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Post by twoboyzmom on Mar 6, 2017 17:28:44 GMT
After age 40, how often do you go?
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Post by garcia5050 on Mar 6, 2017 17:35:22 GMT
I went every year for the first 3, then skipped a year (mostly because of laziness). I do intend to go every year, even without a family history.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Mar 6, 2017 17:37:36 GMT
I go every year.
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Post by shamrock on Mar 6, 2017 17:41:09 GMT
That depends on a number of factors. I had a lump removed when I was 18. I've had others checked (and disappear on their own) over the years. My doctor is comfortable letting me set the schedule & insurance has advised one a year since I turned 40. My doctor would have let me go at least every other, but I feel better with every year.
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Post by katlady on Mar 6, 2017 17:47:21 GMT
I go get my boobs smashed every year.
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Post by scrapmaven on Mar 6, 2017 18:02:17 GMT
I go every year.
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Post by MichyM on Mar 6, 2017 18:04:48 GMT
Every year, or every 6 months for a year and a half after I've had a biopsy (had a couple, both of which have been non-cancerous. Have my appt this Thursday. Woot
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 6, 2017 18:06:59 GMT
I went at 40, 41 and 42. Didn't go when I was 43 because I was nursing, then got lazy and didn't go again until this year (50). No problems, no immediate family history, so I'll probably go as recommended by my doctor when they tell me it's time.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Mar 6, 2017 18:08:19 GMT
I just got the reminder call for mine next week. Last year when I went I got the call back to double check, was just a fluid cyst (which I knew about) So I guess every year it is !( I'll be 43 in may, only had 1st one last year)
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Post by River on Mar 6, 2017 18:09:56 GMT
I go once a year and recommend at least that! To much can happen too quickly, not to be tested as often as possible.
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Post by Rhondito on Mar 6, 2017 18:15:40 GMT
Yearly
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Post by zztop11 on Mar 6, 2017 18:15:50 GMT
I'm going to put in a PSA. Please, please, please do monthly self exams. I am a 30 year breast cancer survivor. Had a mammogram and they saw nothing. Nine months later, I found the lump. It was a fast grower. Self examination can save your life!
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Post by Zee on Mar 6, 2017 18:20:20 GMT
The answer depends on your family history and breast tissue, but I'd go with yearly.
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Post by anniefb on Mar 6, 2017 19:04:44 GMT
Yearly.
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Post by annabella on Mar 6, 2017 20:02:00 GMT
Is there a cut off year? I was wondering if a 90 year old woman found out she had breast cancer, the chemo and surgery would be too hard on her, so I would think they would just leave it alone. So is there a need to still do the mammogram?
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 6, 2017 20:05:15 GMT
Supposed to go yearly, but since 40 I have probably been 4 times. So that is about every other year. I am set up to do one in August, so that will be back to back years..
I'll will add that there isn't a history of cancer in the family except a couple of rare things in the past. So far my doctor has been comfortable about how I have gone. Plus she checks regularly at my annual, which I do every year.
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Post by valleyview on Mar 6, 2017 20:43:03 GMT
Is there a cut off year? I was wondering if a 90 year old woman found out she had breast cancer, the chemo and surgery would be too hard on her, so I would think they would just leave it alone. So is there a need to still do the mammogram? I asked this very question to my doctor on the last visit I had before I was diagnosed. Truth is, cancer risks increase with age, but breast cancer is more problematic for younger women. My MIL was diagnosed at age 84. So was her mother. Neither were treated because they had a non-invasive cancer. We were glad that we knew that agressive treatment was not necessary for them.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Mar 6, 2017 20:48:13 GMT
Is there a cut off year? I was wondering if a 90 year old woman found out she had breast cancer, the chemo and surgery would be too hard on her, so I would think they would just leave it alone. So is there a need to still do the mammogram? My great-grandmother was 87 when she was diagnosed. The doctors didn't want to operate but she insisted - a lumpectomy and radiation, and she lived to be 103.
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Post by canadianlinda on Mar 6, 2017 20:49:29 GMT
Is there a cut off year? I was wondering if a 90 year old woman found out she had breast cancer, the chemo and surgery would be too hard on her, so I would think they would just leave it alone. So is there a need to still do the mammogram? I just got my yearly reminder letter so I can tell you that here in Canada it is : 40-49 yrs ~once a year 50-74 yrs~ every 1-2 years 75+ yrs~ every 2 years I just booked mine for next week.
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Post by lisae on Mar 6, 2017 20:51:31 GMT
Once a year.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 6, 2017 20:53:31 GMT
I just scheduled mine today. My first was at 43 after my cancer treatment. I go annually since my type of cancer most typically metastasizes in the breast or lung. I also get a lung x-ray every 5 years. I'll be 52 in May.
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Post by GiantsFan on Mar 6, 2017 20:55:15 GMT
I had a baseline at 35, then every year after 40 without fail. Even with self-exams.
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Post by miss_lizzie on Mar 6, 2017 20:57:49 GMT
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Post by momto4kiddos on Mar 6, 2017 21:02:11 GMT
I go yearly, i'm 48. I schedule my next appointment when I check in so I don't forget. First few years I was in every 6 months because of dense tissue, they were finally satisfied and let me start coming yearly.
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Post by paigepea on Mar 6, 2017 21:07:14 GMT
I thought I'd go yearly since 40, but at 40 I found out I have very dense breasts so I have to go every 6 months.
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Post by cade387 on Mar 6, 2017 21:08:12 GMT
I'm about to turn 38 and I go for my first this year. I'm nervous but I know it is important so I'm going. It took 3 months to find an opening to get me in though. I wasn't expecting that.
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Post by refugeepea on Mar 6, 2017 21:19:21 GMT
I thought the statistics were in the 70-80% range of women who get breast cancer with no family history.
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Post by anniefb on Mar 6, 2017 21:57:17 GMT
I thought the statistics were in the 70-80% range of women who get breast cancer with no family history. The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation says it's 90-95%.
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Post by Anita on Mar 6, 2017 22:34:26 GMT
Every single year.
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Post by moodyblue on Mar 6, 2017 23:20:17 GMT
I go every year since 40 (currently age 60). I'm a few months behind schedule right now because my GYN closed her practice at the end of Dec. 2015, days after I had my last one. I have to make an appointment with the GYN who now has my records but I didn't want to do that over Christmas break since I had a lot of other things going on. Figured I'd shift to spring break at this point. But now, some much more urgent issues have come up and I haven't scheduled that yet because I don't know when other things might mean cancelling it, maybe on short notice. So, once things settle down a bit I can get the GYN dealt with and the mammogram. I'm thinking it might be summer break now, but it will get done.
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