Serious Blog...one to read: Know Your Breasts

When having a conversation with the breast care nurse today I was asking probing questions. I told her I was asking so if I wrote just one blog...what would have the biggest positive impact on others in that blog. This is a summary of that conversation: Know Your Breasts The statistics around finding BC with a mamogram, ultrasound, or by finding a lump just by self-checks were all interesting but a good rule of thumb that has helped women find BC early is KNOW YOUR BREASTS. Know what they look like, feel like, feel during and after your period, etc. If for any reason your breasts change in any way to your "norm" then you should get it checked out. Plain and simple. Breast Cancer isn't always "a lump"... it could look like puckering or the nipple changes or something just feels different to you. This would be the trigger for you to then go by your intuition and get it checked out. AND if you get feedback saying "oh it's nothing" but you feel like it is something then get a second opinion. (The lady in the hospital in the room next door to me had her GP tell her "it was nothing" and gave her antibiotics...but it was BC. Luckily she got a second opinion and now has gone through surgery and hopefully caught it early). So I leave with that simple message. Please pass it along to anyone you feel comfortable in telling...and anyone you don't feel comfortable in telling!