Anyone doing Race for the Cure in Des Moines, Iowa?

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I'm just curious! It's this Saturday.

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  • kistinbee
    kistinbee Posts: 3,688 Member
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    I'm just curious! It's this Saturday.
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
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    Not doing it but I personally appreciate all who do - I am a survivor!!!!

    That's a future goal for me - one of these days I will do it!
  • kistinbee
    kistinbee Posts: 3,688 Member
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    Thanks Chrissy. This is first time doing it for me. My grandmother is also a survivor and so it's very personal to me. I am VERY excited!
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
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    Ladies out there Need I say it....do self checks, get your mammograms every year.

    I had my first mammogram (and last*) at age 34 after finding a lump from a self check - thank God I did....think about it this way...no family history so mammograms start at age 40...I had cancer at age 34 do you think I could have lived to 40 if I didn't find it????????????


    (*Last mammogram due to bilateral mastectomy - I have chest Xrays instead once a year--didn't want you to think I wasn't bothering)