Category: Breast Density

Empty rhetoric, not acceptable from Breast Cancer Screening

April 15, 2023

I appeal to our Breast Cancer Screening Programmes to seriously consider what is happening here, everyday. Women are doing everything possible to maintain optimum Breast Cancer Screening. They go for their Mammogram. The gold standard for Population Breast Cancer Screening. I did everything possible, I never missed a Mammogram, but I wasn’t given certain, critical … More Empty rhetoric, not acceptable from Breast Cancer Screening

Strong Influencer for Breast Cancer kept under wraps!

April 6, 2021

Building awareness and influencing change is what http://www.Beingdense.com is about. When a woman goes for her Mammogram her hopes are pinned on the result being clear. Few women realise that their Mammogram determines another important result, one that is not routinely given to them – their level of Breast Density. “A Stronger Influencer for Breast … More Strong Influencer for Breast Cancer kept under wraps!

Visibility Malfunction

August 31, 2020

If it was something that couldn’t be seen, I would find it easier to understand and to accept. It is however, Clearly Visible. The problem arises when a woman goes for her screening mammogram. Her radiologist can see if the woman has extremely Dense Breasts. Sometimes so Dense in fact, that it is impossible to … More Visibility Malfunction

Be the change you wish to see in the world

July 10, 2020

Anyone familiar with http://www.beingdense.com will know that I am a Patient Advocate based in Ireland. I am very vocal about Breast Density and the lack of routine information that is provided to women when their Screening Mammogram identifies that they have Dense Breasts. My path to Patient Advocacy was brought about and paved with a … More Be the change you wish to see in the world

Women’s Health paternalistic attitudes persist.

November 4, 2019

Why wait – be proactive now. “Mammography should be individually adapted” Question your Radiologist, Breast Screening Practitioner at your next Mammogram, don’t even wait until then, ask your GP – Look them square in the eye and ask “If you saw your wife’s, sister’s daughter’s or Mother’s Mammogram showed she had Dense Breasts, would you … More Women’s Health paternalistic attitudes persist.

It’s not a Twist of Fate Dense Breasts are a Breast Cancer Risk Factor

March 19, 2018

If something happens by a Twist of Fate, it happens by chance and it is strange, interesting, or unfortunate in some way. How often have we heard someone say, if only I had known I would have done something about it…..how often have you said it yourself? If I had been told I had Dense … More It’s not a Twist of Fate Dense Breasts are a Breast Cancer Risk Factor