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Wed, Apr 18, 2007

Mammogram

Posted at 9:07 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

Public service announcement:

If you are female and haven't had a mammogram in a while, get one. Soon.

If you are male, pay attention to yourself. If a lump shows upon your chest or in your armpit, see your doctor. Soon. Guys can get breast cancer too. And it tends to get caught late because they don't think about it.

I HATE mammograms. I have extremely dense breast tissue and fibrocystic breasts and mammograms HURT. A LOT. But it's going to take something realy big and strange for me to notice it on self-examination.

What they euphemistically call 'special views' hurt even worse. I had 'special views' today. I knew it was too easy when the regular mammogram I had two weeks ago finished quickly. I never have quick half-hour mammograms. I always get called back for special views and/or ultrasound. Today they had scheduled ultrasound as well as the 'special views' but decided that they didn't want them after all. I'm off the hook for another year.

I hate mammograms. On the other hand: I am now several years older than my Mom lived to be.

GET A MAMMOGRAM.

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