Triple Negative Diagnosis
Hi there, I'm new to this community...and the cancer journey. I am a 39yo school teacher with two beautiful young children (4 and 2yo). I am halfway through five months of chemo with surgery and radio...
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@Elise_Rim, re
I would like to advocate for the mammogram program to be from 30 onwards for all women wishing to access it. I think it would save our healthcare system a lot of money in the long run if screening were available to a wider net of women. It is on the increase in younger women in any case. It's scary and sad.
Another part of the reason that routine screening isn't offered at all to women under 40 is that you, and they, are far more likely to have not just dense but extremely dense breast tissue, making cancer much harder to detect.
I do agree that it's terrible the way so many younger women's concerns re breast health are dismissed. Sadly, there is actually a growing body of evidence that concerns women have regarding health issues are taken less seriously and we are diagnosed at a far later stage with general health conditions than men
I would like to advocate for the mammogram program to be from 30 onwards for all women wishing to access it. I think it would save our healthcare system a lot of money in the long run if screening were available to a wider net of women. It is on the increase in younger women in any case. It's scary and sad.
Another part of the reason that routine screening isn't offered at all to women under 40 is that you, and they, are far more likely to have not just dense but extremely dense breast tissue, making cancer much harder to detect.
I do agree that it's terrible the way so many younger women's concerns re breast health are dismissed. Sadly, there is actually a growing body of evidence that concerns women have regarding health issues are taken less seriously and we are diagnosed at a far later stage with general health conditions than men