I used to get my check-ups regularly. Then I fell on some hard times and didn't look around to see if I could still get my mammograms somewhere. So for a couple years, I didn't take care of me.
I had given my daughter a kidney and we were at her follow up appointment when I saw a sign that said "Free mammograms for uninsured or under insured". I said well since I am not working this would be a program for me.
I went and had the mammogram and I had ductal cancer. They got it early, took the lump out and radiated for six weeks. I have been cancer free in my right breast for nine years.
I have always had my yearly check-ups since then and now I just was told I have the same kind of cancer in the left beast .I just had the lump removed and will start radiation in a month. Once again they GOT It EARLY. I can't tell enough gals go get checked so this is not something they can't fix because it wasn't caught early enough.
Odenton, MD
