Breast Self-Exam Quotes

I wasn't prepared to get a mammogram until I was 40 years old, like I'd been told. I never in my wildest dreams expected anything to be wrong.

I've been blessed with pretty strong stamina and healthy genes, so I'd call myself sensible. I've had regular mammograms ever since I found a lump in my breast when I was 30. Thankfully, all was well.

I had breast cancer. I caught it early.

I would encourage all women to get mammograms when their doctors tell them to.

If you have breast tissue, you can have breast cancer. So don’t be macho about it.

All women should understand that a mammogram is nothing to be afraid of. It's not an enemy but a friend. Early detection is the key to the cure.

With breast cancer, it's all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

I had to go for a mammogram - my first mammogram ever - and It was really scary and I didn't know what to expect.

I have always had dense, cyst-prone breasts, so I didn't think much of it when my OB/GYN discovered a lump on a routine physical exam in August of 2006. 'It's a cyst,' she assured me, and I believed her. Several weeks after, I had a negative mammogram, which should have reassured me. Only something felt wrong about this particular lump.

I used to joke that, since breastfeeding, my boobs looked like an old athletic sock with some loose change at the bottom, so when I felt a lump the size of a marble, I knew something was terribly wrong.