Just diagnosed stage 1 - feeling scared
Hi all Three weeks ago I was in the shower and noticed a lump. I'm not a lumpy breast person so I realised straight away. It was tender also. So I booked a mammogram through breast screen and saw ...
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Ahh yes Brenda5 forget things...yes I forgot to take my scans to my $250 appointment! And yes Socoda I am glad I found the site and yes a cheer squad! The only way is to make the decision to move forward in a positive way because there is no other choice. I have already told my young girls /mums to get checked, some of them say they are too scared. I feel the advertising commercials state to say "self breast checks /lumps" this is entirely wrong. Should be "Breast Conditions have no side effects nor lumps" this would make more people have a check up. And you must have an ultrasound if you have big boobs....although Breastsceen has new machines.
Mine are calcified cells..."never"heard about that in my life...nor have my pupils, they are shocked! 1/8 then 2/3 over 50 There's something wrong here...if Advertising was directed this way...would the ratio be this big? NO because Women would be more aware. Breast Cancer doesn't mean waiting for that lump/self examination - what a crock- it means "You may have calcified cells that you are not aware of" - the WORDING simply needs to be changed. That makes me furious if I had known that I would have been breast screening more often that not ...being busy I let it go for 4 years in between....simply being so busy I thought it was only 2 years.
I'm very lucky that I found this when I did. And although not looking forward to the next months it will be a temporary setback. And in the future, I will be an advocate for anyone I meet to get check out.
Plain and simple the "advertising wording on Breast Canser " needs to be changed.
Mine are calcified cells..."never"heard about that in my life...nor have my pupils, they are shocked! 1/8 then 2/3 over 50 There's something wrong here...if Advertising was directed this way...would the ratio be this big? NO because Women would be more aware. Breast Cancer doesn't mean waiting for that lump/self examination - what a crock- it means "You may have calcified cells that you are not aware of" - the WORDING simply needs to be changed. That makes me furious if I had known that I would have been breast screening more often that not ...being busy I let it go for 4 years in between....simply being so busy I thought it was only 2 years.
I'm very lucky that I found this when I did. And although not looking forward to the next months it will be a temporary setback. And in the future, I will be an advocate for anyone I meet to get check out.
Plain and simple the "advertising wording on Breast Canser " needs to be changed.