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No one asks how you feel Ready for some squishing Cold hands that tugs and pulls The breast is squeezed down and keep me captive First right breast ~ left breast the same treatment Totally humiliated, with you head glued to this Star World X-rays I am sure that this machine was created by a man Ten minutes you're done ~ your worst enemy is breast cancer 24.08.2016 - Sun :) - A-L Andresen :) Copyright © All Rights Reserved - Published in the Newspaper 29.08.2016

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Phyllis Babcock

Date: 9/1/2016 3:32:00 PM

Never found those machines comfortable but if it prevents cancer it is a benefit to be checked regularly. Cartoon had me smiling. love phyl

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 9/7/2016 7:59:00 AM

- Thank you for friendly visits and lovely comments, Phyllis :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Bl Devnath

Date: 9/1/2016 1:36:00 PM

Cancer is worse but your poem is very nicely penned. Regular check up and proper care may help the patients. Hugs, Cloudy poet, bl

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 9/7/2016 7:59:00 AM

- Thank you for friendly visits and lovely comments, Bl :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Nilima Deb

Date: 8/30/2016 2:10:00 PM

Really its worst enemy of such victims...I hope the machine do some magic to get a cured X-ray ...no more breast cancer .....great write indeed dear.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/30/2016 2:42:00 PM

- It's so important to check .... better often than once too late - Thank you for pleasant visit and great comments, Nilima - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

David Smith

Date: 8/26/2016 11:45:00 PM

Cannot possibly sympathise enough. Hopefully new and less invasive methods of dealing with this are not far away. Poetry is such a good way to get things out there. that we need to think about. Cartoon is also effective. Good writing by the way. Regards David.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/27/2016 7:11:00 AM

- Thank you for your words and pleasant visit, David :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Gary Bateman

Date: 8/26/2016 7:33:00 AM

Hello Dear Anne-Lise, Yes -- No Fun for sure!! My mother, years ago, went through breast surgery due to cancer. Very Unpleasant!! None of these procedures are pleasant. I do like your cartoon!! Best Always, Gary

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/26/2016 8:27:00 AM

- Cancer is frightening wherever it appears - and a difficult treatment ... our enemy number one !!! - Thank you for pleasant visit and great comments, Gary :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/26/2016 1:29:00 AM

panic attack for me that i'm glad there is a more tender approach these days... i enjoyed this one a lot. dear anne.. happy day and huggs

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/26/2016 8:23:00 AM

- Sure worse for a cow .... moooo :)) - Happy day, Nette - Thank you for pleasant visit and great comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Duke Beaufort

Date: 8/25/2016 5:17:00 PM

Ouch. The squeeze is on. I am sure (as you have noted) that the machine could have been made much more gentle. That should have been part of the design, but the inventors were not thinking of how you feel. Sad, but as you say, there are worse things.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/26/2016 8:21:00 AM

- Nice to see you, Duke :) - Thank you for your enlightening and great comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tom Quigley

Date: 8/25/2016 4:54:00 PM

The boobie smasher does not look like fun.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/26/2016 8:18:00 AM

- Completely "boobie smasher", Tom :)) - Thank you for pleasant visit and great comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/25/2016 3:27:00 PM

If men had to have it done there would be something invented to work much better with less pain..Thanks for dropping by..Sara

Jan Allison
Date: 8/26/2016 5:51:00 PM

Men do get breast cancer Sara - I met a man who had had a double mastectomy - i didn't ask him how it was diagnosed! hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/26/2016 8:16:00 AM

- Definitely, Sara :) - Thank you for pleasant visit and great comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/25/2016 3:26:00 PM

I quit having mamograms years ago. I have thermography instead. You just stand there while a camera takes pictures. It is painless. I hate the torture of that machine I used to endure. Your poem expresses that pain so well Anne-Lise. 7 ; )

Jan Allison
Date: 8/26/2016 5:53:00 PM

I can't understand why its not more widely available Connie - I've seen it on the TV and the cancer shows us as a 'hot spot' - so much less invasive for the woman and definitely much less uncomfortable!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/26/2016 8:15:00 AM

- Thank you for your enlightening and great comments, Connie :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 8/25/2016 7:13:00 AM

You have brought up the nightmare of every woman and every man as our friend, Victor, rightly indicated! The exam I know from my women friends is painful so I wish every woman (person) in the world to be cancer free! Wonderful writing and lovely message dear, Anne-Lise!

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/25/2016 8:01:00 AM

- Estimates from the British Cancer Society shows that as many as 11,500 deaths could be avoided only in the UK if the doctor had been consulted at an earlier stage ...... scary - Thank you for your enlightening and great comments, Demetrios :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 8/25/2016 6:22:00 AM

Excellent writing and a good reminder too. Thanks for sharing it.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/25/2016 6:51:00 AM

- Ravi, thank you for pleasant visit and great comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jean Murray

Date: 8/24/2016 5:21:00 PM

I love the photo Anne-Lise. Perhaps thay could provide relaxing music or even a drinks cabinet?? Women the world over will warm to this poem about cold hands.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/25/2016 5:03:00 AM

- It's over in 10 minutes ....... quickly done, Jean - But a nice suggestion :) - Thank you for your words and pleasant visit :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Lynn Marie

Date: 8/24/2016 2:07:00 PM

A great piece on a topic rarely if ever covered and oh so uncomfortably true but vital :-) "Squishy" is the absolute best word description :-) Wonderful writing and a really good reminder:-) thank you. blessings, lynn p.s definitely one I will revisit to read the comments.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/24/2016 2:35:00 PM

- We usually say that if men would give birth, they would not at all have children, for birth is too painful for a man :)) - Women must bear the pain - Arguments such childbirth, menstrual pain or mammography - All people experience pain in their lives and this we experience different from person to person - Thank you for your words and pleasant visit, Lynn - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tim Smith

Date: 8/24/2016 1:07:00 PM

I didn't invent it but I'm happy that there is a machine that can detect the cancer.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/24/2016 1:23:00 PM

- A great invention ..... and very important, Tim - Thank positive touches - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison

Date: 8/24/2016 12:38:00 PM

Very well written ... I'm with you Anne-Lise that the machine was invented by a man - just imagine if a woman invented the same sort of machine was invented for testicular cancer ! Mamograms aren't pleasant - I've had about 5 as I've had lumps, but 10 minutes of discomfort or the risk of not detecting cancer ... I know which I would go with every time.:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 8/24/2016 12:54:00 PM

- It was my day today, two years to the next time - A test I've taken many times ... everything well - "Papograms" ...... we have to create one "sweet and nasty" machine :))) - Thank you for pleasant visit and great comments, Jan - hugs // Anne-Lise :)