Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Why should I as a man care about breast cancer

Why should I as a man care about breast cancer?
I been hearing all this talk about breast cancer awareness month. But I just can't understand why I as a man should care about this. Last time I checked breast cancer is EXTREMELY rare for men. So I don't really have anything to worry about, right? Because my chances of getting breast cancer are extremely small. I'm no troll, I only have so few points, cause it's a brand new account. And I am a man, not a woman pretending to be a man. And I intended for this to be a serious question.
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theres always a chance
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you love the ladies, right? and any red blooded male should love boobs therefore, you should want to save them
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No, its more common than you think. It is certainly NOT extremely rare for men, its just that most guys are too embarrassed to discuss it, which is silly. You need to stay aware of your ENTIRE body for any lumps or problems that may arise.
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I agree.
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You shouldn't worry much. You should worry about prostate cancer more.
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It's not the fact that men don't get breast cancer as much as women. It's just that women think men should support awareness because men like breasts so much. People try to appeal to males by protesting "save the boobs".
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Clearly, you are not at all "relationship material" for this gal, given your shallowness of mind and apparently very limited cognitive power. The world does not revolve around you honey and breast cancer could indeed adversely impact you, in ways which do not affect you physically.
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Although your risk is slightly smaller simply due to the fact that you have less of this tissue, it is far from nil. Besides that, you have a mother, possibly a sister, wife, daughter, aunt, lover, girlfriend, coworker... whatever. You know many women, all of which have this potential risk of this disease. It is one of the biggest killers of women around. You should care because you are human. I as a woman care about prostate cancer. I encourage my hubby to make and keep his appointments, even though he hates the exam... Women have been getting uncomfortable exams from puberty on to stave of potential cervical and breast cancers...
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You should be afraid, because there is a 0.01% chance that you will get it at some point in your life. Who gives a damn about prostate cancer. Only a 16% chance.
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Breast cancer's not that common in women, either, when compared to other cancers. If for no reason with any altruism whatsoever, you can get breast cancer.
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Most decent human beings care about other human beings. Then again, you sound very self-centered and selfish. You probably shouldn't be concerned. Since you care only for yourself, it is likely that you are quite alone. No one else will want to care for you. Some might choose to, but it likely won't be because they really want to. Try caring about people. Act like it. You might find some friends that way. You might even develop a close relationship that way.
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Because some woman you love (mother, sister, girlfriend, wife, etc) has a chance of getting it. Too many women die because of breast cancer. Although, most people do not talk about this, lumps in the breasts of women are often noticed by men during sex. The more you know, the more chance there is that your wife or girlfriend would know about lumps before it is too late. Although, the chance is small, it is still there that you, as a man, can get breast cancer.
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You don't have ANY women that you care about in your life? None at all? I'm concerned about prostate and testicular cancer, even though as a woman they will never affect my own body. I care about quite a few men, though. I'm married to a man, I have a father and brother and uncles, and I have many male friends. I'm not a very social person, but even I have friends. And if you don't have friends of both sexes, then I pity you.
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DISEASE IS DISEASE YOU SHOULD BE AWARED ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE MALE OR FEMALE .BE VERY CAREFUL AND SERIOUS ABOUT IT
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Maybe some day you will have a real woman who walks and talks and you may even love her.
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You shouldn't 'care' about breast cancer, as women typically don't care about prostate cancer... but men are told they should while women aren't told they should too. However, as a decent human being - you shouldn't imitate the gender supremacists who tell you that women's cancers are more important than men's cancers. Nonetheless, I think you're a feminist troll impersonating (badly) a man in order to demonstrate how 'evil all men are'. I don't know any men who literally don't care about breast cancer, but most women I know are pretty clueless about men's cancers.
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Well, I assume you have no women in your life whose health you are concerned about. Lucky you. Just as I assume there are no women in your life who give a damn whether you get prostate cancer or not. But not everyone is in your position.
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Breast cancer is terrible, deadly and disfiguring. It is true that men rarely get it but there must be women in your life (mom, sisters, aunts, friends). I would think you would be concerned for them.
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1) Anyone can get breast cancer 2) There are women (and men) in your life who could get breast cancer. Its the most common cancer in women.
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...because you can get it as well. Don't you read? Cancer has no boundaries for sex, color, race and age.
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Because you should care about people - men and women alike. Just because mainstream feminists are contemptuous of men's health is no reason to stoop to their level

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

I have a dream that i have stage 4 breast cancer and am terminal

I have a dream that i have stage 4 breast cancer and am terminal?
I have been having a dream for the past three nights that I am terminal with stage 4 breast cancer and don't know what it means, can anyone decode for me?
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It could mean that someone you know could be ill. Maybe someone you know is sick maybe not as severe as cancer

