Ignorance
Hi all,
I went to a breast cancer fundraiser on Saturday. They had a great guest speaker a surgeon who came from Taralgon he was very interesting. After not a single person asked questions, finally ...
Forum Discussion
Whilst educating young women to self exam I also believe that doctors should be encouraging a holistic approach to check ups. As a young woman, when I first approached my doctor over 16 yrs ago for contraception I was also encouraged to have pap smears every 2 years. Due to my first breast scare in my early 20's I also started having my GP do a breast exam each time I had a smear done. I have tried to encourage my friends to request the same however a few have said their doctors are not favourable to this. If there was a way to encourage doctors to check everything in the one consult for younger women it may help with educating these younger women to self check as well.