Girl I am not even going to get on you about "punking out" because you one, admitted it and two, I have done it myself so I can't throw stones.
I felt marginalized (until this year) regarding my Veterans issues. I can tell you NO ONE wanted to hear about Veterans education, business and health care issues until recently. Now the subject has become so "popular" there are folks popping up all over the place to talk about Veterans issues that are many times not worth the font they are typed in.
So, I feel you but you have to push through (or over, around or on in some cases)
I got mine checked. Clean bill of health. I have been getting checked since 20 because nearly every woman in my family on both sides has had some sort of breast cancer.