hasn't had one in years.

got lucky. I've only had one (I'm only 36) but the tech was so nice I was laughing at her. It's not *that* scary. And I'm lucky in a way

that I have very flabby breasts. Flattening them out doesn't hurt a bit. That's what happens when you go from a DD to an A, naturally.

It doesn't hurt: but I want to know that they'll be at least glanced at (and I'll be notified) if anything is glaringly wrong. And they're

all "oh, no, the doctor won't even look at them until; we have the old ones to compare to" I sent for the old ones weeks ago, and they

haven't arrived yet. Nor do I know if/when they might: med folks tend to do things in their own damn time. It's that What tell you anything?

attitude that pisses me off with Xray techs.

*nod*&

Ah yeah, that. I'm so used to that that it shocks me when a tech says anything to me about the test. I guess I'm just Tested Out.

Maggie, Legally they CAN'T tell you anything, even if something is glaringly wrong.

they're not trained to read the films, so even if they know HOW to read them, it's a huge liability for them to say anything.

I know. Both my Dad and my Sister are superstar radiologists. I know they can't but I still hate it. it doesn't seem right that they do this

then let you stew. You go in, to my mind that makes you their patient: my folks say, no , you're the patient of the ordering doctor. But I'm

not even talking about the tech saying anything: I'm saying that they said that they would not be even *looked at* until the old ones to

to compare with got there. Even though no one knows when that might be. There should at least be a minimum screening, even i you can't do

everything. I just despise the whole medical system. Not the individual doctors and nurses: Lots of good ones out there. But the set up is

such that they can't do what's right, and they have to CYA way too often.

I agree that it sucks that they won't even screen your results without having the prior films.

and the CYA aspect causes more problems than it solves 9/10