BSE
4 years ago
today i got some news from a friend which got me thinking… about breast health
(a coworkers daughter who is 31, was just diagnosed with breast cancer. she will be undergoing a masectomy one week later. 31… that’s me and my friends. that’s any one of us)
in the states we see the gyno on an annual basis. although they don’t do mamograms until the age 40, they do a manual exam with every yearly pap.
in sweden we see the gyno every 3 years. and they have never done a manual breast exam on me. perhaps it is something u need to ask for? i’m not quite sure.
but… i think its important that we all know how to check outselves.
this is something i always have good intentions of doing, yet i so rarely do it.
