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Dense Breasts
Hello all,
For those of us with dense breasts, I thought you might find this interesting. When I was going through ALL of my health records recently, I discovered that upon my first mammmogram at age 40, nine years ago. the results indicated that I had very dense breasts. I was never told this information. I would have been able to pay for the costs of my own MRI since we all know that insurance will not cover the costs of an MRI if the mammogram comes back negative. It would have been nice to have had the option. You may wish to pass this along to women you know. Something to think about, is having dense breasts, something we can't prevent, more of a risk factor than we have ever considered?
areyoudenseadvocacy.org/facts/
Take good care,
Jackie
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