Good comments can come in pretty late. I vote for leaving the text of the comment but deleting the payload.
#808 is a word-for-word copy of #24. I did not investigate the link.
Bruce Cohen (198): I don't have a customized Google homepage, but the first time I tried to log into Google docs yesterday I got an error message, something about (greatly paraphrasing) their circuits being busy. I was able to get in a few minutes later, but it sounds as if they're having technical issues.
P J Evans (126): I'd say it's okay to get them before 50, but it isn't necessary for everyone.
That's all well and good, but if they hadn't been recommended for everyone, I wouldn't have bothered before I was 50. As it was, I should have had one a year earlier but procrastinated.
Aaaand, I don't mean to make this all about Me, so I'll shut up now.
Earl Cooley III (113): It's been several years and I seem to be fine, thanks.
P J Evans (115): Women with risk factors such as familial history are still recommended to get early screening. But that doesn't include me.
Magenta Griffith (109): I have heard much debate over the years whether *yearly* m-grams are necessary.
For a while there they were recommending an every-other-year schedule for women in their 40s. That certainly strikes me as reasonable in the absence of other risk factors. But no mammogram at all until age 50? I'd be dead.
A.J. Luxton (101): The tough thing about any decision made on behalf of a society or a policy is that it's always wrong - for someone. The goal is to be wrong for as few people as possible.
Very sensible, as long as the results of being wrong are factored into the equation. In this case, we're weighing unnecessary biopsies for false positives against cancer not being caught while it can be treated. I know which way I vote, but I'm not exactly unbiased.
[And now that I've read the rest of the thread--]
thomas (86)/albatross (90): Unnecessary treatment is something to be avoided, of course. But I'm still very, very grateful for routine mammograms starting in my early 40s.
Earl Cooley III (78): My reaction to that news was, "The government wants me dead." No particular risk factors, but I was diagnosed at 42 with stage 2 breast cancer that turned up in a routine mammogram--no lump that anyone could detect, including three different doctors.
Larry (49): It's part of a bigger price war at Amazon, Target, and Walmart. The new Stephen King book, among others, is also vastly discounted.
Oh, no. He has my prayers.
joann (774): I made the old-style fudge recipe last year because my mother can't eat the other stuff (weird food allergies, very long story). It was delicious, but it didn't set right. I want to try again, but I gained five pounds eating last year's failure.
We had a long conversation about fudge-making last December in OT 116 & 117.
P J Evans (174): Europe?
Angiportus (558): No need to apologize on my account--it was very entertaining confusion!
JESR (543): Yes, the initial question was just if they saw something "unusual." But the follow-up question asked explicitly about the unicycling clown. Most of the cell-phone users didn't recall seeing it even when prompted.
Clifton (507): I initially read that the same way you did.
Quinn, Chase, and Crusie are all fun. I'd recommend starting with Heyer for the historical romances, however.
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