Loose Women star reveals heartbreaking reason for sharing first breast mammogram live on air

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.

00:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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.