October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

So that means it's time for my annual "PSA". In the past I have sent this out to only my closest friends. For obvious reasons I now feel I should be including as many of my friends as possible.

My personal screening recommendations are:

If you are 35 or older and have not already done so, please have a baseline mammogram done. If you have a family history of breast cancer, please talk to your physician about having a baseline done at any age.

If you are over 40, please have an annual screening mammography.

For "official" screening recommendations, please visit the following websites:

www.cancer.org
www.cancer.gov
www.breastcancer.org
www.komen.org

Early detection saves lives. It saved mine; it saved my sister's. If you are at all nervous about having your first mammogram I will gladly go with you and hold your hand the whole way.

Please join me in protecting other women and finding a cure by sharing this information with your sisters, mothers, wives and friends.

Love to you all.

M.