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Why the big awareness campaigns for the breast cancer? Arnt there other censers to pay attention to it

Why the big awareness campaigns for the breast cancer? Arnt there other censers to pay attention to it?
There are so many diseases and cancer types, I dont get why the big awareness campaigns for the breast cancer... it sounds like a celebration more than awareness ... I just wonder why this particular type...if there is any particular reason!
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There is a reason why breast cancer has a higher profile than other types of cancer.. It's not because it's more important, it's because of hard work and campaigning by women with breast cancer. That's it. There are other cancer awareness campaigns, with awareness months and ribbons etc - but the fact is none hs had the sheer hard work and dedication put into it that breast cancer awareness has. Breast cancer awareness campaigns and Breast Cancer Awareness Month started as a campaign by ordinary women, most of whom had breast cancer or had lost someone to breast cancer, to raise awareness so that people knew the symptoms, examined themselves regularly, attended their routine mammograms etc. It caught the public imagination, and enthusiastic participation and hard work by women made it grow into something nationally, then internationally, recognised (and then big business cashed in). People have limited time, and choose their campaigns; those who campaign around illnesses are usually concerned with the illness that's affected them or their family. I know a couple who have a child with a very rare and life-threatening condition (not a cancer). Much of their time is now taken up with campaigning around this condition - fund raising and agitating for more funding for research, more education, more awareness etc. And an old friend of mine has stage 4 prostate cancer; for some time he has dedicated his spare time to raising awareness of prostate cancer and funds for prostate cancer research. What they're doing is what what the women who started the breast cancer awareness campaign did. And it's as a result of the hard work by those women that breast cancer is no longer the automatic death sentence it once was - but don't lose sight of the fact that in the US an average of 112 women die from breast cancer every day (that's one every 15 minutes), and in the UK.that average is 33 a day - I don't have statistics for other countries. I agree that all the pink fluffy nonsense and 'fun' makes the whole thing seem more like a celebration sometimes. I'm in remission from breast cancer, and I hate Breast Cancer Awareness month. You know, all the pink razzmatazz has negative consequences for breast cancer patients too â€“ the marketing and fund-raising hype surrounding breast cancer, by trivialising a deadly disease, is leading people to believe, wrongly, that breast cancer is 1) not very serious, certainly not as serious as many other cancers (many women with breast cancer have been told â€“ by people who donâ€™t have it â€“ that itâ€™s a â€˜goodâ€™ cancer to get) and 2) easily curable. In all the pink trivia, itâ€™s easy for people to lose sight of the fact that breast cancer is a devastating illness with disfiguring surgery, gruelling treatments and so far no cure. I agree that awareness needs to be raised about other cancers too.and while I hate â€˜competitive illnessâ€™ I can see why there is resentment about an imbalance in awareness raising and fund raising. But when people complain about the attention breast cancer receives in comparison to other cancers, they need to be reminded that there is nothing to stop any group of people starting a campaign along the lines of the one started by those women who started all the breast cancer awareness - the solution is not less attention for breast cancer, but more attention for other cancers. Someone starting such a campaign would have to be prepared to be as dedicated and work as hard as those women though, if they wanted their campaign to be as effective.
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breast cancer is huge. kills a lot of women. taken so much from me...
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I agree It is NOT more important.... -Men are affected by cancer much more then women For those of you saying breast cancer is the deadliest...that is BS...it is the 5th leading cancer in WOMEN over the age of 50! -only 1% of men get breast cancer...so yes it is very gender biased! -susan komen does NOT care about men or children. Illustrating they are a sexist organization -men die from prostate cancer at almost the same rate that women do of breast cancer (yet women will not support the fight against prostate cancer) -If i said, "save the TATA's" before the pink campaign came to light...I would have been slapped. -I will NOT dontate to such a selfish cause and neither should you. -find a CURE for cancer...not just a cancer that affects WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 50 I too find the susan komen foundation very selfish. I also notice women don't want to support prostate cancer. I say the NFL should only support PROSTATE cancer from now on and see what kind of 'heat' men would catch thumbs down comes from people who can't handle the truth...find a cure for CANCER...not a gender biased, age biased disease that isn't even fatel

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Can a 13 year old girl get breast cancer

