Beast Cancer Awareness - every month
By Scott Kay on Sep 26, 2007 in Breast Cancer, Pink Rotaters, Survivor Celebration
October is designated as national Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Most women know this and are sympathetic, but most men really don’t pay too much attention - until breast cancer impacts their lives through a family member or close friend.
It’s not that men don’t care, we just don’t realize how prevalent this disease is until it strikes close to home. But, breast cancer does strike nearly 1 out every 7 women and although less frequently, breast cancer can also be diagnosed in men.
The cold slap of reality
I too, was one of these men who didn’t really give it much thought until recently. My sister just completed her last radiation treatment about three weeks ago. My awareness has been heightened because I have a wife, a daughter, two more sisters, a stepsister, a momma, and a step-momma that I love and care about. And there are countless others: sister-in-laws, nieces, cousins and friends, who could be affected each day.
For those affected, every month is Breast Cancer Awareness month
I have come to understand that for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, every month is breast cancer awareness month. For these women:
- every time that she goes for a mamogram
- every time she checks herself for a lump
- every time she sees a pink ribbon
- every time a friend is diagnosed with breast cancer
- every time that she watches a television program about breast cancer
- every time she flips through a magazine and reads an article about breast cancer
- she is aware of breast cancer and its devastating affects. Yet, most men see the same pink ribbons and television shows and say to themselves, “That’s just for women and it doesn’t affect me”. Until it does strike someone they love.
Everyone is affected by Breast Cancer
You are either a woman or you love one, so let’s all be more conscious of breast cancer everyday - not just in October.
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