A couple of months ago, I felt something in my breast. It felt like a big movable mass.

Yikes!

I didn’t think much about it, but all the sudden noticed it again a couple weeks ago.

My hands couldn’t keep away from it. I found myself constantly checking to see if it was still there.

Then, it started to hurt.

I was getting nervous, so I made a house call to my doctor (my good friend Arlene is an ER doctor, so we barter concierge medicine service for personal legal services!) and she checked it out for me.

A lump. 2cm wide. She drew a picture on a prescription pad, told me to call up our friend (and client of mine) who is a radiologist at Torrance Memorial and get it checked out.

I breastfed my kids for so long that there is virtually no chance that it’s breast cancer, but better safe than sorry about these sorts of things.

So, off I went for a mammogram and an ultrasound.

Fortunately, everything checked out a-OK! But, the whole experience made me even more grateful that I had recorded my Priceless Conversation for my kids recently.

And, I found out that the guidelines for breast self exams have changed. Apparently, the circle motion is out ladies! Get more information here. For anyone that is in the Los Angeles area you can attend a free Breast Health Lecture at Torrance Memorial from 5p to 6p on December 6, 2007. Call 310-784-6335 to sign up.October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you’re age 40 or older, join the millions of women who get mammograms on a regular basis and encourage the women in your life to get mammograms on a regular basis. You can have all the family wealth in the world, but if you don’t have your health, you have nothing at all.

© 2007 Alexis Martin Neely

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