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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
A MONTH LONG FOCUS ON BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS CONTINUES.
TODAY WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT
MAMMOGRAMS.
WE WHEN IN TRACY AND KRISTEN
WHERE ADVENTIST HEALTH CASTLE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
Trini: TRACY, YOU ARE THE
LEAD MAMAGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I OVERSEE OUR OUTPATIENT
IMAGING CENTER.
BUT I DO MAMMOGRAM AND OVERSEE
THE DEPARTMENT.
Trini: OKAY.
I'VE BEEN HEARING 2D MAMMOGRAM
AND 3D MAMMOGRAMS.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
THE 2 DA IS WHAT WE'VE HAD
ALL THESE YEARS.
WHEN WE TAKE AN IMAGE, THERE
WILL BE ONE IMAGE.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED,
AND THE THREED IMAGE, WHEN WE
COMPRESS ON THE BREAST, THE
MACHINE WILL TAKE SLICES LIKE A
DECK OF CARDS OR STACK OFPCARDS.
VIEW THE THICKNESS.
BREAST.
IT CAN PICK UP ANY SLIGHT CHANGE
SOONER AND EARLY DETECTION IS
THE KEY TO CURING BREAST CANCER.
IT'S A GREAT TECHNOLOGY AND
GREAT ADVANCEMENT.
Trini: WHAT DO MAMMOGRAMS
SHOW?
THEY SHOW THE BREAST TISSUE.
AND THEY CAN SHOW ANY KIND OF
ABNO MALTY OR CHANGE IN THE
BREAST TISSUE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEY LIKE TO COMPARE
PREVIOUSISM MADGES SO THEY CAN
SEE ANYTHING SMALL.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE
CASSIEFICATIONS THAT CAN'T BE
SEEING ON ANYTHING BUT A
MAMMOGRAM.
Trini: HOW LONG DOES IT
TAKE TO GET RESULTS?
QUICK.
THREE TO FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.
WE MAIL THESE TO THE PHYSICIAN
AND TO THE BETTER.
Trini: KRISTEN, YOU ARE THE
DIRECTOR OF IMAGING SERVICES.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A
MAMMOGRAM DONE?
MAMMOGRAM ITSELF IS A SHORT
FIVE MINUTES.
YOU'RE UNDER COMPRESSION MAYBE
IT'S VERY SHORT.
Trini: IF WOMEN ARE
WATCHING AND THEY'VE NEVER DONE
THIS BEFORE, WALK US THROUGH IT.
I'VE HAD A FEW.
YOU GO INTO A ROOM AND IT'S
USUALLY YOU AND ONE TECHNICIAN.
YES.
WE BRING YOU INTO THE ROOM.
WE DO A SLIGHT HISTORY.
AND JUST WITH THE PATIENT.
AND BASICALLY WE EXPLAIN
EVERYTHING.
I WANT TO MAKE IT SHEER THAT A
LOT OF TIMES THE STORIES THAT
ARE TOLD MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A
HORRIBLE THING BUT IT SHOULD BE
UNCOMFORTABLE BUT NOT PAINFUL.
AND YOU COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR
TECHNOLOGIST.
WE LIFT UP ON THE BREAST TISSUE.
AT CATTLE WE OFFER A MAMMO PAD.
IT ADDS WARMTH AND CUSHION AND
WE'RE COMPRESS DOWN WITH A PAD
OR MACHINE.
Trini: YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR
BREAST INTO THIS MACHINE.
AND YOU'RE COMPRESSING DOWN.
PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS.
IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT
DOESN'T HURT.
AND -- AND IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE.
LITERALLY YOU'RE UNDER THERE
MAYBE TEN SECONDS.
WE LIKE TO COMPRESS SO THE
BREAST TISSUE IS TIGHT BUT TAUT.
AND ONCE IT IS, WE'LL STEP BACK
AND TELL YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH.
AND AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE WHEN
YOU COME OUT.
VERY QUICK.
IF YOU DO HAVE DISCOMFORT, WE
TELL YOU LET US KNOW.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRESS THE
BUTTON UNTIL IT STOPS.
EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT.
EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT SIZE,
SHAPE, PAIN TOLERANCE.
Trini: THAT'S TRUE.
AND SOME WOMENNING HAVE LARGER
BREASTS.
I REMEMBER PEOPLE ASKING, DOES
IT HURT MORE IF YOU HAVE BIGGER
BREASTS OR SMALLER?
SIZE HAS NOTHING TO DO.
SOME THINK I HAVE SMALL BREASTS
SO I CAN'T GET BREAST CANCER.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
TISSUE.
THAT CAN BE DIFFERENT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S
UNCOMFORTABLE.
Trini: YESTERDAY ON THE
SHOW, I INTERVIEWED DR. LEE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IS THE ONLY
WINDWARD SUN ON T -- SURGERY ON THE
WINDWARD SIDE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WORK WITH
CASTLE?
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
CASTLE'S MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE
WE SUPPORT OUR WINDWARD
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ONE MORE WAY WE CAN DO
THAT.
OFFER THIS SERVICE.
AND OFFER THAT WHOLE CONTINUUM
OF CARE FOR WOMEN WHO MAY
HAVE -- NEED SERVICES.
Trini: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
PEOPLE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE SO
PEOPLE CAN KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET
IN TOUCH WITH YOU.