October Is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

[LongBlackScarf]

Dear All:

I just wanted to post this to make everyone on this board aware that breast cancer can happen to anybody. And yes....even to MEN. I had a lumpectomy this past winter, and it was a benign tumour caught on my mammogram. But my Mom was not so lucky. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma this summer. A lady in her 60's, she always took the "it can't happen to me" stance....even though BOTH my Nana's had it. She's been through partial mastectomy, radiation of the cancer that's spread to her bones, and she takes monthly infusions of Zometa to make the bones stronger. She's on a new drug called Arimadex to lower estrogen in her system. The breast cancer has eaten a hole in her skull, and eaten away areas of her hip, and leg bones and there's not much that can be done for that. We hope these lesions will start to close up with her current treatments. But essentially my Mom is nearing the end of her life. So---please encourage your wives, Moms, Nana's, Aunts etc. etc. to get a mammogram this year. Catching cancer EARLY is the best defense, and you can beat it in the early stages!! Thanks for listening!