Mammogram on a bus!

I always go to the mobile unit in the Tesco car park. Very useful as I don't have to travel far.
I'm sure no one is interested in who goes in there and I don't really care.
Its completely private once inside and staff are lovely.

I had my last mammogram in a bus in Asda car park . The bus is parked in the furthest part of the grounds and I’m sure nobody really notices it . It’s well away from the shop , cars and people.
To be honest people knowing what was going for wouldn’t bother me in the slightest as long as they didn’t come in and watch the procedure.
Strange thing to worry about .

My most recent mammograms for years have been in a trailer in a Carpark for years. Sports centres, hospital and supermarket carparks. Who cares where as long as the mammogram is carried out properly in my opinion.

Ours have always taken place on a mobile which is moved to different venues throughout the borough. An absolute boon for those who don't drive.

Sorry Marilla, but you are being ridiculous!

I'd rather go to a nearby supermarket carpark than have to trudge to a hospital miles away.

I've had three done in mobile units. One result in a recall, and the consultant said that the smudge on the photo (technical terms there) was probably because the van moved when someone came in, and that does happen occasionally. I'm saying this just in case anyone is also recalled, in the hope of putting their minds at rest - I was fine.

Grannynannywanny

Phew! When I read the thread title I was picturing the number 20 bus driving through town and a woman with her breast squashed into the X-ray machine while all the other passengers pretended not to notice 🚍

I thought that too Grannynannywanny

I am not sure where OP is coming from on this. After all it is not as if they put a big notice up outside the van saying "Get your tits out here". Even if they did I am not sure it would bother me. It would probably just make me laugh.

I don’t understand the issue . I have mine in a Sainsbury’s car park . The staff are lovely and the parking is free . I’m just grateful for the testing .

I used to get mine done at the mobile unit in the Tesco's car park. All very discreet.

We have a mobile unit here in BC, which can set up in more remote communities, or supplement existing communities if they are high demand, to reduce wait times. I think it is a brilliant idea.

There should be no stigma at all attached to a medical screening which can save lives.

Miss Marydoll’s Maffs Klasses were such good fun Pantglas2! I looked forward to it every morning during that lonely lockdown . I remember one morning my daughter video called and she thought I was crying when I answered the phone. I was actually drying my tears of laughter during a particularly norty lesson!

Never had a problem with this just grateful for my regular mammogram,

Grannynannywanny

Phew! When I read the thread title I was picturing the number 20 bus driving through town and a woman with her breast squashed into the X-ray machine while all the other passengers pretended not to notice 🚍

U haven’t lost your sense of humour and I so identified with it from our Maffs Klass many years ago😂.

I’ve never had a problem trotting off with my “puppies” to a bus or a clinic which in our area is more usual - does anyone care after a certain age?

At least you can get parked in the supermarket car park, unlike a hospital. I find the staff friendlier, gentler and less officious too. I've also had an MRI at the local rugby club, which was a bit bizarre but nobody took the slightest bit of notice.

Yep ridiculous 🙄

I really don't understand the issue. Women have breasts and breasts get cancer. Surely nobody sniggers because women have the sense to go and get them checked out. There's a mammogram bus in my local Tesco every few months and I've seen women go in and leave. I've never thought anything about it.

Grannynannywanny .

Had mine at a mobile unit in Tesco's car park several times.

Even if people do notice and realise what the purpose is, why would that matter? It's not like it's one of 'those' clinics, is it? It may even remind others to check their boobs and/or go for a mammogram.

All my mammograms were done on the mobile unit situated in car parks, sometimes near a medical centre, sometimes in a supermarket car park. As others have said, usually much more convenient than having to travel to a hospital. The unit is usually tucked away at one side and you can park close enough to get to it without having to march across the car park. No-one takes any notice and there are normally only one or two other people being seen at the same time (and sometimes none).

These are mobile units; I do not think there is any writing on them stating, for example, "mammograms". They may have some NHS signage on there, but nothing specific.
A brilliant innovation for ease of access to a service.

We've always had those mobile units here n Scotland. I don't see anything embarrassing or undignified about them whatsoever.

Phew! When I read the thread title I was picturing the number 20 bus driving through town and a woman with her breast squashed into the X-ray machine while all the other passengers pretended not to notice 🚍

I've visited these van -scans on numerous occasions, they are brilliant & do the job just the same as others within a hospital unit. A clever innovation which saves lives. It's quite snug inside but it seems less intimidating than trudging through the hospital.🤔

I have had mine done that way for many years, much more convenient for me than travelling to hospital.

Why do you assume people are interested in anyone going into those units.
Isn’t the most important aspect the fact that they are there.
I’ve had all mine done in one but didn’t notice one person nudge her friend and say eh, look at her
Ridiculous comment and attitude.