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Recipe for good health: mammograms.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| March 01, 2002 | Lokeman, Rhonda Chriss | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Good luck at the office."

"Good luck getting squished."

And with that, my daughter and I parted one recent school day. She was heading to a social studies field trip where she would become a newspaper editor for a day.

I was heading to the doctor's office to get, well, "squished."

"Squished" is what happens to your breasts during a mammogram. The procedure, as I told my daughter, is a reliable indicator of cancerous growth. I told her mammography can save lives. Still, this Baby Woman winced at the thought of her mother undergoing this life-saving torture.

I winced with the sudden recall that not too long ago I had "squished" veal between a cutting board and Saran Wrap and pounded it mercilessly for veal ...

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