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[tends2dogs]

breast exams?  I did when I was younger, but have let it go by the wayside.  Honestly, the only time I think of it is when my doctor asks me if I do them.

I am going in the end of the week for my yearly thermogram and I know he will ask me again.   He gives me a breast exam every year because it is required when you have a thermogram.  

Am I in the minority here?

[ScrapHappy]

I have a family history of breast cancer.  I have a mammogram and MRI every year.  Done so I'm seen every 6 months.  I do an exam every time I'm in the shower.  It was recommened to me to do it in the shower with suds by the doctor where I go for my mammograms.  She didn't say everytime I'm in the shower but I'm in there anyway so II do it.  That's how I found a sebacous cyst.  Of course I didn't know it was that but it was scary.  

[Shelbelle]

Excellent question, but I also stopped this, I would feel things, and I had no clue as to what I was feeling, normal, not normal ? So, I now rely on my annual mamm and when I see my internist and my GYN. I did just pay $40 to my radiology center for an addl AI mamm reading, something new that insurance does not cover yet. 

[Kachina624]

Yes, I've continued self exams into my senior years.  I had two aunts who were diagnosed with breat cancer in their 70s and subsequently died of it. 

My doctor just recently reminded me that it's important to continue self exams.

[San Antonio Gal]

@tends2dogs  - I do annual mammograms without fail, but I don't do monthly self-exams like I should.  Your thread has reminded me that I need to start.  Thank you for bringing it up.  

[Group 5 minus 1]

Yes,and yearly mammogram.

[wagirl]

Yes--I used to. Yearly mammos that became bi- yearly, as well as ultra sounds every 6 months--got dx in 2012 for breast cancer--and had double mastectomies  so now have no "girls" so no more of any of the above!!!

[Ainhisg]

No breast cancer on either side of my family.  I don't do monthly exams, but during the course of showering, I would know if I felt something new.  My gyno told me at my physical in July that the important thing is to know what your breasts feel like so that you would notice a change. I get yearly mammograms.

[ellaphant]

Absolutely and I am well aware of the feel of my breasts. Family history of breast and ovarian cancer. Have Mammo and Sono every year.

[Tissyanne]

I had a yearly mammogram in December of 2019, and early breast cancer was found. I have had yearly mammograms since I was 40. 

I could not feel the tumor, and when it was removed they told me it was the size of a small English pea. 

My mother was diagnosed with bc at the age of  83. She had not had a mammogram in several years. Her cancer had spread to stage 4 , and she passed 11 months later. Her final months were horrific. 

Get regular mammograms please.