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To wit, the mamo I\u2019ve been putting off since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, today is national day for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t Cry Over Spilled Milk (or mashed mammaries)<\/li>\n<li>Inventors (Only a man could have invented the mamo screening machine, or is that screaming machine?)<\/li>\n<li>International Women and Girls in Science (Yay us women of science! Now ladies, can we invent a more boob-friendly way of screening for lumps?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behold this instrument of torture, crusher of boobs, harbinger of unbearable pain. I set out yesterday at 7 AM to get my \u201cannual\u201d mamo. 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