Did you know that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime? ONE in EIGHT!! Did you hear me? That's huge! That's a lot. Let that sink in.
They say your chances of getting breast cancer is higher if you have family history, i.e. your mom, aunt, grandma, great grandma, etc. I don't have family history. Also, more white women get diagnosed, then statistically African American women follow, then Hispanic, and last in that order of risk? Asian. I KNOW! I spoke to a geneticist from some company that is testing my DNA for the BRCA gene (more on that later) and she said to me, "You are just a fluke." Lucky me.
Anywho, you can Google the stats yourself, the numbers are staggering. Scary stuff.
So, please get your mammograms ladies. No one is immune. Cancer is an asshole and does not discriminate.
Love you guys.
L.
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