Breast Cancer, Not Just For Women

According to the American Cancer Society, eight out of ten women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer. And men are not exempt. It affects more of us then we can ever imagine. Since there had been no history in my maternal family line of breast cancer, I felt I was at a very small to no risk. Of course, it would never happen to me. On my father's side of the family, there were two sisters with breast cancer, one in her late forties and again in her seventies and the other in her seventies when they were diagnosed. Faithfully, I went for my yearly exams to my ob/gyn. Never had I had any lumps in my breasts during an exam. Although I was in my mid-forties, I had not yet had a mammogram. My list of reasons for not doing it and my excuses were probably just like yours if you haven't done it either. My doctor had advised upon getting one; but I didn't sense any urgency. I had just gone through pregnancy and nursing. Considerably late in life, I gave birth to my son. I was busy being a new Mom, breast-feeding and basking in the glory of my little miracle. Fortunately, my pregnancy was fairly easy and I had a very healthy baby in spite of my age. Jason was 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 21