Not true - as a man I do a lot of breast play - but I'm not looking for trouble. Frequent careful breast self-examination is just as important as annual PAP tests. Check out P'Gell's link and be you're own best friend!

Makes sense to me!

Illusional!

That's great - remember it's all about repetition. The whole concept is to be aware of what has changed since your last exam. Keep track on paper, memories are unreliable.

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Good girl!

That is "it wont happen to me" syndrome. (I am not trying to be rude or insult, just saying). Many women (or men for that matter for whatever other health concern) figure it wont happen to them, or once every 12 months is good enough when the Doc does it.

I was in that boat. We all have been at some point in our lives. I was young and meh. I had better things to do than check my breasts. Then my mom was diagnosed and you want to bet that set me for a reality check. Now I do not have a specific day of the month that I check mine, I am forever checking them. Either in the shower, lying in bed, whatever. Hell sometimes I am feeling them sitting here reading reviews. It is really not that hard to incorporate into your life. Once you read up on what you are doing its rather easy and can be done while you relax at night.

For sure. Some people think, "If I don't think about it, it won't happen to me." Similar to young people (or older ones) who refuse to buy birth control, thinking if they buy it "It means I'm looking for sex." Then they get pregnant or diseases.

It takes 10 or 15 minutes a MONTH! It could save your life. Having your partner feel you up during sex is NOT a substitute for real, concentrated breast exams you do yourself. He or she is not looking for lumps, they are horny and getting you off and getting off themselves. Although My Man loves to play with my breasts, I never consider his daily Boob Grabbing to be a substitute for a real breast exam. Not only does he not do the same things that are required for a breast exam (he's trying to get me to COME, while doing other things, he isn't paying attention to the entire breast, or the texture or going all around to check for lumps, he's PLAYING) he doesn't really know what to look for.

Fifteen minutes a month. That's all it takes. If you get good at it, maybe shorter than that. It CAN save your life.

Off soapbox now.

I boobies.

I actually have a silicone bracelet which says this. One of my daughters got it from the place she works at. I wore it to the Exam, when I did my 15 year re-take of my Lactation Consultant Board and everybody loved it. I saw one on one of the contributors in one of her Video reviews. I can't remember who. They are white or black silicone bracelets that say "I boobies" or something similarly. It always gets comment and makes people think. Also the couple of bucks I paid for it goes for breast cancer research and treatment.
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I should be checking more often than not, but i do not check routinely (same time every month), but i do often feel my breast for irregularities.
My mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer x2.

Don't want to sound alarmist, but it didn't run in my mother's family either, and she was 39 when she was diagnosed.

Actually most breast cancers are found by self exams. Women often notice changes before their yearly or bi-yearly mammogram. And many small lumps are simply not metastasis at all.

If you saw how quickly the techs who read mammos go through their work, you may not have such faith in the dedication of lesser paid echelons of the medical profession. They are the people who will find or miss a ready-to-see or difficult to see tumor. Often, you feel it before and in between mammos. Plus, too many mammos can also predispose you to cancers of all kinds.