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Touch It Baby
Ladies it’s your body, you should be the first to know if something different is going on with it. Seriously don’t be afraid to touch yourself, feel yourself up. Who cares what people think, really what are they going to say, you can’t touch your own body? Self exams are the most common way breast cancer is found in women and early detection increases your chances of survival.
It doesn’t take a lot only 5 easy steps, honestly the hardest part is remembering to do it every month.
Step 1: Start by looking at your breasts in the mirror. Shoulders straight and your arms on your hips.
You are look for:
• Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color
• Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling
Any of the following changes, should be brought to your doctor's attention:
• Dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin
• A nipple that has changed position or an inverted nipple (pushed inward instead of sticking out)
• Redness, soreness, rash, or swelling
Step 2: Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes as in step 1
Step 3: While you're at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of one or both nipples (this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or blood).
Step 4: while lying down, put you right arm behind your head and use your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with your index and middle finger pads, keeping the fingers flat and together. Use a circular motion, about the size of a quarter.
Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side — from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.
Follow one of these patterns to make sure that you cover the whole breast. This up-and-down approach seems to work best for most women. Be sure to feel all the tissue from the front to the back of your breasts: for the skin and tissue just beneath, use light pressure; use medium pressure for tissue in the middle of your breasts; use firm pressure for the deep tissue in the back. When you've reached the deep tissue, you should be able to feel down to your ribcage.
Step 5: Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Many women find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in Step 4.
And ladies don’t feel like your exams have to be formal. My mother found her lump when while chilling on the couch. Now im far from an expert and while how you do your exams is important, I think the effectiveness in self exams lie in how often and how regularly you do your exams.
It doesn’t take a lot only 5 easy steps, honestly the hardest part is remembering to do it every month.
Step 1: Start by looking at your breasts in the mirror. Shoulders straight and your arms on your hips.
You are look for:
• Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color
• Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling
Any of the following changes, should be brought to your doctor's attention:
• Dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin
• A nipple that has changed position or an inverted nipple (pushed inward instead of sticking out)
• Redness, soreness, rash, or swelling
Step 2: Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes as in step 1
Step 3: While you're at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of one or both nipples (this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or blood).
Step 4: while lying down, put you right arm behind your head and use your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with your index and middle finger pads, keeping the fingers flat and together. Use a circular motion, about the size of a quarter.
Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side — from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.
Follow one of these patterns to make sure that you cover the whole breast. This up-and-down approach seems to work best for most women. Be sure to feel all the tissue from the front to the back of your breasts: for the skin and tissue just beneath, use light pressure; use medium pressure for tissue in the middle of your breasts; use firm pressure for the deep tissue in the back. When you've reached the deep tissue, you should be able to feel down to your ribcage.
Step 5: Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Many women find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in Step 4.
And ladies don’t feel like your exams have to be formal. My mother found her lump when while chilling on the couch. Now im far from an expert and while how you do your exams is important, I think the effectiveness in self exams lie in how often and how regularly you do your exams.
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Blaspheme
I was in Target a few days ago and I saw their display of pink office supplies for the cure, and had to catch myself because I had an urge to knock every last item off the self. I had no clue I was that mad. My mom died august 14th 2011 from metastatic breast cancer, and at that moment I felt that what those products stood for had failed my mother and our family. “efing lies” I thought as I walked past them trying not to let my tears fall.
Please don’t think that I am against the Susan G. Koman Foundation and these (fill in the blank) for the cure products, but my question is: how can you cure a disease that we are not sure how it is caused? At 40 years old, with no personal or family history, not genetic markers, and for her cancer not to be caused by hormone, my mother should not have developed breast cancer. Her doctors still don’t even understand it.
My thing right now is instead of trying so hard to find a cure, why not try and find the cause. If you don’t fully understand a disease then how can you cure it? Seriously, there has to be a reason why so many young women are developing breast cancer. Maybe if we try harder to find the cause, then it would be easier to find a cure. I’m just saying…
Please don’t think that I am against the Susan G. Koman Foundation and these (fill in the blank) for the cure products, but my question is: how can you cure a disease that we are not sure how it is caused? At 40 years old, with no personal or family history, not genetic markers, and for her cancer not to be caused by hormone, my mother should not have developed breast cancer. Her doctors still don’t even understand it.
My thing right now is instead of trying so hard to find a cure, why not try and find the cause. If you don’t fully understand a disease then how can you cure it? Seriously, there has to be a reason why so many young women are developing breast cancer. Maybe if we try harder to find the cause, then it would be easier to find a cure. I’m just saying…
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Racks on Racks on Racks
Yea that’s right I’m talking about tities. It’s Beast Cancer Awareness Month and this year I’m a little more sensitive this about it then the last few years because my mother has recently passed from breast cancer this August. As a woman and daughter of a breast cancer…I guess victim? I am very adamant about taking care of your tatas.
While there are many variation when it comes to breast cancer, and because we don’t always know what causes a person to develop breast cancer you can’t tell someone how to prevent it. As a woman your only defense is 1 self exams for early detection, and 2 trying to reduce your risk through diet and life style changes.
So, throughout this month I will make posts about the different risk factors and how to manage/reduce them, self examination, and everyone’s favorite topic diet. Don’t worry I am a pretty reasonable person, and won’t suggest anything that I wouldn’t consider doing myself.
While there are many variation when it comes to breast cancer, and because we don’t always know what causes a person to develop breast cancer you can’t tell someone how to prevent it. As a woman your only defense is 1 self exams for early detection, and 2 trying to reduce your risk through diet and life style changes.
So, throughout this month I will make posts about the different risk factors and how to manage/reduce them, self examination, and everyone’s favorite topic diet. Don’t worry I am a pretty reasonable person, and won’t suggest anything that I wouldn’t consider doing myself.
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