This is probably a q for the over 40 crowd. I am pushing 50 and have only had one. I had a pea sized lump a few yrs ago. I had a mammo and an ultrasound. By the time I went in for the mammo, the lump had shrunk. I could still feel it, but the tech could not!!!
My mom has had a few episodes of these lumps, which are just fluid filled cysts. She gets a mammo every yr. At one point her dr told her to quit coffee, Coke and chocolate. But after 2 yrs of that, dr said it was OK to resume, connections to lumps were spurious.
So, that was my own exp with mammos. I do have a med checkup every yr with a pap smear, blood tests for various things. My cholesterol and blood pressure are excellent.
I am not particularly concerned about breast cancer. I nursed for 10+ yrs. Do no smoke, fairly healthy diet, filtered water, etc. No breast cancer in my family.
Somehow going in and getting your breast squeezed in a vice seems unhealthy to me.
Any opinions?
My mom has had a few episodes of these lumps, which are just fluid filled cysts. She gets a mammo every yr. At one point her dr told her to quit coffee, Coke and chocolate. But after 2 yrs of that, dr said it was OK to resume, connections to lumps were spurious.
So, that was my own exp with mammos. I do have a med checkup every yr with a pap smear, blood tests for various things. My cholesterol and blood pressure are excellent.
I am not particularly concerned about breast cancer. I nursed for 10+ yrs. Do no smoke, fairly healthy diet, filtered water, etc. No breast cancer in my family.
Somehow going in and getting your breast squeezed in a vice seems unhealthy to me.
Any opinions?