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Let me tell my story - it is very much the same as Baywatcher - I started mammos at 35 and continued them yearly until I was 45 or so - then I had a really bad mammo that was so tight, I tried to pull out.  6 months later, a lump appeared exactly where I tried to pull out.  I let it go because I assumed it was an injury.  Three years later at 49, I had a lumpectomy and it was DCIS with some IDC.  I stopped doing mammos after that really bad one and now I still will only do MRIs.  I don't believe the radiation from mammos is sufficient to cause cancers unless the person is really susceptible.  I do believe you can develop cancer from an injury and honestly, mammos are barbaric.  The have to find another way to screen.  JMHO  

This is it - it's all over tonight!!!!  I still think Brooke should win.  I like Lance, but I don't think his hip-hop was as good as Brooke & Derick's fifties dance.  Although I love Warren, it would be wrong if he won.  If Lance were to win, I would not be upset, but IMHO, Brooke should get it.

Matt Cassell has really suprised me - in the pre-season, he was awful, I wanted the team to pick some one else for QB.  He has really stepped up.  It's odd, the way Brady got his shot was because Drew Bledsoe had a potentially life threatening injury and when Brady stepped up, that was the first year since 1985 we went to the Superbowl.  I don't know if Matt Cassell can do the same, it will be interesting to see him give it a try.  Please remember that those are just my thoughts on Brady based on the closed mouths of the Patriots, I could be completely wrong (I hope!).  If I am right, he's set for life money wise and he has Giselle.

Wow, Felicia, it looks like you are enjoying a well deserved good season for your teams.  I know you have been a fan though thick & thin.  Congrats.

 I just saw you question about Tom Brady - what I honestly (but hope I'm wrong) think is that Tom will never play professional football again.  I think his injury is way more serious and older than they ever let on - it's pretty weird that he did not play at all in the pre-season and he went out on the first play of the season.  From the beginning, they said he would not be back this season.  After his surgery, he got a bad staff infection that could have been life threatening.  The Patriots are so closed mouth about everything, if it wasn't so serious, I think they would have said something.  JMHO   

Hi Bama,

 I am similar to Marie, although I did lumpectomy and rads.  I had a combo of IDC/DCIS Stage 1.  I did not take any hormonal therapy although I did have a total abdominal hysterectomy 8 months after I was diagnosed more for other reasons than the dx, but seemed like the right thing to do at the time.  I am 2 and 1/2 years out - so far so good.  It is your decision, but it depends heavily on how much risk you are willing to take.  It does make sense to at least try it, although I chose not to.

Good luck with your decision    

Happy birthday, Pearl.  I hope it is a great day.

Well, we still have another week of this until they choose the winner. 

DH & I were comparing Kristi to Brooke and wondering if the two of them were competing against each other, who would win.  I say Kristi but DH says Brooke.  What do you think?

I watched it and you are correct - it portrayed clinical trials in a very bad light.  I do wonder if there are clinical trials like that?  That child was only HIV positive - he was asymptomatic from the disease, but he was dying from the treatments.  That mother should never have put him into the trial in the first place, so, I guess it also made her look very bad.  I think what should be taken away from it is that you really need to do your homework before getting involved in clinical trials.