I just did my FIRST Mammogram a few days ago and was relieved all is clear. It's a BIG myth that it is very painful and unbearable.
The whole procedure takes a few minutes only and the painful part is less than a minute for each "pressing". A mammogram is an X-ray screening of the breast for early detection of breast cancer.
I would like to encourage all ladies above 40 years to start screening mammogram.
The following are "frightening" statistics from the National Cancer Registry:
1. A woman in Malaysia has a 1 in 20 chance of getting breast cancer in
her lifetime
2. The cumulative life time risk of developing breast cancer for Chinese
women, Indian women and Malay women were 1 in 16, 1 in 17 and 1 in 28
respectively.
3. The peak incidence appeared to be 50-59 years old.
4.Did you know that early detection and getting appropriate medical
attention can help save lives? So it is unfortunate in Malaysia that
nearly 40% of the new cases identified each year were already in the
very advanced stages of the disease.
If you have not done your mammogram do make an appointment with
1. Damai Specialist Centre
2. Sabah Medical Centre
3. Rafflesia Medical Centre
4. Kissey Medical Centre
or any other medical centres with the mammogram facility.
Watch it ! The Pirates of The Caribbean landed in KK on 29 Aug 2012. See all the smiling faces? They have seen their target ! Captain Hook came with sword and HOOK. Where is Captain Jack Sparrow and Blackbeard, the most feared pirate of all?? Missing Pirates are Loi, Diana, Janet , Amanda, Jeanie and Margaret Sinsua, Fung
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