Not the sort of question you want to ask a total stranger, but hey.. we're past that right? Now, while most of us would have to have a mammogram or an ultrasound to determine if we have dense breasts.. some women naturally have very lumpy breasts that are caused by all the ducts they have. The radiologist I interviewed put it best when he said, "get friendly with your lumps".

As we age, our breasts get less dense and more fatty. We might not notice a huge difference in the way they look or feel, but on a mammogram you can totally see it. The denser breasts have all this white on the mammogram while the fattier breasts look darker ((which makes it easier to spot the tumors since they like to show up as white)).

Here is some additional info I found on dense breasts and mammograms:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mammogram/AN01137

Race for the Cure!!!!!!!!! Mark your calendars for September 17th and check out this link to get involved:

http://www.kgw.com/raceforthecure/

Picture time!! I spent some time at the coast this past weekend and went to a karioke contest. Gotta love the dark, blurry photo bur you'll have to trust me when I tell you that everyone there had a blast!!

And here is who was waiting for us as we left. This little guy was tied up to the outside and growled his little heart out as his tail wagged like mad. He was totally friendly and probably just grouchy about being left outside.

Email me: sstricklen@kgw.com