One of my good friends skipped hers one year because her mother was dying. It was the wrong year to skip. By the time she went the following year, she had a tumor that was big and had spread to the lymph nodes. No one knows if it would have shown up the year before, but bets are that it would have, as by the time it was discovered it was a big and mean tumor. She is fine now but she had a pretty crappy time kicking cancer's butt.
Sorry for the scary story but it serves a point. If you are due, don't put it off. Mine today hurt like hell but it was over very quickly. I know far too many women, young and old, that are BC survivors.
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yes! me too! i went last month, i go annually now. it's been six years (thank heavens!)...
hugs, bee
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Japolina, I got a free mammogram this past March...normally I would get one in the fall. I always told my daughters that I went in a 36C and came out a 36LONG.:):) I think women should get mammograms starting at 40 unless breast cancer is in the family and then, sooner. Sorry for your friend, my daughter Lizzy(Emma's mom) is a breast cancer surviver. All my daughter's have had mammograms. Thank you for reminding others. Glad you got one and are fine. xoxo,Susie
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