October and breast cancer awareness

 As many of you probably already know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And I'm sure there are plenty of women like me who have been putting off going to get a women's health checkup.

For the longest time I had been putting off going to the doctor and finally I decided enough was enough. I turned twenty-eight years old this year in September and I had not once been to have an actual women's health check up. I know I'm horrible. For some reason or another, I was deathly afraid to get checked out. I didn't want some creepy doc checking out my naughty bits and worse what if they actually found something wrong with me???

I decided to have a woman be my doc because I knew I'd be uncomfortable with a male doc. And you know what, after it was said and done with it wasn't that bad. Because I had the full Monty of an exam they checked both for breast health and cervical health. I won't lie to you by saying that the latter was particularly enjoyable, but it wasn't as horrific as I thought it would be. As for the actual breast exam, that was actually quite painless and takes relatively no time and because I'm only twenty-eight I don't quite need a mammogram just yet.

Seriously though ladies, I encourage you to get over your fears if you are like me. Make that appointment and make sure you are "code 4." It's better to catch this stuff early than to wait until its far to late to anything about it. And remember you only have to do it once a year. ;)

To find low cost screening locations near you please check out this link.
Also, for a plethora of information on breast cancer and breast cancer awareness month check out the Susan G. Koman for the Cure site.