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October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Welcome to October everyone, a month for the good and bad. Halloween happens as we all know, and that's always a fun holiday, but something that isn't as fun is the topic of Breast Cancer. Since it's Breast Cancer month in Australia (I'm not sure about everywhere else), I've decided to bring the awareness to forums too.
What is Breast Cancer?
Something you don't want, to be quite blunt, but it isn't always something we can help. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumour (which is a group of cancer cells) which starts in the breast, and can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to other ares of the body.
How do individuals usually develop breast cancer?
There are three main risk factors for the disease that unfortunately, cannot be changed.
What treatment can be given to those suffering with breast cancer?
There are a few tests that can be done to detect if breast cancer is present, such as ultrasounds, MRIs and mammograms.
Suffering
Well, of course, as you can probably imagine, this would be a major problem present in individuals who have Breast Cancer and their friends or families. Unless you, yourself, have experienced Breast Cancer and the disadvantages it causes, I don't believe you can truly understand how it would feel, and I hope for everyone's sake they never find out. Try to imagine losing all your hair, or in a worst case scenario your boobs. Would you still feel like a women if you did? What would it be like to worry day and night about what's going to happen, but have to stay strong? How would you feel if your sister, niece, aunty, mother, grandmother, daughter, wife, girlfriend, friend had Breast Cancer? Would you be able to stay strong enough to support them? All questions we would never know how to answer unless it happened, but it's still something that needs to be considered if you wish to even remotely try to understand how people would feel in this situation.
Self-checks
These are extremely important for women of young and old ages to do as many cases of Breast Cancer have been detected this way. The earlier the detection, the easier it is to treat, and the higher chance there is that you will recover from it.
My dearest respects go out to those individuals who currently have, have had, or have passed away from breast cancer. My respects and condolences also go out to the families and friends who support, supported or have lost these individuals. To those still fighting, may best wishes and love be sent your way.
Thank you for reading if you have, and please stay safe and well girls.
Please excuse any spelling errors or bb code fails.
Welcome to October everyone, a month for the good and bad. Halloween happens as we all know, and that's always a fun holiday, but something that isn't as fun is the topic of Breast Cancer. Since it's Breast Cancer month in Australia (I'm not sure about everywhere else), I've decided to bring the awareness to forums too.
What is Breast Cancer?
Something you don't want, to be quite blunt, but it isn't always something we can help. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumour (which is a group of cancer cells) which starts in the breast, and can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to other ares of the body.
How do individuals usually develop breast cancer?
There are three main risk factors for the disease that unfortunately, cannot be changed.
- These include:
- Genetics; an inherited mutation in the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes.
- Age; the older women get, the more likely they are to develop breast cancer. although, it tends to be more difficult to treat at a younger age as that is usually when the disease is more vigorous.
- Gender; well, being a girl and having boobs and girly hormones doesn't tend to help for obvious reasons (Please note: it is possible for a male to develop breast cancer, it is just extremely rare).
What treatment can be given to those suffering with breast cancer?
There are a few tests that can be done to detect if breast cancer is present, such as ultrasounds, MRIs and mammograms.
- If it turns out that the individual does have the disease, there are several options of treatment available (depending on the situation of course) which include:
- Chemotherapy; this is treatment with cancer-killing drugs that may be injected into a vein or given by mouth. The drugs travel through the bloodstream to reach cancer cells in most parts of the body. Chemo usually goes on for several months.
- Surgery; to remove part of, or the whole of the breast.
- Radiation therapy; this is treatment with high-energy rays or particles that destroy cancer cells, and is usually used after surgery to prevent the cancer from returning.
- Hormone therapy; this is usually given to prevent the cancer coming back, and works by either stopping oestrogen from acting on breast cancer cells or lowering oestrogen levels (which usually increase the risk of cancer).
- Targeted therapy; research has enabled scientists to develop newer drugs that are similar to chemo, but usually have less severe side effects.
- Bone-Directed therapy; when cancer reaches the bones, it can cause pain and breaks or fractures. Drugs can be given to help reduce the risk of this occurring.
Suffering
Well, of course, as you can probably imagine, this would be a major problem present in individuals who have Breast Cancer and their friends or families. Unless you, yourself, have experienced Breast Cancer and the disadvantages it causes, I don't believe you can truly understand how it would feel, and I hope for everyone's sake they never find out. Try to imagine losing all your hair, or in a worst case scenario your boobs. Would you still feel like a women if you did? What would it be like to worry day and night about what's going to happen, but have to stay strong? How would you feel if your sister, niece, aunty, mother, grandmother, daughter, wife, girlfriend, friend had Breast Cancer? Would you be able to stay strong enough to support them? All questions we would never know how to answer unless it happened, but it's still something that needs to be considered if you wish to even remotely try to understand how people would feel in this situation.
Self-checks
These are extremely important for women of young and old ages to do as many cases of Breast Cancer have been detected this way. The earlier the detection, the easier it is to treat, and the higher chance there is that you will recover from it.
- Things for women to look out for include:
- a new lump or lumpiness, especially if it's only in one breast.
- a change in the size or shape of your breast.
- a change to the nipple, such as crusting, ulcer, redness or inversion.
- a nipple discharge that occurs without squeezing.
- a change in the skin of your breast such as redness or dimpling.
- an unusual pain that doesn't go away.
My dearest respects go out to those individuals who currently have, have had, or have passed away from breast cancer. My respects and condolences also go out to the families and friends who support, supported or have lost these individuals. To those still fighting, may best wishes and love be sent your way.
- Donations can be given at websites such as:
- http://www.bcna.org.au/donate-now (Australia)
- http://www.abcf.org/ABCF-Donate.htm (America)
- https://secure.breastcancercampaign.org/appeal/bcc_oneoff/ (England)
Thank you for reading if you have, and please stay safe and well girls.
Please excuse any spelling errors or bb code fails.
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