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The Breast Cancer Site is awaiting your click. Got to their Web site and simply click on the big, pink button that says “Click Here to Give.” For every click, a sponsor will donate one free mammogram to an underprivileged woman. It is completely free-you don’t pay a cent!
Your click on the “Click Here to Give – it’s FREE” button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Do your part, and click today.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. This is a great time of the year to go get that mammogram you’ve putting off or to donate to a breast cancer fund, like the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Delta Airlines is raising awareness on their filghts. They are selling pink lemonade for two dollars a glass. All profits will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Along with selling pink lemonade, all Delta employees are representing the pink ribbon, or wearing pink scarves, neck ties or decorative pink pocket squares.
Grocery stores are shelving items that when bought, donate a certain amount of the proceeds to breast cancer research funds. All over, donation centers are set up waiting to receive even just one dollar per person.
Raising breast cancer awareness and education is as important as raising funds for research and treatment.
Since 1990, the death rate from breast cancer has dropped by at least 2 percent each year. It is becoming more survivable through early detection. Take this opportunity to raise awareness to others, or yourself, and get an examination today.
Last week in Long Island, N.Y., Darrie Eason, had an aggressive operation after being diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing the life-changing double mastectomy, the doctors informed Eason, 35, that due to mislabeled tissue samples at the lab, their previous diagnosis was wrong. She never had cancer.
The far more upsetting thing was that not only did a technician admit cutting corners while labeling samples, but a doctor signed off on the diagnosis. Neither of the two have jobs anymore.
If Eason’s situation wasn’t bad enough, somewhere out there, there is a woman with breast cancer who is in need of a double mastectomy, and she doesn’t know it.
Any time that you receive test results or your doctor suggests you have a procedure done, get a second opinion. It may just save your life.
Recently, in the New York Times, I read an article explaining that heavy drinking over a long period of time could raise your risk of developing endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer is a uterine cancer that arises in the endometrium. This type of cancer is usually seen in women over the age of 40.
The article was of particular interest to me because someone who I have become pretty close to over the past couple years at UNLV had endometrial cancer. The article explained:
An eight year study was done on about 42,000 postmenopausal women and concluded that women who have two or more drinks a day (beer, liquor, wine, etc.) are at more than twice the risk of women who did not.
This isn’t to say that you will definitely develop endometrial cancer if you drink often. Just keep it in the back of your mind the next time you reach for a cocktail. Wouldn’t some nice, cold water be just as refreshing, sometimes?
I am 22 years old and I have been getting annual gynecological checkups since I was 16. It blows my mind that some girls my age have NEVER gotten one. Girls, girls, girls. Let me explain some things that may be of interest to you and why avoiding this little appointment once a year could be dangerous.
At your annual checkup, the gynecologist will do a full examination-including checking your breast for lumps, checking your ovaries and the not so fabulous Pap smear. Ok, so yeah, it is uncomfortable for about a minute. But, would you rather have discomfort for a minute or cervical cancer for who knows how long? Yes ladies, Pap tests, if abnormal, could reveal cervical cancer cells. If detected early, it is treatable. Why would you chance cancer?
On WebMD.com they explain:
According to ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ), the Pap test should be done annually until age 30. After 30, if a healthy woman has had three completely normal and satisfactory Pap tests, she may be able to have a Pap test every two to three years (but should still see a gynecologist every year for an exam). Cervical cancer was once the leading cause of death for women in the U.S., but the widespread use of the Pap test has significantly decreased deaths from this cancer.
With all of this new technology and ways of preventing disease, there is no excuse for missing your annual. Like I said, I had been going for annuals since I was 16, and when one of my Pap tests came back abnormal, I thought, “Who, me?” No matter how careful and diligent you are, cancer, or in my case, HPV, is not picky about who it choses.
HPV, the human papillomavirus, is an extremely common sexually transmitted virus. In women around my age, the chance of it going away are almost 80 percent. But, some strains of HPV, if untreated, can lead to cervical cancer.
The new vaccine, Gardasil, protects against certain strains of HPV. Although my particular case of HPV did go away, the events leading up to that were not so fun. Biopsies and Pap tests every three months dominated my life for almost a year until I was rid of the virus.
Girls, please, for your sake, take a few minutes out of your day once a year and go get an annual gynecological checkup! Just remember, it can never hurt, only help.
