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1. Went for my annual #mammogram today. 😕 Didn’t bother with pictures so I’m just retweeting last year’s thread.
I lost my friend Caroline last September. She’d been diagnosed with metastatic #BreastCancer before we met and lived 5 years after diagnosis. She was 38. 😔
I lost my friend Caroline last September. She’d been diagnosed with metastatic #BreastCancer before we met and lived 5 years after diagnosis. She was 38. 😔
2. I’m sure that some of you have put off your mammograms due to the pandemic or know someone who has. I would urge you to call and make an appointment. Breast cancer is usually so much more treatable if caught early.
3. My aunt didn’t bother getting regular mammograms or going to the doctor for physicals. By the time she was diagnosed, she had stage 4 breast cancer and she died in her 50s from complications related to it.
Welcome to Day2 of our #BeatingBreastCancer series.
Today - What’s a #Mammogram?
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Simply, it’s an X-Ray of the breasts used to detect changes in the breast that may indicate cancer.
It’s used as a screening method in some countries... 1/#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth 💞
Today - What’s a #Mammogram?
#thread
Simply, it’s an X-Ray of the breasts used to detect changes in the breast that may indicate cancer.
It’s used as a screening method in some countries... 1/#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth 💞
- that means - before a woman develops ANY signs of cancer, the X-Ray can find breast changes suggesting #BreastCancer.
In the UK, it’s given every 3 years after a woman is 50y till she is 70y.
#BreastCancerAwarnessMonth 💞
#BeatingBreastCancer
Nigeria has no formal program.
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In the UK, it’s given every 3 years after a woman is 50y till she is 70y.
#BreastCancerAwarnessMonth 💞
#BeatingBreastCancer
Nigeria has no formal program.
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There are some other women for whom a #Mammogram is useful for screening outside the age limits and regardless of age, all women are encouraged to continue performing regular self breast examination (BSE) 3/.
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth 💞#BeatingBreastCancer
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth 💞#BeatingBreastCancer
