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Writer's pictureMary Johnson MEd, MSN, RD

Are you caught up on cancer screenings?


Keeping up with screenings is so important! Now is the time to get screened if you've put it off during the pandemic. Recently I had my mammogram in this van. It took less than 15 minutes. They pick up the step stool at the door after I departed and headed out to the next stop of the day.

A little PSA: Since the COVID vaccine causes an immune response (as it should!) that can make the lymph nodes beneath the arm appear as an irregularity on a mammogram, it is wise to time your vaccine and mammograms that you don't wind up with undue concern over a change on your mammogram. I've seen where the advice is to wait between a few weeks to 3 months after having the vaccine before having a mammogram. I'd suggest consulting with your PCP about how to proceed. Since I'm at increased risk for breast cancer, I opted to have my mammogram first. Since then I've had both Pfizer vaccinations.


Learn more about being screen safely for cancer. https://timetoscreen.org


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