Westport business owners battling breast cancer offer mobile mammograms
This is part of a campaign to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Updated: 10/23/2022 9:49pm CDT
During this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a Westport business owner is using her breast cancer journey to help other women discover the disease. Nicole Ortega said, “Early on my journey, I kind of took this attitude, why is this happening to me and not happening to me,” I feel like when you focus on your darkest moments, you still That’s why the mother-of-three hosted a mobile mammography bus outside her clothing store Clothz Minded in Westport on Sunday. This is part of the “Squeeze, Sip and Shop” campaign. Diagnostic Imaging’s mobile mammography bus makes testing easier and more accessible. Ortega said early detection is key, and she hopes to help women prioritize their health. “When I was diagnosed, I was 43 years old and I hadn’t had a mammogram,” she said, “so I feel like if that happens, you know, for me, I choose to hold off, maybe There are other women who delay it.” One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Doctors recommend that those at average risk start getting mammograms at age 40.
During this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a Westport business owner is using her breast cancer journey to help other women discover the disease.
Nicole Ortega said, “Early on my journey, I kind of took this attitude, why is this happening to me and not happening to me,” I feel like when you focus on your darkest moments, you still Many blessings and purposes can be found. “
That’s why the mother-of-three hosted a mobile mammography bus Sunday outside her clothing store Clothz Minded in Westport. This is part of the “Squeeze, Sip and Shop” campaign.
Diagnostic Imaging’s mobile mammography bus makes testing easier and more accessible. Ortega said early detection is key, and she hopes to help women prioritize their health.
“When I was diagnosed, I was 43 years old and I hadn’t had a mammogram,” she said, “so I feel like if that happens, you know, for me, I choose to hold off, maybe There are other women who have put it off.”
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Doctors recommend that those at average risk start getting mammograms at age 40.