October was breast cancer awareness..However, it does not end there. Ladies and gentleman don't forget that breast cancer is a year round disease. Remember your screenings and exams for the early detection of cancer.
Don't Forget To Save The Ta's Ta's
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You can help check your wife. You may feel lumps that she does not feel.
And men need to remember to do self-exams--it's not just women who can have breast cancer.
Arista, Thank you for the reminder! Early detection is critical. There's a beloved math teacher at my daughters school who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since they caught it early she is doing well enough to return to teaching in January.
She says I check way too much.....and when it comes to cancer of the buttocks, I have that covered also (the checking for it part).
...Tracy says she finds lumps on me all da time...above my belt and on my noggin...
I'm posting this here again, my own little soapbox message.
I would like to encourage the women especially (although men can get breast cancer too) on this board to make their own deodorant. There are some super good natural recipes out there.
I just read a report a couple days ago that said that it was a myth that deodorants and anti-perspirants cause breast cancer. I'm sorry, my opinion only, but I don't believe that one bit. We are taking chemicals and putting it in an area that is thick with breast tissue.
A lot of women shave (and some don't) but for those ones who do, I think we open up pores and hair follicles and it's just more little openings for all these chemicals to seep down into that delicate breast tissue.
So, I went to my craft store and got some pretty containers and I'm going to make my own deodorant. I've used natural for years, but this is pennies on the dollar to make, so I'm going to give it a go.
For those of you who have used the traditional corporation poisons, it does take your armpits some adjusting time to acclimate to the use of the new stuff, which takes a couple weeks to a month. You'll know when you've adjusted. If you're worried about smell, just make sure you carry it with you and use it a couple times during the day until your armpits surrender to it. lol!
You can put this in a pretty container face-cream-type pot, apply with fingers or make-up sponge, or you can put it in an old stick deodorant container or health food stores sell new ones.
Anyway, if changing your deodorant saves one of you from getting breast cancer, my babbling was worth it.
I would like to encourage the women especially (although men can get breast cancer too) on this board to make their own deodorant. There are some super good natural recipes out there.
I just read a report a couple days ago that said that it was a myth that deodorants and anti-perspirants cause breast cancer. I'm sorry, my opinion only, but I don't believe that one bit. We are taking chemicals and putting it in an area that is thick with breast tissue.
A lot of women shave (and some don't) but for those ones who do, I think we open up pores and hair follicles and it's just more little openings for all these chemicals to seep down into that delicate breast tissue.
So, I went to my craft store and got some pretty containers and I'm going to make my own deodorant. I've used natural for years, but this is pennies on the dollar to make, so I'm going to give it a go.
For those of you who have used the traditional corporation poisons, it does take your armpits some adjusting time to acclimate to the use of the new stuff, which takes a couple weeks to a month. You'll know when you've adjusted. If you're worried about smell, just make sure you carry it with you and use it a couple times during the day until your armpits surrender to it. lol!
You can put this in a pretty container face-cream-type pot, apply with fingers or make-up sponge, or you can put it in an old stick deodorant container or health food stores sell new ones.
Anyway, if changing your deodorant saves one of you from getting breast cancer, my babbling was worth it.
Its so easy to just forget the mammograms. So put the dates on your calendar. when you had your last one and when you need another one.
As an update, I did make the deodorant and have used it for a few days -- I love it. Works great.
That vicious buttocks cancer! Of course if you're talking the Farrah Fawcett, I think a professional physician should take the lead on that one.
Dana, what about the stuff Whole Foods sells? I haven't used "traditional" deodorant in years because of the aluminum. I even got my husband to make the switch this year, though I never knew of the idea that deodorant causes breast cancer. I'd just heard enough about "normal" stuff being bad for you. And can you provide a link for those who might be interested in making their own?
This is just my personal opinion that deodorants can cause breast cancer. I just feel there are so many chemicals in deodorant that we put directly onto an area we shave, sweat glands and hair follicles and tiny little openings for it all to seep in.
I still use the store bought organic stuff too, when I'm too lazy to make a new batch. You do have to be careful with essential oils you add because each individual can be sensitive to one.
Just go to pinterest and they have a ton of recipes and pick one that you think will work best for you.
I did see on one of those commercials for an attorney-That if suspect that your received breast cancer from Talcum powder or Shower to Shower to see that attorney.
Yes, I just think that area is especially vulnerable.