If you’re over 70, protect yourself and ask for breast screening | Letter
Catherine Sims on the importance of asking for potentially life-saving checks
The supplement in your print edition about breast screening (24 March) left out one very shocking fact. If you are over 70, then you are no longer called for breast screening. In my case, I lost my temper with my bra – the wire was digging in and making my right breast sore. I marched down to my local bra shop, where the lovely shop assistant asked me if I had had a scan recently. When I said “no” she suggested that I see my doctor. Three weeks later, I was having an operation on my left breast to remove a very sneaky cancer at the deepest part of the breast against my chest wall. This meant that I couldn’t feel a lump, so having a breast scan regularly is vital. It is still vital if you are over 70, and you can ask for a scan.
Catherine Sims
Penrith, Cumbria
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Catherine Sims on the importance of asking for potentially life-saving checks
The supplement in your print edition about breast screening (24 March) left out one very shocking fact. If you are over 70, then you are no longer called for breast screening. In my case, I lost my temper with my bra – the wire was digging in and making my right breast sore. I marched down to my local bra shop, where the lovely shop assistant asked me if I had had a scan recently. When I said “no” she suggested that I see my doctor. Three weeks later, I was having an operation on my left breast to remove a very sneaky cancer at the deepest part of the breast against my chest wall. This meant that I couldn’t feel a lump, so having a breast scan regularly is vital. It is still vital if you are over 70, and you can ask for a scan.
Catherine Sims
Penrith, Cumbria
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