An Apple A Day...

Let me start this update by first noting that there is no conclusive evidence that cell phones can cause breast cancer. Nor do I have any evidence that I my phone is really to blame. 

Embarrassing Fact: I have been using my right breast to clean the screen of my cell phone for as long as I can remember. 

In August, a co-worker called me out on it, asking, "Why do you always rub your phone on your boob?" WOW! Talk about feeling like a weirdo! I told her that because it was a big, rounded smooth surface (by boob), it got the entire screen clean. I never really thought about it and I certainly didn't think about the fact that other people might notice. I blushed thinking about how many people have seen me doing this...it was totally unconscious. So I immediately changed my screen-cleaning habits and started using my thigh or knee. Not quite as smooth, but it does the job.

But ironically, it was only a few days after this conversation that I felt my first palpable breast lump on my right breast.

Hmmmm???

They do say that your shouldn't put your cell phone in your bra (links below). I would just urge you to use something other than a body part to clean your phone. You never know!

http://beawarefoundation.org/cell-phone-breast-cancer-update

http://www.electricsense.com/322/new-challenge-in-breast-cancer-the-cell-phone-factor/

http://www.thenhf.com/article.php?id=3128

http://www.emfacts.com/2012/05/breast-cancer-and-cell-phone-radiation-a-special-relationship/