Mammogram

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I was called back about five years ago, when I was 38. It definitely had that potential to freak me out, but I decided to remain calm and not worry about it until more was known. I had ultrasound, and it was determined that I have fibrocystic disease (kinda lumpy breast tissue), which I already knew. My mother has it, too.

Since then, I have had yearly mammos with no further callbacks.

Fortunately, breast cancer does not run in my family, so I am not considered high risk. Well, my grandmother's mother had it, but that's considered too far back to be much of a risk, and I don't have any of the other common risk factors (never smoked, never been obese, never taken hormones, never had problem periods, not menopausal).