Loose Woman star Sunetra Sarker shared her first breast mammogram experience live on air.Source: Loose Women, ITV
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00:00 Here we go.
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00:03 So the machine doesn't worry me so much,
00:10 because I know that's the technology that we've
00:12 needed to help so many women.
00:14 Just feel a little bit nervous, because I don't quite
00:17 know what it feels like.
00:19 Going to take four pictures of your breast.
00:21 I'm going to start with the right side.
00:24 I'll lift the breast up onto the board.
00:26 Doesn't sound very nice, but the next bit,
00:28 I'm going to bring the plastic down onto the breast.
00:31 It's going to feel tight.
00:32 It's going to be uncomfortable.
00:34 We do that to make the breast thinner,
00:36 so we don't need so much radiation.
00:38 And it just spreads the breast tissue,
00:40 so we can see it more clearly.
00:42 It's really weird to be giving so much dedication
00:46 to one particular breast at a time like this.
00:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:52 OK.
00:54 And that was it.
00:55 It wasn't that hard.
00:57 I honestly think it's more the fear of what's coming and of the unknown.