The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23747   Message #265909
Posted By: Megan L
27-Jul-00 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: Ladies beware
Subject: Ladies beware
Breast threads seem to crop up quite regularly around here, but I hope no one minds if I Issue a warning. GET THEM CHECKED. In Britain you stop getting an invite to attend for a mamogram at the age of 60 (I think). Just a few weeks ago a friend of mine who was over the age heard the team were going to be in our area - she has been checked regularly since this was brought in and this was the first year she had fallen over the automatic invite. She made an appointment, Thank God she did a tumour was found and the biopsy was not good so this week she is having a mastectomy and will begin other therapy. Thankfully because she has been regularly checked it was still quite small and the doctors are very hopefull.

The lump could not have been detected by manual checks so if you get the oppertunity to get a check Take It, mudcatters are to special to lose.