Category Archives: screening
Does the BRCA 5-site rearrangement panel include BART testing?
My medical geekiness showed its colors today. Last night, at the Young Survivors Sunday Starbucks group an amazing guest speaker mentioned the BART test for those who had tested BRCA negative. So, I dug out my trusty notebook of lab … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, screening, tests
A teensy bit scared
There’s this wonderful thread on breastcancer.org where you can do a “cancer sucks in this specific way” sort of post. A place to vent and rant. And rant people do, and you know what happens with rants after you really … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, quality of life, screening
relieved
Digital mammograms are amazing things. No waiting, just the results – right away. Plus EPIC West rocks – they have chocolate to eat while you sit and wait for the radiologist to read the mammogram pics. (Deep stress calls for … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer Screening Challenge
Ok, I am issuing an official 1-month challenge to all of my girlfriends who are in their late 30s and early 40s. Now’s the time – get screened for breast cancer, yesterday isn’t soon enough. My cancer was picked up … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, screening
