{"id":9468,"date":"2024-07-23T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/jamies-story-is-way-too-common-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T08:12:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:12:55","slug":"introducing-my-story-matters-because-our-stories-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/introducing-my-story-matters-because-our-stories-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentamos \"Mi historia importa\" \u00a1Porque NUESTRAS historias importan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-9468\" data-postid=\"9468\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-9468 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_b9h6115 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_z4te540 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_voq9004\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_9xfe050 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_01q0343 image-center   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-8779\" title=\"My Story Matters circle logo grey\" alt=\"My Story Matters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey.png 500w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey-375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/My-Story-Matters-circle-logo-grey-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>    \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_gt3u455 last\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_s59y740\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h2 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Presentamos \"Mi historia importa\" \u00a1Porque NUESTRAS historias importan!            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                    23 de julio de 2024            <\/span>\n    <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ffl4005\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><em>\u2014 By Leslie Ferris Yerger, Dixie Swartwood, Jamie Collins<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Veronica<\/strong> estaba en su examen anual cuando la enfermera sinti\u00f3 algo en su pecho que no parec\u00eda correcto. La enfermera le hizo una ecograf\u00eda para investigar lo que sospechaban que pod\u00edan ser quistes. Le hicieron varias mamograf\u00edas y ecograf\u00edas, pero no hab\u00eda signos visibles de c\u00e1ncer. S\u00f3lo despu\u00e9s de una biopsia se enteraron de que los \"quistes\" eran c\u00e1ncer. Nadie vio c\u00e1ncer en la mamograf\u00eda ni en la ecograf\u00eda de Ver\u00f3nica a trav\u00e9s de su denso tejido mamario.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Porque tanto el tejido mamario denso como el c\u00e1ncer aparecen blancos en la mamograf\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley<\/strong> pod\u00eda palpar su bulto y le dijeron que s\u00f3lo era \"tejido mamario denso\". Los m\u00e9dicos deben saber que no se pueden palpar las mamas densas; es s\u00f3lo un hallazgo radiol\u00f3gico. Lo que Ashley sent\u00eda era c\u00e1ncer, que creci\u00f3 durante m\u00e1s de 2 a\u00f1os antes de que le diagnosticaran c\u00e1ncer de mama en estadio III, triple positivo. El c\u00e1ncer se hab\u00eda extendido a sus ganglios linf\u00e1ticos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gail<\/strong> nunca se saltaba una mamograf\u00eda. Cuando sinti\u00f3 un bulto en el pecho, el m\u00e9dico le dijo que deb\u00eda de tratarse de un quiste, ya que sus mamograf\u00edas no mostraban ning\u00fan signo del c\u00e1ncer que se escond\u00eda en su denso tejido mamario. El tumor creci\u00f3 en su pecho durante dos a\u00f1os antes de ser diagnosticado. Este error le cost\u00f3 la vida a Gail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie<\/strong> confiaba en los conocimientos de su m\u00e9dico sobre los riesgos asociados a las mamas densas, pero se sorprendi\u00f3 al encontrar una masa considerable a pesar de las mamograf\u00edas constantes. El tumor, del tama\u00f1o de una plomada, llevaba creciendo entre 3 y 5 a\u00f1os, probablemente alimentado por la THS (terapia hormonal sustitutiva) que su m\u00e9dico hab\u00eda aprobado. Se trataba de un carcinoma ductal invasivo en estadio III, que se hab\u00eda extendido a los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos. El resultado fue una mastectom\u00eda unilateral y horribles tratamientos de quimioterapia y radioterapia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Estas mujeres tienen varias cosas en com\u00fan, pero los hechos m\u00e1s unificadores son que todas ten\u00edan resultados normales en las mamograf\u00edas hasta su diagn\u00f3stico, todas ten\u00edan tejido mamario denso.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marie<\/strong> oy\u00f3 estas historias, se enter\u00f3 de que ten\u00eda un tejido mamario extremadamente denso e insisti\u00f3 en someterse a m\u00e1s pruebas despu\u00e9s de su mamograf\u00eda, en la que todo sali\u00f3 bien. Los m\u00e9dicos detectaron el c\u00e1ncer en estadio 0, lo trataron y la curaron.<\/p>\n<p>La detecci\u00f3n precoz es importante.<\/p>\n<p>Las historias importan.<\/p>\n<p>Las historias pueden conectarnos, ense\u00f1arnos e impulsar cambios significativos. Por eso estamos encantados de anunciar nuestro nuevo programa, <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/programs\/my-story-matters\/\"><em>Mi historia importa<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mi historia importa <\/em>es una iniciativa que recoge y comparte historias de personas cuyas mamograf\u00edas no detectaron el c\u00e1ncer de mama debido a la densidad mamaria.