OH Newby, sorry if I made you nervous about that! There's good news and bad news - it CAN get your boobs almost that flat, but it is gradual, and its on a flat plate and not as painful as the pic above would indicate (like I said, it was reminiscent - not exactly the same ) Plus, it's only for as long as you can hold your breath to get the x-ray, and then it's over. Here's a hint, hold your breath and keep really still - which will cut down on retries. The plus side is that the techs are usually female and DO sympathise - since they're gonna have to go through it some time too : ) I don't even have insurance but my state (looks like you might be in this neck of the woods too) has a free program for women without insurance to get mammograms and I'm making the effort in a couple of weeks myself. Good luck to you - it is worth it. I'll keep postive thoughts aimed your way.

OH, in a lighter vein, have you heard the line that if the test for testicular problems included them getting squashed between a couple of glass plates they would've come up with a different test for it about a week later! Hee, sorry guys, couldn't resist. : )