Breast Screening

On Wednesday i received a letter from Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn, telling me i had an appointment for a Breast Screening on Friday 11th November, i had many doubts about this:

Having the nerve to make an appointment without consulting me
Having an invasive procedure performed
Venue is Tesco's carpark, this is a personal thing, anyone i know could see me enter
I have heard the procedure is painful, i do have a low tolerance to pain
My phobia of any medical procedure

So i had reservations, but decided to read the enclosed leaflet as i was in a quandry the leaflet said

Sometimes a mammogram will look normal, even if cancer is there, this is called a false negative result.

Sometimes a mammogram will not look normal and you will do recalled for more tests, but cancer is not there, this is called a false positve result.

Okay, so they are not accurate and they don't really know, der why bother going.

Then on Wednesday a review on Breast Screening was announced because

•   Review of large clinical trials questions whether screening does more harm than good. It says for every 2,000 women screened, 1 life would be saved, 10 women would have treatment they don't need and 200 would face stress of false positive results
• Government cancer expert announces review of evidence. 

Well i guess that clinches it for me