Early detection is the key

My daughter is a mammo tech and had been nagging me for about 6 months to get my mammo. I am 42 and breast cancer runs in my family. I finally gave in and she did my mammo about a month ago. The results were irregular and I had to have a biopsy on my right breast. The results were not all that bad. The small "tumor" was benign but I still have to have a lumpectomy on April 4th to remove it. I just want to stress the importance of having your mammograms on a regular basis. Early detection is definitely the key. I thank my daughter every day for "nagging" me about it because who knows what the outcome could have been if I didn't get it done this time.

Sheri Jackson
Ransomville, NY