But, as I say, the thing that concerned, well worried me most, was the fact that I didn't have a lump and all the publicity you see for breast cancer telling you to look for a lump, but there's other symptoms as well. Because the tiredness must have been one of the symptoms and it made me think "well, how many other people since then are walking about that, not as lucky as me, and had that letter through the post". That must happen quite often. So I think someone up there was looking down on me at the time.
If someone was thinking about going for a mammogram, but wasn't sure about going, because some people don't attend for screening, what would you say to them?
I would tell them to go, definitely, because if it hadn't have been for me going, I wouldn't be here now, would I? You know, I wouldn't be talking [laughs] to you across the table today, this minute. If I had of just, which I very nearly did, said "oh, I won't bother", and I would have signed my own death sentence wouldn't I. Because I had, yes, I had ... I think it should be done for younger women because, as I say I was only, I was 43, I think it should be done from the age of 40, screening. |
