tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post8174468665615042620..comments2023-10-09T01:56:27.139-07:00Comments on Robbie's Ruminations: Breast Cancer Awareness Month - I Did My ThingRobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146718095261185040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-46276175471594385832008-10-20T19:21:00.000-07:002008-10-20T19:21:00.000-07:00Good for you! You are right - if it was part of me...Good for you! You are right - if it was part of men's exam it would probably include a cold beer and the television remote.Remohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431607542722701491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-36322620303083837262008-10-19T15:34:00.000-07:002008-10-19T15:34:00.000-07:00I have a family history, having lost my Mom (age 7...I have a family history, having lost my Mom (age 75) and sister, (age 35) to breast cancer, so I'm religious about getting them done, but the insurance companies don't always make it easy. Although an annual mammogram is clearly delineated as one of the benefits in my current insurance program, that didn't keep the company from charging me and several of my colleagues for the exam. Right now, they've refunded the money to the doctor, so he's been paid twice, but I've yet to receive my refund. Needless to say, I won't get my mammo this year through work. As for the colonoscopy...I had that last year, and the worst part was definitely the preparation, drinking that liquid. Don't put that off, though. I'm in a high risk category and have to have it done every two years, despite the fact that no one else in my family has polyps.emmapeelDallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045502725282481075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-47909338850199865002008-10-18T23:07:00.000-07:002008-10-18T23:07:00.000-07:00Thank you for sharing Phin!! Glad to hear the grea...Thank you for sharing Phin!! Glad to hear the great news too.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146718095261185040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-83406358357370824532008-10-18T19:38:00.000-07:002008-10-18T19:38:00.000-07:00Good thing you finally got it done! Breast cancer ...Good thing you finally got it done! Breast cancer is not just for the over-40 crowd anymore. My sister's cancer went undiagnosed for years with her regular mammograms (not to scare you) but the self exam and subsequent ultra-sound were ESSENTIAL to her diagnosis. She just hit her FIVE YEAR survival mark and had her chemo port removed this past week!! Take care, Robbie!! ~Phinney <BR/><BR/>http://geminiwilder.blogspot.com/Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534643968545932541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-21623259857606245992008-10-18T12:35:00.000-07:002008-10-18T12:35:00.000-07:00I had a partial colonoscopy a few years ago and it...I had a partial colonoscopy a few years ago and it was NOTHING. Now, I think the full colonoscopy is far more invasive... but they give you the equivalent of a few margaritas and you are relaxed and really it's over before you know it. I picked up a friend of mine after he had his and he was amazed what a non-event it had been after years of dreading it. In case that's helpful. <BR/><BR/>Bravo Robbie, I'm glad you saw that mammo's are really nothing to fear, except for if a power outtage happens when you're smushed in there. I've been getting them every year since I was 35 -- no history of breast cancer in my fam, but if you have a chest (and I do, sigh) it's impossible to tell what's what in any self exams. <BR/> <BR/>The sonograms have to get approval and are only done to try to pick up stuff that the mammo misses on either people they believe to be at risk or for women who have breast tissue that's naturally kinda fleshy... something like that. At age 45 I asked my doc to OK one just so I'd have a baseline to refer to once I entered into menopause sometime in the future, when everything in your bod can change.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085490655524570481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-84752374549568131242008-10-18T08:55:00.000-07:002008-10-18T08:55:00.000-07:00I hear ya on that one Donna! For me it's the humil...I hear ya on that one Donna! For me it's the humility of it all though. I don't think it hurts - much. I remember assisting a doctor on one years ago when I was a medic in the Army. The patient received vallum or something though first. Get it done. No good taking care of the top part if the bottom goes to shit. ha-ha-ha Pun was most definitely intended.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146718095261185040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658575.post-4371477257093085902008-10-18T03:25:00.000-07:002008-10-18T03:25:00.000-07:00I've been getting mammograms for years, no problem...I've been getting mammograms for years, no problem. But I'm STILL putting off the recommended colonoscopy all the doctors keep nagging me to get.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.com