Renee Zellweger is opening up about a health scare she had several years ago, one that sent her to the doctor a bit panicked. If you've ever found a lump in your breast, you can probably relate to this.
In 1996, after a self examination, she discovered two small lumps in her right breast and immediately got them checked out. "I thought, 'Oh, I know what you do now, you find out what that is,'" she told SELF magazine. "So I went and found out. ...Then I had a weird couple of days waiting for the phone call."
The results were good: The actress, now 39, didn't have cancer but fibroadenomas, benign breast tumors. Whew! But, her lesson is a reminder to us all to check our boobies, a silly slogan that my doc keeps on little business cards in her exam rooms.
Have you ever found a lump? Read this surprising story on Glamour.com about how many women really have no idea what they're looking for when doing a self breast exam. Yikes! And, here's more about celebrity cancer survivors.
No comments:
Post a Comment