False health alarms change you?

[OakLeaf]

I'm probably going to get a lot of flak for this. And to all you breast cancer survivors, this is in no way disrespectful of the choices you made.

I had a false positive mammogram this summer, and I've decided I'm not going to have any more mammos. All the reading that I did as a result, regarding breast cancer detection and treatment, made me decide that if I get a palpable lump, then I get a lumpectomy, and that's it. To me, the odds vs. the known ill effects don't support doing anything else.

Again, this is a very personal choice, and anyone here who still has mammos or who's had BC and chosen chemo and/or radiation, I completely respect that. And if the medical establishment ever bothers to develop and/or offer a more reliable detection method or treatments whose toxicity is more comparable to the risk of metastasis, I won't necessarily reject those, either.

ETA: I try to lead a reasonably healthy life, just because I'm fairly aware of my body and I hate feeling like cr*p when I eat the wrong foods, don't exercise, let my blood sugar get out of whack, drink too much alcohol, or inhale scary chemicals. I already knew I have to use moderation in the amount of soy I eat, I'm trying to reduce endocrine disruptors in my environment (and thus in everyone else's too), I don't use a lot of animal products, and what I do use are almost invariably organic and pasture raised. I'm far from perfect, but maybe a health scare like this might have more effect on others' lifestyles than it did on mine.