TRANSITIONS / JOURNEYS

Here We Go Again

BY KATHY LaTOUR

Surely it couldn’t have been that long ago since the last mammogram

As an editor of Heal and CURE and a 21-year breast cancer survivor, I was reminded with our Winter 2007 issue of the importance of what we do — when one story may have saved my life.

The story explored new research indicating that breast cancer survivors become lax in getting their annual mammograms on their unaffected breast.

As I read on I realized I hadn’t gotten my 2007 mammogram. A call to my breast center to schedule a mammogram revealed it had been three years since my last one.

After my mammogram the next week, the radiologist began explaining the results. She slid into the discussion as she would with a woman getting her first mammogram. “Whoa,” I stopped her. “Are you saying I need a biopsy?” ...

[THIS STORY APPEARS IN FULL IN THE SPRING 2008 ISSUE OF HEAL]