Local hospital held a Pamper Me Pink party a week ago – I “conned” my youngest daughter, friend from work, and another young friend into joining me as my bosom buddies.
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We were given numbers when we came in – mine was my age! Yay – 60. Daughter was 59 and friend was 68.

We were then duly registered (aka put into the billing system) and handed off to volunteers who took us to the imaging section of the hospital. So much pink! Even the CEO grabbed a pink cowboy hat and perched it on his head. Love it.

We were given Pamper Me Pink t-shirts or scarves. Daughter and friends got shirts – Volunteer, Ruth made sure I got a scarf.

Why, yes I can have fun with anything. lol. By the way, the shirt I’m wearing is the one I hand embroidered with names of lost loved ones and survivors of breast cancer. I wore it several years ago when I took part in the Pony Express Tour for Breast Cancer, a motorcycle tour around the US with funds raised going to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. It was an honor to wear the names of my sisters, among them my Aunt Mickey who died of breast cancer in 1972. I need to embroider my cousin Marsha’s name – she passed away a few years ago – and my friend R’s name as she is a survivor.

We enjoyed munchies:

There was a chocolate fountain with fruit and other stuff too. I had fruit and skipped the chocolate, cookies and cake. Jenn had bananas.

warm wax treatments for our hands:

There were chair massages, bone density tests, prizes, goodies, and – oh, yes . . . mammograms!

The good reports are coming in – repeat in a year. We had four of us together this year – next year I hope older daughter will be able to join us and that our group grows even more. The hospital might just have to make this a TWO night event. 🙂

There were at leat 50 women who took advantage of this fun night this year. The mammogram machine was smokin! Okay, not really, but they usually see maybe 8 women in a given day – to have 50 in a 3 hour period is unusual.

So, tell me . . . when was the last time YOU did a breast self exam – or a mammogram? Male readers . . . when is the last time YOU checked YOUR breasts? And, when is the last time you did a self testicular exam? I urge you all to take care of yourselves.