Dec

3

AP News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33973665/ns/health-womens_health/

“A government task force said Monday that most women don’t need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50″.

I have been listening to the discourse on both sides of this issue. I suspect that in some cases it might be okay to wait until fifty, but I do not know for sure.

I do know this.

My wife is 45 years old and just underwent a lumpectomy and is shortly going to start Chemo. She was badgered by our primary care provider we have had for close to twenty years. He told her at an exam months ago that if she did not schedule a mamogram she would need to find another doctor. She was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. For those of you that are unfamiliar with breast cancer, there are five stages.

Five is the worst.

She has dense breast tissue so a self-exam may not have revealed anything. The mamogram only revealed that they needed to do further tests.

When it comes to the human body there is and likely will never be “one size fits all.”

I will let you draw you own conclusions as to your opinion on this matter. I suspect you already know mine.

Thanks Dr. Thompson for preemting what could have been the greatest tragedy in my life.

 

 

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