12 August 2007

You don’t have to have a lump to have breast cancer

If you read nothing else today, read Whymommy's post. She has recently been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, a very aggressive cancer that can be deadly.

I discovered my lump after a bout of mastitis. Thankfully, mine was simply scar tissue from an injury caused by my seatbelt in a car accident. I hadn't been doing monthly BSEs. It's something we all need to do. BUT...

There is more than one kind of breast cancer. Learn about the symptoms and, please, take care of yourselves.


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