I'm taking a second during color week to change colors - today was to be green. But, you'll see pink instead. I hope I don't make some male readers uncomfortable with the info I'm about to share - but if you are a man and you have even one woman in your life who you care about, I recommend you get over your heebie-jeebies and read on.
I had a mammogram today. I just started seeing a new primary care doctor who, upon hearing my family and personal breast history, recommended I have a mammogram. I have to say, I'd heard so many stories of pain and dread that I was quite a bit concerned about this test. Not many ladies my age (29, despite what my young husband would have you believe, I am NOT yet 30) have mammograms, but I dutifully obeyed doctor's orders. It was NOT painful - I don't dispute that some women have pain during the test, but I barely felt uncomfortable. I even asked the technician, "That's it?" Whether it's my size (on the larger side - she had to use "the big plate") or shape or whatever, I don't know. But it really wasn't that bad. I can only assume that the pain of the mammogram is far, far less than the pain of discovering too late that you have advanced breast cancer. So if your doctor tells you to get one, get one. If you're a man, make sure all the ladies you care about get theirs, too.
So, for breast cancer awareness, here's some pink stuff:
the valentine collage Henry made at school
my 22 year old Care-Bear
a cute craft Henry came home with once
This is an excellent book called
Reconstructing Natalie about a young woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer. It was one of those pick-up-a-book-that-looks-cute-at-the-library finds, and I was so happy that this book found me. AND, for the third time at our library, the book that I just picked up happens to be written by a Christian woman and is endorsed by
Women of Faith. What a pleasant surprise!
Thanks for understanding this out-of-the-ROY G BIV post, meaning that color week will end up being color 8 days instead. Stay tuned tomorrow for green! Go get your b**bies squished!
