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Interview 16

Interview 16

Age at Interview: 61
Background: A retired civilian manager in the police. Married with no children.

Brief outline:Had routine mammogram at 52. DCIS was discovered. Had lumpectomy. Mammogram 6 months later found more cancer cells. Had mastectomy, and tamoxifen. Was later diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Advises women to be breast aware and to see their GPs if they have any concerns.
Print I think I would like ladies to be very familiar with their breasts and at one time it was considered we had to feel our breast for lumps, particularly at certain times of the month. But I think the feeling on that has changed now and it isn't a matter of a certain time of the month and not always in the monthly cycles necessarily, nor for lumps either because I didn't have any lumps. But I want ladies to be as familiar with their breasts as they are with their face, you know. And I'm going to be getting a little lump here on my face or my eyebrows need tweezing, well be like that about your breast. When you're having a bath or a shower, just feel your breast with soapy hands, you can feel, you know. If you're making a cup of tea, you could just sort of feel yourself around the breasts. Look in the mirror and get familiar with the shape of your breasts and if you see one is slightly small, larger or, than the other one or one looks a bit swollen or you've got something wrong with your nipple, it's going inwards or there's some puckering around your nipple, it's probably perfectly all right but you and see your GP and let him know. So get familiar with your breasts and if you notice any changes at all, don't think, oh it's probably the time of the month or I've been wearing a bra that's too tight or anything. Anything at all that you feel that is different, go and see your doctor.

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