Farfallina has left the building :)

[trudy]

Welcome back Farfallina.  I hope you had a good break.

[farfallina]

Thank you all for your support 

Gretchen, I am so happy to hear you overcame it.

I must confess that I didn't do tests so regularly until what happened to mom.
In Turkish it is said do what imam says, don't do what he does 
I am told that now i have to be even more careful with mammogram because of mom
So now I got regular
I didn't do mammography in fact because of my age, they did something like ultrasound.

[I Love Bimby!]

I didn't do mammography in fact because of my age, they did something like ultrasound.

Lucky you!! I had to have my first mammogram recently - OUCH!!!!! (and I'm only 32) Also the ultrasound which is much less painful. 

[farfallina]

You are 32 and you've made mammogram already??
I am 33. As far as I know in both Turkey and Italy they don't do it if you are under 40 unless it is needed to make things clear
Because ultrasound doesn't give as clear results as mammogram. If they suspect something they do mammogram
I've never done it but I heard that it is very painful and the pain lasts even for a few days

[andiesenji]

You are 32 and you've made mammogram already??
I am 33. As far as I know in both Turkey and Italy they don't do it if you are under 40 unless it is needed to make things clear
Because ultrasound doesn't give as clear results as mammogram. If they suspect something they do mammogram
I've never done it but I heard that it is very painful and the pain lasts even for a few days

There is a genetic test for young women, who have had family members with certain cancers, that determines if they carry a certain gene that predisposes one to breast cancer.  If this gene is found, it is recommended that mammograms be done as early as age 20.
I have been a volunteer with the Susan B. Komen For the Cure organization and regularly donate to it and did it long before I had breast cancer. 
One of the young women who worked in my office several years ago was diagnosed with breast cancer at 27 and because of the type and because her mother had died of breast cancer, she elected to have a double mastectomy and is still living and is cancer-free. 

There is no lower age limit for cervical cancer and caught early it is curable.   As I said in my earlier post, I was incredibly lucky to have my ovarian cancer discovered so early because it is a "silent" killer.

I urge all women to at least consult their doctor about when to begin mammography and while it is a bit painful, the pain does not last more than a few minutes and is a small price to pay. 
Even men can have breast cancer and if there is a painless lump they too should have it checked.  My ex-brother-in-law had just such a lump discovered at an annual physical (he was a police officer) and had to have a mastectomy and several of the lymph nodes under his arm removed.  He had radiation and chemotherapy and was cured but was off duty for almost two years.

As the old saying goes, "Forewarned is forearmed"  and protecting oneself is a duty to your family as well as to yourself. 

Here's some information about:
genetic test for breast cancers

[gertbysea]

Farfallina that is very good advice from andiesenji. My daughter has her first mammogram and testing for breast cancer at age 32 and every year since. She is now 42.  A mammogram is not  painful but it may be uncomfortable for a few moments at most.

Your Imman is correct. Although I am not at all religious I do remember my mother using this quote from the Bible. Matthew 23 verse 3.

"All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not"

She especially used it in it's simple form saying " don't be a smart mouth Gretchen just do as I say not as I do."

And I might add, farfallina she used it frequently. I dare say if she lived near me here in Cairns instead of Palm Beach Florida  she would still be saying it to me.

Gretchen

[judydawn]

  Oh Gretchen, thank you for explaining that quote in it's simple form - I would never have worked it out otherwise. 

[gertbysea]

Your mother never said it to you Judy?  I am afraid, I have in the long not so lost past, that I used it on my children. HOpe they don't hold it against me.

Gretch

[cookie1]

.  A mammogram is not  painful but it may be uncomfortable for a few moments at most.



I agree. It is a good idea not to have it when your breasts are painful. I am 'well endowed' and some times it is a tiny bit painful for  a moment and other times it doesn't hurt at all. What is a moment or two of discomfort?

[judydawn]

Yes she did Gretchen, both parents would have used every phrase under the sun when I was a child - apparently I was a b of a kid. 

[farfallina]

Thank you all for sharing such private details from your lives
andisenjie I will hear out about that genetic test. I do hope I'd eliminate that factor since mom was a first in the family, hopefully also last
When I posted about breast canscer I didn't know it was so common also over there. We started hearing about cancers of all sorts much more often. It is either because our life styles and what we eat or because in the past there weren't such detailed tests so they wouldn't know the reason, exact disease, it would be their destiny. I don't know which one. Maybe both
Gretchen I meant exactly what your mother says:) No matter where you are people arrive at same conclusions then

[gertbysea]

Too true farfallina we are all living in the same world.........only different!

Gretchen