One of my 21-year-old daughter's friends wanted to know if she could quickly get an appointment with my surgeon. She'd found a lump or something in her breast. Huh?
She was home from college on semester break and needed to see her quickly before heading abroad for a semester. What's going on? I asked my daughter. Before I could get a good answer, her mother called and we talked.
She had found something and she wanted to have it checked out. She was able to get an appointment and it turned out there was a mass that required surgery. It was benign.
Relief for us all. But we're so glad she made her mother aware. Studies show when younger women are diagnosed with breast cancer, it's often very agressive. But younger women also will have a breast mass that needs to be checked out.
Younger women have to do self exams as well as more mature women. And we all have to follow up.
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Thank you for sharing this story. As a young woman, I've been to the doctor enough to know that I should do the self breast exam and how to do it. But honestly, I never do. It's good to be reminded that cancer knows no age, and that we need to do self breast examinations no matter how young or old.
Posted by Jennifer | May 27, 2008 8:49 AM
Posted on May 27, 2008 08:49