Care, Stories You hear it all the time, start getting your mammograms when you’re 40-45 years plus. Why is that the age, when I and so many others, have been diagnosed at ages under 40? Imagine if my doctor would have never sent me to get a mammogram, even after feeling something because I was 31. Where would I be now? I’ll tell you, dead! Breast cancer is no longer your grandmother’s, aunt’s, the sweet old lady next door, or the older woman at church’s disease. It’s hitting the young girl at the mall, the girl driving the flashy car next to you at the light, the young girl checking you out at the grocery store, or the young woman you hear on the radio. It’s time for researchers and doctors to start bringing more light to the fact that YOUNG WOMEN DO GET BREAST CANCER! Not only do we get it, we get it aggressively and the chances of survival are slim, especially in young black women. One would think that if you are young it should be breeze, but that’s not the case. So how about we start the conversation and start it loudly? This conversation could save your daughter, little sister, your student, or the young girl who helps you pick your outfit at the mall. This conversation is necessary. This conversation is now. << Previous Post The Affordable Care Act, Supreme... Komen Blog Read More Next Post >> Urge Congress Today to Pass... Komen Blog Read More Related Stories Previous Next Komen Blog Knowing Your Family Health History... Read More Komen Blog An Opportunity To Live Read More Komen Blog The Racial Injustice of Breast... Read More Komen Blog Mortality Rates for Black Women... Read More Komen Blog Komen’s 2021-2022 Advocacy Priorities Seek... Read More Komen Blog Tips for Living a Healthy... Read More Komen Blog Breast Cancer, No Longer Your... Read More Komen Blog When Pink is Just Another... Read More Komen Blog Social Justice Is An Issue... Read More Komen Blog More Than Just a Volunteer:... Read More Komen Blog Tips for Creating a Medical... Read More Komen Blog Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer... Read More Komen Blog The Moment That Changed Everything Read More Komen Blog Four Reasons Why Companies Should... Read More Amanda DeBard Action Badge Read More Komen Blog Cherishing Every Moment Read More Komen Blog Olympian Uses Medalist Mindset to... Read More Komen Blog Breast Surgeon and Cancer Researcher... Read More Komen Blog Knowing Your Family Health History... Read More Komen Blog An Opportunity To Live Read More Komen Blog The Racial Injustice of Breast... Read More Komen Blog Mortality Rates for Black Women... Read More Komen Blog Komen’s 2021-2022 Advocacy Priorities Seek... Read More Komen Blog Tips for Living a Healthy... Read More Komen Blog Breast Cancer, No Longer Your... Read More Komen Blog When Pink is Just Another... Read More Komen Blog Social Justice Is An Issue... Read More Komen Blog Fighting Breast Cancer Together: A... Read More Komen Blog How Does COVID-19 Impact Komen,... Read More Komen Blog Komen Opposes Disability-Based Discrimination By... Read More hbaker Looking Back Helps Me See... Read More Komen Blog Preventive Surgery for Women at... Read More Komen Blog Kindness Comes Full Circle Read More Komen Blog Rallying Around Mom After a... Read More Komen Blog Cherishing Every Moment Read More Komen Blog The Reality of Breast Cancer:... Read More