I've always wondered why women had painful mammo's as mine never have
been.  But then, I haven't had caffine for about 10 years or more.

Barbara Whitt


Joya Bocock wrote:
>
> Ah...finally a mammo to look forward to...well, not exactly to look forward
> to but to not put off!  I am going to let the people on my meno list on
> this, okay, as this is one of the topics right now.
> Joya
>
> At 05:20 PM 9/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >A lot of you emailed me and asked me to let you know how the "caffeine
> >free" mammogram went, so I thought I'd post it here.  Sorry if it's a bit
> >off topic.
> >
> >Amazing!  This is the first time that I've had a mammogram that didn't
> >hurt.  There was only a slight pulling feeling instead of the pain that
> >used to accompany it.  I just can't believe the difference that the no
> >caffeine made.  It was recommended to me that I be off caffeine for a week
> >before having the mammogram, but I think it should be more like 2 weeks.
> >I've actually been virtually caffeine free for a month now.  It has been
> >well worth the 2 or 3 days of headaches that I suffered, not just for this
> >test, but for all my old aches and pains.
> >
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> >
> >