Mammography

Ladies that have had them, at what age did you start getting them, i have always heard you should start at age 40 unless you know you have a higher risk,
a friend says now she heard you should go at 35,
i think she is being a little paranoid because a close friend was recently diagnosed with breast cancer (she's 47)
so when did you ladies first go

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My doctor recommended I get one now - I'll be 37 in two months. I had it done in November.

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i had my first at 29 because i found a lump...ended up having a lumpectomy and now go every 6 months.

granted, my mother had severe breast cancer and therefore they would have recommened once a year starting at 30.

women with no history of breast cancer should be going once a year at 40 and should be getting a breast check with the gyno. during yearly exams before 40. if you have significant history (mom, sister or mother's sister had breast cancer) you should be going from age 30.

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I went at 31. I will have to go every year for the rest of my life. My grandmother, my mother and Aunt all have had breast cancer.

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due to family history, my baseline was at 35

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I'm going for one tomorrow!! It will be my second and I'll be 40 at the end of February.

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My baseline was at 37. They found an abnormality and I had a lumpectomy. I don't have a family history. Every six months I get a sonogram. Every year a mammogram.

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I don't know if I forgot or put it out of my mind but my appt *really* hurt!!!!

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my mom was diagnosed at age 42 with breast cancer and passed away from it at age 47. i went for my baseline at age 29. and i go every year for a sonogram and mammogram.

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My two maternal aunts bad BC, so I had my baseline at 28.

IT HURRRRTSSS

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Not that I am looking forward to going, but I think they should make it sooner. i know of 2 people who have had breast cancer in their 20's.

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I didnt go until I was 40 but my sister had her baseline at 35

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Posted by Wendy

I don't know if I forgot or put it out of my mind but my appt *really* hurt!!!!

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I'm 31 and adopted so I just went for my first mammo. I wanted to just be on the safe side since I don't know much medical history.

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No history of bc but dr. recommended mine last year at age 37.

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I have a family history, I should have gone at 35, but had my baseline at 38. It does hurt a bit, but it is over pretty quickly.

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I got my first mammo just before my 37th birthday. The dr sent me because she noticed a mass that turned out to be a lymphnode

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i have been going since i was 25. my mother had end stage breast cancer at 30 and died at 40. my docs watch me like a hawk!