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Jun. 27th, 2019 10:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatGot mammogram today - aka cancer screening. Haven't done it since 2013. (Don't start, I know. My gynecologist disappeared without a forwarding address, and I had a male primary care. Finally fired his ass and got a female primary care...and the mammogram. Now need to get the new gyno, which is...well, let's just say, it's easier to hail a cab in the middle of Brooklyn at rush hour.) Don't like them -- painful. Although I've big breasts, so as my mother (who also has big breasts) puts it -- it could be a lot worse. At least we have something to put in the compression torture device, I don't know what men do. (Yes, men can get breast cancer -- have you not watched "A Million Little Things"?) The technician felt the need to put the breast in question in all sorts of bizarre positions. I told her at one point that I felt like a contortionist. Since English was clearly her third language, this was lost on her. I think she's from Eastern Europe. She sounds Russian or Ukranian.I'm getting rather good at picking up on these dialects -- mainly because I spend most of my time listening to them.
When all is said and done? The machine was better than last time. They've improved it. Also they've women doing it now. And only one technician. And it's more accurate -- and takes much better pictures and can do 3D imaging.
Go technology.
I wonder what people did without all this technology? Probably died of breast cancer. I shouldn't joke -- I've family members and friends who are survivors. Actually it's why I do joke. And to date two co-workers died of cancer -- lung and pancreatic.
Afterwards decided to walk about ten to fifteen blocks (30 minutes) to the Carroll Gardens subway home. It was a beautiful evening - blue sky, warm. And I had errands -- got a new knives, a bento lunch box, soup/food jar, lunch bag, wooden talons, an eco scrubber, and an oven mit at Whisk. Then stopped by Duman and picked up another kitchen throw-rug (to match the one I bought the last time I was there), a leg pillow (gel with memory foam, hypo-allergenic), and a beach towel (which was on sale). Still need to find something for friend who I'm visiting in July.
And...stopped by Charlotte's Patisseri and picked up two gluten free raspberry muffins, and a gluten-free brownie. (I'm not having problems cutting all grains, and dairy out, but am having issues cutting sweets and to a degree certain carbs. I do still eat oatmeal -- because it helps with digestion and blood pressure. But off corn, wheat, rice, barely, rye...and dairy for the most part. Sometimes I'll cheat and have an ice cream bar or a piece of string cheese or parmesene on ancient grain pasta (this is pasta made from amarenth, millet, and almond flours -- it's called Manna Pasta, and is freshly made and you boil for no more than 3 minutes). I had it tonight (cold -- made it last night) with left over shrimp, broccoli and cauliflower with parmesene and pesto.
When all is said and done? The machine was better than last time. They've improved it. Also they've women doing it now. And only one technician. And it's more accurate -- and takes much better pictures and can do 3D imaging.
Go technology.
I wonder what people did without all this technology? Probably died of breast cancer. I shouldn't joke -- I've family members and friends who are survivors. Actually it's why I do joke. And to date two co-workers died of cancer -- lung and pancreatic.
Afterwards decided to walk about ten to fifteen blocks (30 minutes) to the Carroll Gardens subway home. It was a beautiful evening - blue sky, warm. And I had errands -- got a new knives, a bento lunch box, soup/food jar, lunch bag, wooden talons, an eco scrubber, and an oven mit at Whisk. Then stopped by Duman and picked up another kitchen throw-rug (to match the one I bought the last time I was there), a leg pillow (gel with memory foam, hypo-allergenic), and a beach towel (which was on sale). Still need to find something for friend who I'm visiting in July.
And...stopped by Charlotte's Patisseri and picked up two gluten free raspberry muffins, and a gluten-free brownie. (I'm not having problems cutting all grains, and dairy out, but am having issues cutting sweets and to a degree certain carbs. I do still eat oatmeal -- because it helps with digestion and blood pressure. But off corn, wheat, rice, barely, rye...and dairy for the most part. Sometimes I'll cheat and have an ice cream bar or a piece of string cheese or parmesene on ancient grain pasta (this is pasta made from amarenth, millet, and almond flours -- it's called Manna Pasta, and is freshly made and you boil for no more than 3 minutes). I had it tonight (cold -- made it last night) with left over shrimp, broccoli and cauliflower with parmesene and pesto.
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Date: 2019-06-29 07:32 pm (UTC)