I was enjoying my daily dose of entertainment at Asianbite and this picture of Elita Loresca who was voted as USA’s sexiest newscaster caught my eye.
Never mind who she is. Just look at her humongous boobs. Maybe being a woman, I cannot appreciate them as much as a man. The first thought that crossed my mind when I saw them was “ouch, won’t those boobs hurt badly if they were sent for a mammography?”
What a morbid thought right?
But really, because mammography requires the breast to be compressed to even out its thickness, the bigger the breast is, the more pressure is applied and the more it hurts.
And exactly how painful is the process?
Ask me. I know through first-hand experience because I had my first mammography done at the age of 35. The gynae whom I consulted at that time for a Pap smear said she felt a slight lump after groping at my boobs and immediately ordered me to do a mammography. Then, I was still a buxomy C-cup, before Gavin zapped away half the fats from my breasts.
Nothing harmful was detected of course but the entire X-ray was unnerving. Not only did I have to worry about the outcome, I had to endure the extremely uncomfortable procedure where my breasts were being pressed against a platform on the mammogram machine by a plate.
I remember then that one of my breasts did not hurt as much even though it was pressed, flattened and squeezed by the plate. The other, probably because it was slightly bigger, hurt so much that I was in tears especially because they had to retake the X-ray after a failed attempt. So it was pressed, flattened, squeezed; not once, but twice!
And you tell me, what is my C-cup compared to Elita’s XXX-cup? Imagine how much more pain she’ll experience to have hers pressed, flattened, squeezed much harder because of the size?
So flat-chested ladies, take heart. Big breasts are a pain. Literally.
Ouch! That does sound real painful. Another thing good about being slightly more flat-chested is that they do not bounce too much while I’m jogging.
DR:
Comment by domestic rat — Sun, 8 Oct 2006 @ 7:16 pm
Wow, I didn’t know mammography can be so painful. Tks for the graphic details.
I guess this is one of the rare times that I thank my lucky stars that I’m a flattie!!
DT: You and DR can go jogging together liao…
Comment by DT — Sun, 8 Oct 2006 @ 8:03 pm
Hallelujah for smaller than A-cup breasts! They didn’t call me Breastless Mahoney (spoofing off Breathless Mahoney from the Dick Tracey movie) for nothing. *grin*
Hsin:
Comment by Hsin — Sun, 8 Oct 2006 @ 10:11 pm
Gee…I am thanksful for my B-cup ;-)Kekekeke……
SSF: Haha…me now also B-cup…
Comment by sunshinensunflower — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 4:13 am
I think if I combine my 2 boobs into 1 still not as big as hers…Wahaha.
Ashes: Wahahahahaha...
Comment by Ashes — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 8:57 am
And I tot bigger cups means more flesh/fats then it will not be so painful…..kekeke
Jan: Maybe for some…you know so fat till the nerves around there are completely suffocated…
Comment by Jan (My lovely Rays) — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 10:23 am
Well big breasts may be a pain … but not for guys. Hehe …
Loong: Haha…not painful but can be fatal if you get suffocated by them…
Comment by Loong — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 11:36 am
Ouch..
Didn’t know you link boobsy folks to mamogram..
I think Zara shrank my boobs too.. with another one coming.. probably will shrink further.
ZM: But with the milk supply coming, it should swell for some time right?
Comment by zara's mama — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 2:04 pm
I never liked big boobs. It can get in the way especially when you sit down at a dinner table. Or squeezing between the aisle while on the MRT. Besides, BB women can’t run! Haha!
MS: Can run, but much slower or else might topple…
Comment by mother superior — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 2:36 pm
The first question that came to my mind when i saw that pic was - is her boobs real??
Luckily i’m a mere ‘A’…hehehe..
Eileen: Looks much enhanced right? I wonder if we can tell by poking?
Comment by Eileen — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 3:45 pm
Hahaha SS, you dont sound conspiracy but all the ladies start revealling their secret code?
wtpg: Where got? You never reveal yours right?
Comment by wtpgrr — Mon, 9 Oct 2006 @ 6:11 pm
I haven’t had one yet. Thanks for sharing. And I thought it would hurt more for the smaller breasts.
niceheart: I suppose it’s because of the greater pressure they need to assert. But then again, smaller breasts can hurt too if the pressure is too much…
Comment by niceheart — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 @ 1:07 pm