A work assignment potentially saved her life.
of breast cancer include orange peel-like skin dimpling, irritation, breast or nipple pain, nipple retraction, discharge, color change, and swelling.)
For Dahlgren, getting an answer quickly became urgent. So she went to a hospital while on assignment in North Carolina and scheduled an ultrasound. Days later, she was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. “If I hadn’t done that story, I might have ignored the change in my breast,” she wrote. “I might have assumed a mammogram would have picked up cancer.”
She continued: “I have since learned [mammograms] are only 87% effective and are less sensitive in women like me with dense breast tissue. I might not have gotten another mammogram for a while. I hate to admit it, but I had let years go between screenings in the past.” After receiving her diagnosis, she reunited with a doctor she interviewed on that life-changing assignment. “If this story saved me, how many other women are out there that need this?” Dahlgren asked. “This is more common than we appreciate.”
Thank you for all of the good wishes and support. So glad I am able to share my story to help others!
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