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestro objetivo es amplificar las voces de las personas afectadas y poner de relieve la necesidad cr\u00edtica de mejorar el cribado del c\u00e1ncer de mama en personas con mamas densas.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestra misi\u00f3n en My Density Matters es capacitar a las mujeres para que comprendan su densidad mamaria, conozcan sus opciones de cribado adicionales y tomen las riendas de su cribado del c\u00e1ncer de mama.<\/p>\n<p>Invitamos a todas las personas que hayan sufrido un diagn\u00f3stico de c\u00e1ncer de mama menos de 12 meses despu\u00e9s de una mamograf\u00eda clara a que nos env\u00eden su historia. Su historia <em>asuntos<\/em>. Puede aportar informaci\u00f3n, sensibilizar y contribuir a un futuro en el que m\u00e1s mujeres reciban un diagn\u00f3stico preciso y oportuno. En \u00faltima instancia, nos ayudar\u00e1 a alcanzar la visi\u00f3n de My Density Matters de un mundo en el que la densidad mamaria ya no obstaculice el diagn\u00f3stico precoz del c\u00e1ncer de mama.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando comparta su historia, pasar\u00e1 a formar parte de un poderoso movimiento para mejorar el cribado del c\u00e1ncer de mama. Juntos, marcaremos la diferencia.<\/p>\n<p>Para enviar su historia, visite <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/programs\/my-story-matters\/\">nuestro sitio web<\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 By Leslie Ferris Yerger, Dixie Swartwood, Jamie Collins Veronica was at her yearly exam when the nurse felt something in her breast that didn\u2019t seem right. 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The nurse had her return for an ultrasound to investigate what they suspected might be cysts. They performed repeated mammograms and ultrasounds, but there were no visible signs of cancer. Only after a biopsy, they learn that the \u201ccysts\u201d were cancer. No one saw cancer on Veronica\u2019s mammogram or her ultrasound through her dense breast tissue.<\/p> <p>Why was this? Because DENSE BREAST TISSUE AND CANCER BOTH APPEAR WHITE ON A MAMMOGRAM.<\/p> <p><strong>Ashley<\/strong> could feel her lump and was told it was just \u201cdense breast tissue\u201d. Physicians should know that you can\u2019t feel dense breasts; it\u2019s only a radiological finding. What Ashley was feeling was cancer as it grew for over 2 years before being diagnosed with Stage III, Triple Positive Breast Cancer. The cancer had spread to her lymph nodes.<\/p> <p><strong>Gail<\/strong> never missed a mammogram. When she felt a lump in her breast, the doctor said it must be a cyst since her mammograms showed no sign of the cancer that was hiding in her dense breast tissue. The tumor grew in her breast for 2 years before her diagnosis. This mistake cost Gail her life.<\/p> <p><strong>Jamie<\/strong> had confidence in her physician\u2019s understanding of the risks associated with dense breasts but was surprised to find a sizable mass despite consistent mammograms. The tumor, the size of a plumb, had been growing for 3-5 years, likely fed by the HRT (hormone replacement therapy) that her doctor approved. It was Stage III Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, which had spread to her lymph nodes. This resulted in a unilateral mastectomy and horrendous treatments of chemotherapy and radiation.\u00a0<\/p> <p>These women have several things in common, but the most unifying facts are that they all had normal mammogram results up to their diagnosis, they all had dense breast tissue.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong>Marie<\/strong> heard these stories, learned that she had extremely dense breast tissue, and insisted on additional screening after her all-clear mammogram. The doctors found her cancer at stage 0, treated it, and cured her.<\/p> <p>Early detection matters.<\/p> <p>Stories matter.<\/p> <p>Stories can connect us, teach us, and drive meaningful change. That\u2019s why we are thrilled to announce our new program, <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/programs\/my-story-matters\/\"><em>My Story Matters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p> <p><em>My Story Matters <\/em>is an initiative that collects and shares stories from individuals whose mammograms failed to detect breast cancer due to breast density.<\/p> <p>We aim to amplify the voices of those impacted while highlighting the critical need for improved breast cancer screening for people with dense breasts.<\/p> <p>Our mission at My Density Matters is to empower women to understand their breast density, learn their additional screening options, and take charge of their breast breast cancer screening.<\/p> <p>We invite everyone who has experienced a breast cancer diagnosis less than 12 months after a clear mammogram to submit their story. Your story <em>matters<\/em>. It can provide insights, raise awareness, and contribute to a future where more women receive accurate and timely diagnosis. Ultimately, it will help us achieve the My Density Matters vision of a world where breast density no longer hinders the early diagnosis of breast cancer.<\/p> <p>When you share your story, you will become part of a powerful movement to improve breast cancer screening. 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