October is breast cancer awareness month. The statistics on the disease are frightening, with an estimated case diagnosed every 2 minutes in the United State alone, according to the American Cancer Society. Current trends are positive though, with the breast cancer death rate down 34% since 1990!
Please, learn how to do a breast self examination, and get a mammogram once a year after you turn 40. Early detection tests for breast cancer save thousands of lives each year, and many more lives could be saved if even more women and their doctors took advantage of these tests.
Wear your ribbon in October to help spread the word.
My ribbon was a gift from Chop Zuey last October, and while it doesn’t appear to be available in store at the moment, there are lots of others on the marketplace for FREE, see here, here, and here.