Tips for Your First Mammogram Mammography If you’re between the ages of 40 and 50, it may be time for your first mammogram. The experts don’t all agree on the exact age to start, and it can vary with specific risk factors, so talk to your health care provider about when you ...
It was a surprise; perhaps such things always are. I went in for an annual mammogram and was given a clean bill of health. I returned ten days later to have a couple fluid-filled cysts drained—routine for me, as I’ve had benign cysts since my thirties. Whenever they grow large enou...
At the same time I'd managed to hurt my shoulder while hang-gliding in Belize,* and the pain, coupled with the fact that I couldn't do simple things like get dressed on my own, quickly turned me into a big ol' whiny baby. (John will back me up on this.) I just wanted to giv...