Our Breasts Are At Risk - Red Alert

[bonne-maman]

yeah...yeah...I read all that last fall about mammograms being statistically not a good diagnostic tool before 50. And, usually, I like to think statistically, I like the logic and reason of it. What came out last fall was pretty sound in revealing that perhaps only 1 life out of (1000? or 2000?, now I can't remember), is saved from mammography before age 50.

But, damn, I am that one life.

A routine mammogram at age 48 revealed that I had a small, aggressive tumor. No family history. I am now nearly at my 5 year mark, and have been great after my lumpectomy, 4 rounds of chemo, and 35 doses of radiation were accomplished in the fall of 2005.

Hard for me to reason against the statistics, but, I am damn glad these statistics hadn't come out 5 years ago to dissuade me from gettin mammos every year or two after age 45....