I should not be here today. I live daily with stage 4 cancer. I should already be in heaven enjoying my Eternal Life. But I am still here... and I am NOT complaining. I truly trust in the Lord and have faith about where I will spend eternity but like all of us, I want as much time as possible with family and friends on this side. Breast Cancer may get me yet but I am a 4 year plus survivor and feel better and stronger every day. However, I caused myself and my family a lot of unnecessary fear and emotional suffering because I took it upon myself to stop getting annual mammograms for two years in a row. I was too busy. I was wrapping up one job the first year and the second year I was starting a new job. In hind site that is about as lame an excuse as you can give for not taking care of yourself, a person many people love and want around for a long time. And as good as any employer may be, it is not worth the risk to not take a couple of hours off and get this important test done. Take a vacation day if necessary. Don't put anything ahead of that life-saving tool. After my mastectomy and the first round of chemo, we thought I had beat this cancer and I went back to my life like nothing happened and figured I had slid by with just minor repercussions from not getting those mammograms. Not that chemo is minor - it's awful!!! But I thought I had it made when they said I was cancer free in December of 2007. By September of 2008, nine months later, it had come back in my lungs. It was time to look myself square in the face and say "What a fool you were to not get those mammograms." I had endured mammograms for 16 years in a row with nothing to worry about. What are the odds missing a couple of tests could result in life-changing events? The odds are on your side if you get your annual mammogram. The odds increase against you every year you don't do it. I more than likely will not live a normal life-span and my family more than likely will always, long after I am gone, remember the fear and suffering I caused them because I was too busy. Don't be too busy - heaven can wait!!! Get your mammogram, please.