Photo: Bodega Bay, CaliforniaHere are some known facts about breast cancer.
1. Risk factors: the two highest risk factors are: being a female and getting older.
There are obviously many others like genetics, lifestyle, etc. but just considering the first two is sobering enough to make you wish you were a young male, oops- sorry just joking (Too much testosterone anyway).
A good start if you are a female is to get to know your breasts really well. As one breast surgeon noted "get to know the landscape of your breasts intimately" so you can detect any unusual changes sooner rather than later, and then follow up by closely watching and/or getting it checked medically.
Get a annual professional check up. Countries have different protocols for breast exams. The US is monthly self breast checks from age 20 and a then a baseline mammogram between age 35-40 and then annually from age 40.
Check out these websites for more info.
Prevention is far better than a cure - really! I believe there are many factors why cancer and other diseases appear in our bodies. Truly take the greatest care of yourselves.
Physically: - healthy diet, regular exercise (yes!), avoiding or limiting exposure to the many pollutants/poisons around us (herbicides, insecticides, chemicals, many 'off the shelf' products that we clean, wash, spray, eat (it's in our foods). These are a few of the obvious ones.
Mentally/emotionally:- stress in its many forms, (anger, fear, worry, etc.) I believe this is a huge factor. Our bodies produce many chemicals of its own that come from reactionary mind states. We need to learn what our areas of stress are and then to practice disengaging ourselves from what is causing our reactions that push the system into unhealthy physical responses.
The mind has the power to hinder and it has the power to heal!
Well, this a start.
More later. Be kind to yourselves
