Boobies!!!!

So maybe I was a little harsh on Justin Bieber yesterday. I said that it might be good that he was speaking out against teen bullying because his audience is full of teens who may be bullies and he could stop them. But I also said that he was being ridiculous for thinking that he was one of the bullied kids. I guess as long as he speaks out about the issue to his younger audience than he can think whatever he wants. As long as someone with his fame speaks out about it I'm ok.

I hope everyone is wearing purple today in support of anti-bullying. Is that an oxymoron? Anyway, if you're not wearing purple go home and change right now! I have a purple shirt and socks on.

Since, we're in October we should be thinking about another color: pink. This month is breast cancer awareness month as I'm sure the majority of you know. It's been all over the NFL and the news. It's awesome to see how many people support breast cancer awareness. I was kind of shocked to see that the NFL was doing something. They usually don't care about anyone other than themselves.

In case you're not a football person, the NFL has breast cancer awareness merchandise plus they're doing a thing called "A Crucial Catch: Annual Screening Saves Lives," which stresses the importance of getting annual mammograms. I'm super impressed. Go NFL!

That brings me to my next point. NPR was talking about mammograms last week and if women should be getting them younger than 50. My answer is yes. For some reason, this caused a huge debate. Some people think it’s ludicrous to have women get a mammogram earlier than 50 as if women only get breast cancer from the age of 50 on. People feel the age decrease won’t make a difference in statistics and others say the mammogram isn’t a good tool. I'm really surprised by that. I thought the mammogram was supposed to be a great tool. I've seen scans from it and it looks pretty amazing to me.... So, we're relying on a tool that doesn't seem to be doing it's job. I guess that's why they hand out those self exam pamphlets.

If there’s a family history, I think women should have mammograms as early as 25. If there’s no family history, women should get them as early as 30 or maybe even earlier. Breast cancer can happen at any age. It baffles me that people are putting an age limit on these tests. Even if mammograms aren’t an option because of the amount of radiation it sends through the body or inaccuracy than an ultra sound or other tests should be done.

So ladies, check those boobs as much as possible!