Breast Cancer Awareness
If it's October it must be all about breast cancer so here goes. First, let's demolish two common beliefs about the disease:
1. If it hurts, it's not cancer. FALSE.
2. If it doesn't hurt, it's not cancer. FALSE.
That's right folks, the presence or absence of pain is irrelevant to a diagnosis.
3. Three-quarters of women treated for breast cancer are cured. TRUE. Unfortunately, there's no way yet of predicting who will be in the lucky 75 per cent.
4. Chemotherapy makes you puke a lot and your hair falls out. Often FALSE. Reactions to chemotherapy vary greatly. Some people sail through it, some suffer, most are in between.
5. "My husband won't love me if I have a breast removed." Usually FALSE but if TRUE dump him.
6. "You're too young to have breast cancer." "I'm a man so I can't get breast cancer." Both are FALSE.
For more, see the link at the bottom of the left-hand column.
1. If it hurts, it's not cancer. FALSE.
2. If it doesn't hurt, it's not cancer. FALSE.
That's right folks, the presence or absence of pain is irrelevant to a diagnosis.
3. Three-quarters of women treated for breast cancer are cured. TRUE. Unfortunately, there's no way yet of predicting who will be in the lucky 75 per cent.
4. Chemotherapy makes you puke a lot and your hair falls out. Often FALSE. Reactions to chemotherapy vary greatly. Some people sail through it, some suffer, most are in between.
5. "My husband won't love me if I have a breast removed." Usually FALSE but if TRUE dump him.
6. "You're too young to have breast cancer." "I'm a man so I can't get breast cancer." Both are FALSE.
For more, see the link at the bottom of the left-hand column.
Labels: breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, myths
posted by Skip | 9:35 pm
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