Is Everyone Up to Date on Mammograms???

[smittykitty]

Reading Marni's good news (congrats Marni) reminded me: Has everyone had their Mammograms this year?

If not, please do so. It could save your live. Its easy to get busy and forget to take care of this very important diagnostic tool. I had mine a couple weeks ago. I waited for a rainy day when I wasn't gonna go bike riding!!

Do your part for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and make sure you and all your important "girls" are getting your m.grams.

[bmccasland]

mammograms - yes
dentist and eye exam - no. The joys of moving, finding all new medical people.

[Aggie_Ama]

I had a friend put hers off two years with a family history of breast cancer. She was worried it would hurt. Luckily she was clear.

My stepmother-in-law lost my respect when she refused to have a colonoscopy because the prep was "uncomfortable". My father had stage 3 colon cancer which he survived but could have avoided the chemo if he hadn't put his off. I will schedule mine promptly after my 40th birthday (it is 40 if you have a history in the family).

I agree, please use these tools. Discomfort or the schedule interruption is temporary, the worst alternatives are permanent.

[Pax]

Had mine again this year, but will take 2-3 off before having another one. My doc flat out told me they can't see anything because of the scar tissue from my reduction. Self breast exams were her recommendation.

[indysteel]

Yep. I get one annually. My mom had breast cancer at age 34 (she's alive with no recurrence), so I started getting screened at age 30. It's not a perfect diagnostic, especially if you're young, so keep up with regular self exams, too.

[roadie gal]

Mammograms and Pap smears yearly. Period. My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at 37.

As uncomfortable as these may be they're a lot more comfortable than rounds and rounds of chemo and radiation. The earlier you find something the easier it is to treat and the sooner you can get on with your life.

[marni]

I credit my yearly mammogram with catching the breast cancer before it spread. I have always been healthy and have no family history of breast cancer, but am mostly a believer in if it can go wrong it will, at least as far a medical issues go. Women plumbing and reproductive systems would never get approval these days but you deal with what you got. Get those tas tas done, ditto the pap smear. We need all the help we can get.

marni

[MomOnBike]

As with Marni, it was the mammogram that caught my cancer.

So yes everyone, get your mammograms. If I can do it, you can do it.

[TsPoet]

I think I saw that they've recently increased the recommended age for first mammogram from 40 to 50?
I'm 45 and have never had one. I have a history of female cancers in my family, but not breast cancer. So, I'm waffling. Guess I need to stop doing that and just do it.

[indysteel]

I think I saw that they've recently increased the recommended age for first mammogram from 40 to 50?
I'm 45 and have never had one. I have a history of female cancers in my family, but not breast cancer. So, I'm waffling. Guess I need to stop doing that and just do it.

Yes, just do it.

I make it pretty easy on myself by scheduling all my annual exams--OB/GYN, my GP and my mammogram--on the same day. I take the day off work and just check them all off my list in one fell swoop. Between the group of them, we've caught some stuff--most recently Grave's Disease. Even when we don't actually catch anything, I feel better about having taken care of myself in this regard. It's a win/win.

[Pax]

I think I saw that they've recently increased the recommended age for first mammogram from 40 to 50?
I'm 45 and have never had one. I have a history of female cancers in my family, but not breast cancer. So, I'm waffling. Guess I need to stop doing that and just do it.

Even if you don't go every year at this age, it's good for them to a baseline look.

[limewave]

On topic so to speak . . . mother's of teenage daughters, please take your girls in to the ObGyn!

My mother never took me and I put it off as long as possible and ended up paying a pretty big price. I won't make that mistake again. I'm there every year to the date without hesitation.

[Norse]

Just had my yearly mammo and the yearly obgyn is scheduled. A dear friend of mine is now 4 years cancer free after treatment for an aggressive form of breast cancer that was caught early with a mammo. Go for your hooter slam ladies!!

[MomOnBike]

Hooter slam?

I call it a Tit Squish, myself, but I'm literal that way.

[indysteel]

hooter slam? :d

i call it a tit squish, myself, but i'm literal that way.

lol! :d