***Hushistas SS19 Part 1!!!!!***

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I went for one mammogram a few years agoand am never going for another. It really hurt. I just self check now.. no one in our family has ever had any problems.so I'm not worried..
ExcitingCherries But scary, ( however I'd really like it done also.. )

Cherries nope I do exactly the same, yy must be feeling very real now.
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Pmd you cherries

I don’t really find them painful as such but I am inevitably covered in bruises afterwards. I have to say though that it was easier to get my 32Ks done that it was to get my 40Ks. My last one was 20 months ago, the day before I started to lose weight, and I remember how huge they looked, squashed flat.

sheep my dc know I don't make the smallest decision without consulting MN

laska the orange T-shirt looks great, and I love your hallway! Looks lovely and light and airy (and tidy!).

cherries for you. I've never had a mammogram but glad to hear it went ok.

@Cherries - Poppers up to the knickers could come in handy if you plan on moonlighting as a stripper, perhaps.
@Laska - The orange Faces T looks wonderful on you. Love it with your pink hair. You look like a kickass tequila sunrise!

*Von Trapp Chic can describe everything I have removed from my wardrobe in the last couple of years. Massive weight loss has also inspired removal of the bulkier clothes I was hiding behind. As much as I love the idea of being all wafty and boho, (and I really do - and the clothes definitely suit this climate as well!) I am far too short - I look like a bird caught in spinnaker, and live in fear of tripping over or having my maxi dress ripped off by an escalator, which is a local urban myth.

Btw, My PRECIOUS (Whistles Leopard faux fur cocoon coat) has arrived, and is predictably too long in the arms. (I am a T-Rex) I will get it altered and might even buy a mirror to take a photo for you. This definitely won't happen tomorrow, as it will be nearly 40 degrees here. Not the day to be trying on faux fur! I shall be jealous of you all, looking for crocuses and snowdrops and signs of Spring, while I am wilting and walking between shady spots, praying for a cool change.....

@Cherries - I went with my auntie for her mammogram, and like me, she gets a bit silly when she's nervous. When she had her boob jammed in the machine, she eyeballed me and said "You know, darling.... I think I know exactly how a hamburger must feel right now."

She's pretty wild, that one.

I think it's pretty normal to start to panic when it begins to feel real.

When should you start having mammograms? I'm 47 and have never had one.

I've had a bit of a rough morning today. My 16 year old dd needed a blood test, she was ok but a bit nervous but I am very squeamish and prone to fainting. I took her and dh came along too just in case. She was ok but got through it, meanwhile I came over all faint and had to lie down So embarrassed even though it's happened to me many many times.

Phlebotomist (great word!) came in to see if I was ok, he said to dd - see how much your Mum loves you......but next time don't bring her

I think in England it may have dropped to 45 recently (used to be 50). But unlike bowel screening, who send you your poop scoop on your 50th birthday, breast screening is done in cycles, by GP surgery. So depending on where your GP sits in the cycle, it could be nearly three years after your trigger birthday when you get your first invite. I couldn’t believe that within 5 days of turning 50 I had had a poop scoop, an invite for breast screening and an invite for cervical screening. Made me feel like a ticking time bomb, to be honest.

At least today there was a clinic running so it was read within half an hour. It’s the two week wait for results that I really hate.

I have sent Liesel back, along with the wide trousers. Now that I no longer need to keep clothes just because they fit I’m trying to be ruthless. Even if something is a bargain, if I don’t love it, then I deserve better.

Didn't do popped, have opted out of everything else also.. Iam now a screening refusnik. But I'm going to die of something, that's for sure ..

Soups hope you are ok now, it’s horrible when you come over all faint 💐

Oooh cherries - yes that is getting very real, and not surprised you need a coffee after that. The whole concept of mammograms makes me squirm - more so than smear tests even (which I am also putting off...bad me...) - so glad I haven't yet been called.

justilou - lol @ stripper trousers... And glad your coat is as good as you hoped - even though it does need shorter arms...I suppose you're feeling the same about trying that on, as we all are about trying on spring clothes! I saw your other thread re: the pop of colour and it did make me laugh though I didn't post - but wow! To lose so much weight must be a total life changer, not just in terms of health, but in how you see yourself, and how you are able to dress (cherries as well). Kudos to you... Though I do have a bit of a thing for wafty clothes too - they don't really suit me either, but i've stopped caring, and just go with the waft (though now you've put the dress/escalator interface scenario in my head, I'm going to take care they don't waft too much in the vicinity of heavy machinery...)

laska - sounding stylish today...

My £0 trousers arrived, and they are brill . Will be perfect when the weather gets warmer. Though they did arrive looking like a dishrag...and will probably be a bit of a crumpling nightmare, though for lightweight trousers I think that is always the case. I didn't actually size down and probably could have, but they aren't falling off me and I like the looser (wafty) feel. I may try the tiger ones too later on if these get wear...

Laska I’m the same have ignored two invites for breast screening I just can’t face it, as every time I go for my cardio check up they find something else to be concerned about & just can’t deal with more tests.

Oh soups - sorry to hear you've had a rubbish morning...

I'm becoming a bit more aware of mortality too - yay, happy thoughts... - several people close to me have had health scares recently, and the wife of one of DHs friend died a couple of weeks ago from cancer (she was only mid 40s - leaving 2 young teenage boys ).. and MIL has had to cut short her holiday because of something sinister. And FIL died a couple of years ago totally suddenly from a heart attack, having been really healthy til then. It's all a bit too common... having just "assumed" that health is generally OK til we get really old - which is how things seem to have happened in my family to now... I suppose it comes to us all, but probably best to know if there is anything "lurking". (Sorry - just being morbid...)

Thank you melen and sheep Still feeling a bit ropey but luckily I have a quiet day until the dds get home from school.

sheep so sorry to hear about dh's friend Life is so shit sometimes and cancer is such a bastard. You're right about things coming unexpectedly, sometimes you don't know what's round the next corner. I tend to be a worrier anyway so it's hard not to think about these things.

Not so sorry about your friend, cancer is indeed a bastard.
On a lighter note the trousers sound brilliant, I to would love to be all wafty but am far to short & just look like I have someone else’s illfitting clothes on.

I need to keep a tight grip of myself, I could easily end up with health anxiety, and to be honest, I think screening, and a lot of the messaging around it, feeds into that for me. I never used to be like that, but DD has had so many health challenges, and for years it felt every time she went to hospital the news got worse. While she now has a diagnosis (fairly recent, and thanks (!) to genome mapping) we are constantly on high alert waiting for the next manifestation. The worry about her seems to have leaked into a more general health anxiety, it’s just awful sometimes and I actually feel sick if anyone suggests a scan or X-ray.

not, did they really not charge you for the trousers? That’s great :)

Afternoon everyone. I also avoid health screening. I feel really bad about it sometimes. I cant remember being offered the poo test. I am late with my cervical screening and I have never been offered a mammogram despite being 51. As you know my mum had breast cancer but I think its more of an old age thing with her at 83.
@Laska- think I need to do a dye job on the faces tee as its just too see through for me. It looks great btw. @cherries,thankfully your mammogram is over. Every time I get an ache or pain these days I worry. I really suffer from health anxiety constantly.

Oh and meant to say that I emailed hush about my trainers. Still awaiting a reply.

Health anxiety is horrendous & can be so debilitating, & seeps into everyday life, I’m a bury my head in sand sort which is not helpful in the long run but I just cope with anymore tests, totally get why you feel the way you do Cherries I think it’s very stressful worrying about others than is it about your own health.
Not forgot to say hope MiL, has a good outcome.