the sounds of a mammogram machine can be heard in this clip. outside of the instructions from the mammogram technician, the sounds are much like that of an office. behind the thin door, the voices of nurses chatting on break can be heard.

everything turned out to be just fine, but i imagine this painful pressing of the breasts in between sheets of plastic meant to locate early signs of breast cancer is something that will be an annual routine process as i get older. my grandmother had breast cancer several times before she ultimately passed away from it.

while i was fortunate enough to have insurance that paid for my mammogram, everyone is not. visit the breast cancer site to click a link that helps women get mammograms who might not be able to afford them otherwise.