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I think that sometimes staff try to make light of situations in different ways to take your mind off of it is all. Patients do the same thing for themselves sometimes. You ever notice that during a GYN the doctor will usually make some sort of small talk? I always thought it rather strange as I know when I am laying back with feet in stirrups I just want to get the experience over and done with.
One piece of advice for anyone going through this. Caffeine tends to make breasts a bit more lumpy, those who drink a lot of caffeine will find themselves undergoing diagnostic mammograms, stereotactic biopsies and ultrasounds more frequently. This is even more common in younger patients as their tissues are considerably more dense as it is. The caffeine tends to promote fibrocystic breasts which are fairly common. One of the problems is that those patients go through more trauma and pain due to the extra testing and often give up on mammograms because they assume that they will always have false positives. It is very helpful if you can reduce your caffeine intake for a few days before your physical and for a few days before your mammogram. You will find that not only do the breasts become less cystic but the mammograms will be far more comfortable.
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