I just had mine yesterday....yea, your right...ouch! But, to be on the safe side you sould keep up with having them.
You were worried b/c the nurse came out and said that the test results would be sent to your doctor? That is routine and they don't discuss anything with you, all results are sent to your doctor. That is normal.
As a side note: I asked the nurse, 'do you have the machine squeeze your breasts that tight when you have breast implants?' She explained that they push the breast implant back and they try to pull as much of the breast tissue forward to do the mammo. Now that sounds painful!
She told me that after seeing some of the breast implants and the results....she would never have any breast implants.
Tweety