rest of my day should go so well!

**I wonder what guys get for having a prostate exam?

Comments

  1. Nice for you! My last mammogram was almost pleasant as well. First and foremost, not nearly as painful as ones I have had in the past. I was out of there before the time scheduled for the test (I had gotten there early) and everyone was nice. But I didn't get a gift. Darn. I guess my gift was that my result was normal.

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  2. Well, that settles it. My follow-up is going to be in Fauquier County! I had a puce colored poncho and no "parting gift". ...and definitely no "Shannon" ;-) I think my tech had missed her nice-pills that day :)

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  3. Getting mine next week...will have to ask husband about prostate exam swag!

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  4. Mammogram...dental care...so glad to see you taking care of yourself!

    What's next? Colonoscopy?

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  5. mine here in the UK wasn't too bad either. No parting gift and the poncho was a clinical blue, but all in all it was not a nasty experience and the building where it is done here is very gracious.

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  6. Colleen, I'll limit myself to self-care blogging above the waist, thank you!

    Glad to know all my friends are out there getting their "freeze and squeeze!"

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  7. Ugh, I had one of those last year after I found a lump, so it was not a routine screening. I found the procedure utterly gross, and very painful.

    Fortunately the lump was benign, so the procedure at least had something positive about it.

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  8. You got freeze and squeeze, AND a manicure set parting gift?

    I got just squeeze, no freeze, and the radiographer handed me a tissue afterwards. Yay!

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  9. My first mammogram was my last, it saved my life. After a double mastectomy with reconstruction (two years),I'm alive and here for my family. Thank god for the pinch, prod and squeeze. The fashionable ans stylist smock would have been nice tho :)

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  10. Laura !

    Was this your usual tongue in cheek commentary? I'm guessing it was. A manicure set? Why not a supply of birth control pills or free hormone replacement therapy?
    This way you could have extra hormores along with a dose of radiation.

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  11. Poncho? Parting gift? Hospital!? I feel a little cheated. Mine, recently, was in a caravan, in a supermarket car park, stripping to the waist in front of the machine and its operator. I thought the NHS had outdone itself though - state of the art machinery in a portable unit with lovely staff but absolutely NO frills (like a poncho). My parting gift - a standard letter with a number to call if I didn't hear anything after a month.

    Erica (B)

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