Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Oct. is the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 

Facts about Breast Cancer

• One of the most common cancer in women in the USA

• Each year an estimated 200,000 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer and an estimated 40,000 will die. 
•  Half of the women diagnosed with breast cancer are over the age of 65.
• Weight is a big risk factor. Physical activity and a healthy diet can reduce your risk of developing it.

•  Breast cancer in your family can raise your risk.

Create an Early Detection Plan:

 Having an early detection plan is important because finding and detecting it early on can prevent it from spreading to other areas.  When breast cancer is found early on the 5 year survival rate is 98%.

 

By Age:

• At 20 years old:

You should  start performing breast self-exams and look for any signs of change

• Age 20-39

Begin having regular clinical breast exams every three years.

• 40 years old

You should have a baseline mammogram and an annual clinical breast exam.

• Ages 40-49

Have a mammogram every 1 to 2 years.

• Ages 50 and older

Have a mammogram every year
 

My stepmother was diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast cancer earlier this year.  I just wanted to share the information above with my readers so you can detect it early if it happens to you.

 My father with is save the ta tas t-shirt after a race in Downtown Chicago.

 

My Dad after a breast cancer walk this month in Chicago. My stepmother's work was so nice they sponsored and had a bunch of shirts made in her name. (He's wearing one of them)

My sister Jessica made this .

 

This is her in another picture that she made.

Please share this information with family, friends, or loved ones. It is really really important.

xoxoxo