I am a poster child for baseline mammograms. My doctor talked me into getting a baseline mammogram at age 35. When I turned 40 in 2003, she made me start yearly mammograms. Well, that mammogram showed spots that were not on the baseline mammogram. I had to go back in and do more extensive Mammograms on my right breast. I was sent to a surgeon who said it looked like calcifications but we should biopsy to be sure. Well it was Ductal Carcinoma Insitu. I had a mastectomy in November of 2003. It it wasn't for my baseline mammogram, those little tiny spots would not have meant much. I did not have to do chemotherapy or radiation because it was caught early enough. I thank God that my doctor pushed me to get a baseline mammogram.

Rita
Alexandria, MN