{"id":2319,"date":"2020-11-22T21:19:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T21:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/another-scary-thing-about-breast-cancer-family-history-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-12-01T21:26:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T21:26:31","slug":"throw-the-bs-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/throw-the-bs-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"When they tell us \u2018We don\u2019t need to know\u2019, we throw the BS flag."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2319\" data-postid=\"2319\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2319 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_n661318 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_50xz321 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_0y20322\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_7esi322 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_wrvk323 image-top rounded drop-shadow bordered  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Twitter-Post_rec.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2324\" title=\"Twitter-Post_rec\" alt=\"Twitter-Post_rec\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Twitter-Post_rec.jpg 902w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Twitter-Post_rec-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Twitter-Post_rec-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Twitter-Post_rec-1160x784.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_cggc324 last\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_drmr324 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h2 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    When they tell us \u2018We don\u2019t need to know\u2019, we throw the BS flag.            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                    November 22, 2020            <\/span>\n    <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_11nm324   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>All too often women will ask their doctor, \u2018How dense are my breasts?\u2019, and they will be told they don\u2019t need to know.<\/p>\n<p>We say #bullshit. We throw the BS flag as if that response is akin to foul play in a ballgame. Because quite frankly it is.<\/p>\n<p>Nope. We have to stop, push back, and call it what it is.<\/p>\n<p>It our right to know all of the information about our bodies. Plain and simple. Our breast density should be written in our mammogram reports, and if it is not clear, then we have to ask. It is our right to know, and we should not be put off because we are simply asking something they should be telling us in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>If finding out your density becomes too difficult just so you can have a good conversation with your doctor about additional screening, that\u2019s a good sign it is likely time to move on. 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