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"It's important to understand your breast, no one knows your breasts better than you," advices Dr. Gralow.

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My health teacher could be smoking crack but she said that most lumps are caught by women's husbands/long time lovers, for obvious reasons.
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
Here is a recent article about breast self-exams:

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According to several long-term studies, including a 10-year study of 267,000 women, there is absolutely no difference in survival rates between women who perform regular self-exams and those who don't.

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Here is a recent article about breast self-exams:

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According to several long-term studies, including a 10-year study of 267,000 women, there is absolutely no difference in survival rates between women who perform regular self-exams and those who don't.

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Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
Here is a recent article about breast self-exams:

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According to several long-term studies, including a 10-year study of 267,000 women, there is absolutely no difference in survival rates between women who perform regular self-exams and those who don't.

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Interestingly though, women who performed frequent poll dances in front of webcams tend to live a long, healthy life. Just FYI ladies
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 

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frequent poll dances

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Dancing while voting?
 

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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
No, Mighty wants to vote on the dancers!
 

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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
Yep, I was aware of this other kind. I'm glad you mentioned it, though! The video clip was very interesting.

Regarding self-exams, I think it would be helpful if the instructions for doing it have more details on what the lumps are supposed to feel like, and where they tend to be. I mean, breast tissue is kind of lumpy anyway.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Now I'm gonna freak out every time I get mastitis...

But it's good to know.
 

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Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
 

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No, Mighty wants to vote on the dancers!

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Heck yeah, I'll feel the power for that.

*note to self: be extra careful posting while half asleep
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Well, I have a lump. And it hurts. Time to *sigh* try to find a doctor who'll listen. Again.


ETA: Since coming to Sri Lanka, though, I've been prone to *cough* cysts in embarrassing *cough* places. The heat, or something...
 

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Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
 
That doesn't sound good. Hope it gets better, quid.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
Though given how rare it is, I guess I can see how the breast cancer foundations want to put their money and effort where the greatest risk is. IBC accounts for 1 to 6% of new cancer cases according to the Komen site.
 

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Posted by Mama Squirrel (Member # 4155) on :
 
Well, you learn something new every day. I sent this info to many women I know, including my Mom. She wrote back to tell me that her good friend who died of breast cancer almost three years ago had IBC. So why did I not know about this (IBC, I mean)? Why has my Mom been bugging me to get my first mammogram (I am 34) and not told me about this?
 

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Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
 
quid - I hope you can find a good doctor to have it checked out! Hopefully it is nothing more than a fibroid (my mother had a lumpectomy several years ago and luckily it was only a fibroid mass).

I had never heard of this type of breast cancer and am glad to have learned more about it. Knowledge is power!
 

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Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
 
Thanks for passing that on. I am in a high risk group for breast cancer but didn't know there was another kind to watch out for.
 

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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
quid- hope you find a doc to look at it soon.
 

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