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Free solo climber Alain Robert has scaled a 48-storey building in Paris for his 60th birthday ๐Ÿคฏ Robert said: โ€˜I want to send people the message that being 60 is nothing. You can still do sport, be active, do fabulous things.' โค
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So it looks like this was a sign ๐Ÿ‘€
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It's definitely in no way a sign, but - London and Balmoral Castle are expected to be battered by thunder, lightning and heavy rain tomorrow when Liz Truss officially takes over as prime minister. trib.al/ILunC7f
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The charity states: ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ 'Age-specific incidence rates rise steadily from age 25-29, more steeply from age 35-39 in females and from age 60-64 in males. The highest rates are in in the 90+ age group for females and the 85 to 89 age group for males.'
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They can now request one once every three years by contacting their local breast screening unit for an appointment ๐Ÿฉบ According to Cancer Research UK, every year, around a quarter of new breast cancer cases in the UK are diagnosed in people aged 75 and over.
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The government outlines that when members of the public are 71 or older, theyโ€™re not automatically invited for breast screenings๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ This is despite them being more at risk of getting breast cancer than younger women.
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She was offered the screening a couple of years later, but she admitted that she: ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ'reckoned I must be too old to need it any more as the NHS stops inviting you for a screening after that age'.
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Deidre is now booked for NHS surgery to have the carcinoma removed ๐Ÿฅ She explained that she hasn't had a breast screening for nearly 10 years, because she was 'among a cohort of several thousand women who, by error, did not get invited for a mammogram when they turned 70'.
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Two weeks before going on holiday, Sanders called her GP to air her concerns, before seeing an advanced nurse practitioner in person. After undergoing a mammogram and an ultrasound, she was booked in for a biopsy straight after her holiday, finding that the cells were malignant.
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She revealed that her diagnosis came about after she wasnโ€™t invited for her mammogram at 70 years old 'by error' โœ‰ Last summer, Sanders said that she started 'feeling achy', realising that the tension she often feels in her shoulders had spread to her right breast.
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