Ladies Touch Yourself...

I've always wondered if breast cancer would get the same attention if it wasn't about breasts. Like if it was just arm cancer for instance. Would there still be 5ks and this mass of pink products for sale? It's turned in to a whole industry. How much of that money even goes to research? I mean it gets a whole month. Would arm cancer get a month? What about butt cancer? Those aren't sexy things I guess. Can't really walk around with brown ribbons and t-shirt or have slogans like "put a finger up your butt." Anyhow, "feel your boobies."

You know, I never really gave any type of cancer a second thought until my wife was diagnosed. I don't know if it's because I'm more aware of it now, but at this point it seems to me that breast cancers effects more people than any of the other cancers. When you talk to people about it, it never seems to be one person in that family who has had breast cancer....like in my wife's case, her grandmother died from it, her mom had it and one of her three sisters (so far). And a person that I'm carrying on a conversation with right now, not just her, but her sister too. Not saying that other cancers are not worthy of a day/week/month/ribbon.....just that it seems that breast cancer is everywhere.

There us a gene that can make women much more susceptible to breast cancer - which is probably why so many women in your wife's family all have it.

I don't think arm cancer gets a whole month simply because it is so rare.

But other cancers have big publicity campaigns here too - such as skin cancers and Movember - November is month for men's issues like prostrate cancer.

Sure, there isn't ' put your finger up your butt' campaign - but that's because feeling for changes isn't how bowel cancer is detected, like changes in breasts or testes are.
There are certainly campaigns here encouraging risk groups ( people over 50 or over 40 with family history) to do FOBS tests (faecal occult blood screening)

Can't really walk around with brown ribbons and t-shirt or have slogans like "put a finger up your butt." ."

LOL now there's a shirt

You know, I never really gave any type of cancer a second thought until my wife was diagnosed. I don't know if it's because I'm more aware of it now, but at this point it seems to me that breast cancers effects more people than any of the other cancers. When you talk to people about it, it never seems to be one person in that family who has had breast cancer....like in my wife's case, her grandmother died from it, her mom had it and one of her three sisters (so far). And a person that I'm carrying on a conversation with right now, not just her, but her sister too. Not saying that other cancers are not worthy of a day/week/month/ribbon.....just that it seems that breast cancer is everywhere.

[bold] There us a gene that can make women much more susceptible to breast cancer [/bold] - which is probably why so many women in your wife's family all have it.

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BRCA gene and if you have a long history of breast cancer in your family, you should be tested for it.

Thanks for the reminder

Prayers to everyone that this affects!

Ladies...just a friendly reminder to touch yourself...

be breast cancer aware.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeaO2BrrIf8

Live long live strong be breast aware.

Agreed and if you are lucky enough have your partner do it.

I don't remember the exact stats but it's over 50% of lumps are found by a woman's partner...

Okay, but serious answer, I do regularly check and do preventative stuff with spots on my skin, and regular paps, and yearly physicals. Use your insurance, people! It's why you pay for it.

Willing help here

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