When I heard the government task force recommendations for mammograms, I was didn’t believe it. I feel that I would have been dead before age 50 had I followed those recommendations.
In my 40s, a self-exam revealed a lump. A mammogram agreed, and surgery confirmed breast cancer. This occurred a number of years before age 50.
Following recuperation, I became a Reach to Recovery volunteer. Over a period of 33 years volunteering, I had the opportunity to meet many other women who would have had little or no chance to survive had the government recommendations been followed. A large number of women were under age 50.
As a 37-year cancer survivor, my personal recommendations would be: monthly self-exams, mammograms starting at age 40 (earlier with breast cancer family history) and regular checkups. And get rid of Dr. Susan Love’s books and literature pertaining to breast cancer.
Beverly Rizzo
Turney, Mo.
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