tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post112243051632371132..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: Inspiring WomenYoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122506596933452592005-07-27T19:23:00.000-04:002005-07-27T19:23:00.000-04:00That's a great idea. If I'm going to pay for the m...That's a great idea. If I'm going to pay for the mammogram, why not have it removed and biopsied just to be safe. I'll have to price that. Thanks. <BR/><BR/>Wait ... just remembered. On a breast cancer board I was advised against having it removed because of the scar tissue it creates. The scar tissue will affect mammograms and restrict viewing of possible future lumps in that area.<BR/><BR/>Oh well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122486074396202912005-07-27T13:41:00.000-04:002005-07-27T13:41:00.000-04:00That really sucks not to be able to get the follow...That really sucks not to be able to get the follow up covered. Hopefully, you will be able to pay for it soon. Maybe you can get them to remove it so that you don't have to keep having it followed up....LaurenYoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122483148379976372005-07-27T12:52:00.000-04:002005-07-27T12:52:00.000-04:00I'm in Oregon. My first mammo was covered by a bre...I'm in Oregon. My first mammo was covered by a breast cancer fund. The nurses were worried and spent an hour huddled in whisphers trying to figure out how they could get me my appointment. Thank goodness one of them sits on the fund's board ... normally insurance and even funds like this one don't cover women under the age of 40. But I'm not able to get my follow-up covered. It'll happen soon enough. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122435892578035592005-07-26T23:44:00.000-04:002005-07-26T23:44:00.000-04:00I had only two mammograms in my life - one when I ...I had only two mammograms in my life - one when I was 35, and it showed nothing. And one when I was 36, and I already knew I had breast cancer (the breast surgeon made me have the mammo for purposes of research and mapping out the breast). Neither was painful, but I think it's because my breasts weren't teeny - they were a full B/small C. Now, I don't have to have mammos anymore because there's nothing to mammo! Just implants, no breast tissue at all.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, young women do get breast cancer. But it sure sounds like your lump is NOT cancer. The mammo was benign. You should have it rechecked, like they told you. But benign is benign! At this point, they would just be looking for changes.<BR/><BR/>I hope you can save up and get your mammo soon. I wish that money didn't come into play when it comes to health care. Are you not in the U.S.? Most hospitals here have some sort of free mammo program....<BR/><BR/>LaurenYoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122434821334195632005-07-26T23:27:00.000-04:002005-07-26T23:27:00.000-04:00Lauren -I'm 34 and was shocked when a lump was fou...Lauren -<BR/><BR/>I'm 34 and was shocked when a lump was found in my breast last December during a routine Pap smear. At the last minute I asked for a breast exam, something I'd never done before. The nurse was obviously alarmed when she found the lump. <BR/><BR/>I was told "possible benign, have another mammogram in six months." It seems women with insurance or who can afford it often opt to have a biopsy regardless of what I was told. The lump is still there, hasn't changed size. I'm past due for my follow-up.<BR/><BR/>Most days I forget about it. But then I come here and read about young women with cancer and get my reality check. Things like this save lives. Thank you for sharing about your class. I'm going to start saving straight away and get that mammogram. <BR/><BR/>(Who knew that teeny breasts could be flattened like that!)<BR/><BR/>:o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com