Yesterday I went for my yearly mammogram. I had a different technologist than previous years. She was a little rough with my breasts and made the experience horrible.
BUT...
I know I have to do this.
The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for breast cancer in the United States are for 2010:
*About 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women
*About 54,010 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be found (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
*About 39,840 deaths from breast cancer (women)
*Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.
The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is a little less 1 in 8. The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 35. Breast cancer death rates have been going down. This is probably the result of finding the cancer earlier and better treatment. Right now there are more than 2½ million breast cancer survivors in the United States.
http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/BreastCancer/index
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=mammo
http://www.checkyourboobies.org/
So ladies, check your boobies!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
For about a year I have been loving Daiya shredded cheese. During my recent trip to Whole Foods I discovered their sliced cheese and pizz...
-
I don't recall ordering this cookbook from Amazon but I'm so glad I did. The cookbook is called Vegan Junk Food by Lane Gold. No m...
-
This morning I watched the sun rise from behind the mountain. It was lovely shade of orange against blue and gray skies. It was humbling ... -
Full disclosure: I like to hold on to my money for as long as I can. I also hate HATE paying full price for ANYTHING. Since all my kids ...
-
The only thing I buy already made is the Tofurkey and the yummy mushroom gravy but everything else is from scratch. One thing I disco...
-
A couple of months ago I entered a contest on Commercial Mommy 's, mother of Yara Shahidi and Sayeed Shahidi , website. All I had to... -
Today is my first vacation day but it's not the way I would have wanted it. Since Friday I have had strep throat. Saturday I started sne...
-
All ingredients are vegan and can be found.... 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup butter 1 cup cooking oil 1 1/2... -
and have some yummy recipes and tips to come! I am a work in progress. ;-)
-
This month I will be incorporating more veggies in all my meals and drinking more water. So far I'm starting off to a great start. Simp...
No comments:
Post a Comment