October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I've got "breast cancer" graphics (pretty popular, too), but I'm not here to plug them.

What I'm here to plug is the importance of "Women Old Enough to Know Better" - or in this case, women over 40 - being sure to get their annual mammogram.

It is that important.

It is entirely possible that if I did not have a mammogram in 2002 that I might not even be alive to write this thing right now. Neither I nor any doctor was aware of the fact that I had breast cancer. Only the mammogram showed it. There was no obvious lump or other abnormality.

So just go. It's not at all bad, really. Certainly much better than the alternative!