Vim & Vigor - Winter 2013 - University of Virginia - (Page 4)
BY KAREN DOSS BOWMAN
Have you
done your
monthly
breast
self-exam
lately?
?
Hopefully, this woman's story
will inspire you not to skip one
L
ee Mullen was immersed in busy preparations for her oldest daughter's wedding in
October 2011. Even so, she remembered to
do her monthly breast self-exam. It may
have saved her life.
Mullen found a lump in her right breast. She
turned to UVA Breast Care Center for help, and just
10 days before the wedding, Mullen was diagnosed
with breast cancer.
"It was surreal," says Mullen, a Charlottesville
native and local business owner. "It was already a
chaotic time, and this added to everyone's stress."
Mullen kept up with her regular mammograms and
had one a couple of months before she detected a lump.
The mammogram likely missed the cancer because of
her dense breast tissue. That's why it is important for
annual mammograms to be combined with monthly
breast self-exams. Since having two surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, Mullen is now cancer-free.
She was grateful that UVA doctors empowered her to
make informed decisions about her care.
"Every option was mine to examine and discuss,"
Mullen says. A longtime supporter of UVA, Mullen
has been a member of the UVA Children's Hospital
Committee for 15 years and recently finished a six-year
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Winter 2013 - University of Virginia
Vim & Vigor - Winter 2013 - University of Virginia
Contents
Life in Balance
Is a Low-Salt Diet Good for Everyone?
Have You Done Your Monthly Breast Self-Exam Lately?
Waiting for a Heart
Got Excuses?
Managing Your Health with a DIY Tool Kit
Is It the Stress Talking?
The Wonderful World of Greens
Knee-to-Know Basics
On the Cover
Run for Your Life
14 Good-for-You Gifts
Special Delivery
Virtual Health
A Childhood Interrupted by Cancer
Cupcake Wars
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