As a 43-year-old woman, I began having an annual, routine mammogram at the recommended age of 40. My grandmother had breast cancer that required a simple mastectomy (if one can ever truly refer to that as “simple,” it’s just a medical term) in which one breast was fully removed. She lived for another 30 years ...
Woman should begin to give them selves monthly self breast exams by the age of 20. Woman will benefit from giving themselves monthly breast exams, because they will be able to detect any abnormalities of the breast by familiarizing themselves (monthly) with the normal shape, size, and feel of their breasts. These women who carry ...
Knowing how to look for cancer in you mouth is probably the second most important screening tool you can do for yourself after self breast exams (or testicular exams if you are a man). The first thing to do is to get a hand held mirror and a good light that you can direct in ...
Almost daily women are reminded by doctors, media, and other sources to do regular self-breast exams to look for breast lumps, but very rarely are women told about breast calcifications. These calcifications, which can be seen on a mammogram as white spots of varying shapes and sizes, can be indicative of increased breast activity in ...
I always knew the importance of monthly self-breast exams. Some times I would do them, sometimes not. Then, in the fall of 2004, I found 3 lumps in my left breast. After making the discovery, I immediately made an appointment with my doctor. I knew the devastation of breast cancer. My grandmother had it in ...
Recently, a friend of mine was diagnosed with fibroadenomas, a benign breast disorder also affecting millions of American women. With the fear that the lump in her breast was a life altering diagnosis of breast cancer, my friend was surprised to learn the condition was simply an age progression of the breast tissue and not ...