# Ohhhhhhhhhhhh CRAP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhhhhhhhhh-crap/388459 "2007-01-18T15:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhhhhhhhhh-crap/388459/21 "2007-01-21T03:31:36Z")
[QUOTE=niblet\_head] Yeah, I went from a 38DDD to a 38D the first time. Then redid it a year later, and am now a C. My surgeon thought it was remarkable enough that at my first post-op appointment, he showed me the paperwork and said, “Look! We took off almost another THREE POUNDS!!” [/QUOTE] Wow. I’d have nothing left if they did mine again. I’m glad you’re happy with yours, I’m still thrilled with mine! There’s a point where worrying is pointless. And I’m a world-class worrier. But I’m not going to panic about this, either. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhhhhhhhhh-crap/388459/22 "2007-01-21T03:45:42Z")
There are some things in life that we can do something about – like eating right, exercising, not smoking, not drinking to excess, etc. And medically, that means getting regular checkups, especially for areas where you’re considered in a higher risk group. So I’ve been doing self-exams for many years and getting regular mammos since I turned 40, and to date, except for one where they did a follow-up ultrasound (and detemined it was just a fluid-filled cyst, completely harmless, that has apparently since disappeared), all have been normal. So what more can I do? Frankly, I’m far more likely to die in a car crash than from cancer. Plus there’s the fact that sometimes you do everything you should and luck enters the picture. I know one person who, because she developed pneumonia and got a chest x-ray, was discovered to have very early lung cancer. It appears she’ll be successfully treated and recover completely. Another friend reports that a coworker woke up last week discovering she couldn’t walk – it turns out she has lung cancer that went uncaught until it spread throughout her organs and into her spine; needless to say, she has little chance of survival. So my philosophy is: Do what you can to help yourself, and then be prepared to deal with whatever happens. Sometimes it’s just a crapshoot, pure and simple. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhhhhhhhhh-crap/388459/23 "2007-01-21T03:56:42Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] **Quiddity** is a woman?? [/QUOTE] Oh yeah. PMS and all. Which could, come to think of it, be one reason this bit of medical news affected me more than things usually do. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhhhhhhhhh-crap/388459/24 "2007-01-21T04:13:02Z")
“The nurse then said, ‘Vicki, mammograms are difficult to read at your age, because your breast tissue is so dense.’ And I thought, ‘THIS is DENSE?! You mean it gets WORSE? Already when I lie on my back they turn into PANCAKES. What are they going to do when I get older? Turn into crepes?!!’” - Vicki Shaw [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhhhhhhhhh-crap/388459.md?page=1)