I wanted to add to My story as I ran out of space. After My Mom was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma stage 2b of her right breast, I asked if I could see her breast and she showed me. I was shocked, you could visibly see the lump in her breast. I couldn't believe it. I asked her "mom, how could you not know that was there ?" I told her to do breast exams while showering as it was easier and she told me "i'm not going to be feeling on myself like a pervert and I'm not checking myself out in the mirror!" I was upset, a little angry but most of all not believing what I was hearing. I think many times in certain cultures we are taught that certain things are not appropriate. I was angry that this belief could of cost my Mom her life. I thank God my Father got mixed up and scheduled her mammogram 5 months too soon. If the lump had grown so much in so little time Heaven knows how far it would have gone in 5 more months. I'm sharing this because we need to be sure to teach the women in our lives it's ok to feel your breast and examine them and it's not perverted or wierd. I think not only our culture madey Mom think that way I think the innocence in her way if thinking after her stroke made her think it was wrong. Everyone please be sure to educated all the women in your life in the importance of self breast exams and mammograms

Anonymous
Colton, CA