She phoned the scheduling department to schedule my echocardiogram. After what seemed like forever, the receptionist said she had no openings close by and asked if I minded driving far away. It took us an hour to drive to the cancer center. ...
Taking place duringNational Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Mammography Day exists to remind and encourage women to regularly schedule a mammogram, and to talk to their doctor about what interval of time between mammograms is best for them. The day highlights the need for both education abo...
Then there are the nightmares, which fight through your ambien because the one thing you need is rest, to feel safe, to unclench every muscle in your body and breathe for more than just survival, but not tonight because they scream. They scream twisted versions of everything you’ve surviv...
"Thirty," I replied, still getting used to saying it out loud. "Any history of breast cancer?" "No." "Probably papillomas." (These are little polyps in the ducts) "We can schedule a mammogram as a precaution." I arrived at my mammogram with my mom, a mother/daughter activity we ...
Or just to take a rest when I need to. To stay aware of what my body is really doing. I thought I was getting arthritis at some point last year, but it turns out…now that I have been working out more, I think it was just my muscles pretending we weren’t on speaking terms. ...
Note: This slideshow is not medical advice. If you have any concerns about breast cancer, talk to your doctor. Self-Awareness Matters istockphoto No matter what mammogram schedule women follow, they should be on the lookout for any changes in their breasts that suggest trouble. Fact is, says...
“…why do any of us have to post anything. I’m internally conflicted: we should neither need a Facebook campaign to see that this is a issue nor should this even be an issue at all. So yeah me too, but I’m angry about posting this! I want the world to hear us and to under...
Thankfully she found the lump in her breast, not using Covid as an excuse to put off her breast self-exams or wait until her next mammogram. Even still, the slight delay resulted in a Stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis, for someone who was getting checked regularly. This one act could hav...
“Cummulatively these visits cost more than $10 billion per year — similar to the annual costs of all lung-cancer care in the United States." Rather than an annual exam, doctors should schedule physicals only with patients who are new to them, or who haven’t been in the office for ...
In the interview, I had the opportunity to talk about how much my life has changed since I did a scary thing…investing in myself. Now…investing in myself isn’t frightening…it’s something that I know that I need to do in order to move the dial forward at a much quicker pace. ...