Can a 13 year old girl get breast cancer?
Last night I was playing on the computer and my right breast got itchy, and I found a small, 1 cm wide at most sized lump. Is it breast cancer? I have looked it up on the internet and it says It's probubly something else, and I haven't asked my mom about yet.
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go ask your mom..
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it's highly unlikely. it's probably just your period coming. just to be safe i would ask your mom =) don't worry about it because i've never heard of anyone your age getting it =]
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They're probably just growing. Weird stuff can happen to the human body. I wouldn't worry about it. If it continues to bother you, consult a doctor.
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Hello. I am not a doctor. However, don't listen to what some internet "Doctor" says, and follow common sense. Common sense would say, you should definitely talk to your mother right now.
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If a 13 year old girl did get breast cancer, her case would make international news and would be written up in medical journals the world over. The chances are so close to zero that it makes just about no difference; you are more than twice as likely to be struck by lightning, and I bet you don't worry about that every time it rains! You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was referred to as a 'younger woman'. Know why? Because I was only 50 - yes, fifty - which is still pretty young for breast cancer. Breast cancer is almost unheard of in under 25s, let alone young teens. Fewer than 0.1% of those who develop it are under 30 and only 5% are under 40. At your age, with your breasts still growing and developing, any changes you notice are normal hormonal development. Also, from your description it sounds as if this lump is ON your breast rather than IN it - in which case it may well be a boil, pimple or bug bite, especially as it's itching. Talk to your mother, she will be able to reassure you. If you really don't feel comfortable doing that, wait till school starts; if you still have this itchy lump - and I bet you don't - talk to your school nurse; she will be used to girls having worries like this and will be able to reassure you that you DON'T have breast cancer
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No. Breast Cancer grows in silence without any outward symptoms. I would never known I had cancer had it not been for my yearly Mammogram. I was 43. It is probably a reaction to your bra, or what your mom used as detergent. Ask your Mom.
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This could be lots of things and at age 13 breast cancer is about the least likely. Go talk to your mother and if necessary she will get you to a dr to get it checked.
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Yes, it's probably a cysts or something. However, I would suggest you to visit your doctor because that 1 cm wide lump is a manifestation of a breast in a not normal condition. It maybe something else, then probably will lead to cancer if you take it for granted. Have it checked by the doctor. Hope this helps!
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Relax hon. At 13 your chances of developing breast cancer are about 1 in 10,000. From your National Cancer Institute. "The chance of getting breast cancer increases as you get older. Most women are over 60 years old when they are diagnosed." I was 43 at diagnosis, and classed as young. That lump could be anything from a cyst ( which are not itchy) to hives or an insect bite. If it does not subside or gets worse, see your doctor

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Are you more likely to get breast cancer if you have bigger boobs

Are you more likely to get breast cancer if you have bigger boobs?
My boobs have been growing a lot and seem to keep wanting to. i hate it. I know i have a Farly larger chest size then normal kids my age and im 14 and into a D i believe. and im wondering if im more prone to get breast cancer. when im older i mean.
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No, size in this case, doesn't matter. What does matter, however, is when you have more fat while very young, you have a good chance of going through puberty earlier and that increases your chances of certain cancers, like breast.
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This is one area where size doesn't matter. If you are prone to breast cancer, or have the gene, or DNA, or hereditary factors, whether big or small, you can get breast cancer. Don't worry about it at your age or even when your older. Just do monthly breast checks when you're older and you'll be fine. Hope that puts your mind at ease. god bless you. I don't blame you for hating the size you are because I was friends with a girl in school, (long, long time ago) who was also large. She hated it because when boys talked to her, they never looked into her eyes, they looked at her breast. I wish you the best.
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no that has nothing to do with it
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no, dear, you're not. getting c ancer has nothing to do with size. it's usually attributed to being generally unhealthy, age, and meeting certain criteria, like a family history, or having other diseases that put you at risk, like diabetes, heart disease and the like. You can stop worrying.
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It has nothing to do with it. Men can get breast cancer, even without man-boobs. Women with DD breasts can get breast cancer. My sister and I have both fought breast cancer, one an A cup, the other a D cup

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Is it likely for teenagers to get breast cancer

Is it likely for teenagers to get breast cancer ?
I've been reading up on this subject, and in most cases it explains about lumps on the outer sides of your breasts nearer the armpit, but the lump i've found recently was under the outer nipple. I'm really scared that it's breast cancer, although i'm aware it's more likely to be a cyst. Is it more likely to be breast cancer because its under the nipple ?
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Unlikely. What you can do: avoid too small Bra's, avoid breast piercing, avoid the "Pill". Do exercise containing movement of your arms.
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it's highly unlikely in women under 40. your at a higher risk if its in your family. like the fist person says the pill can increase your chances but not by much at all. most women usually find lumps the size of a golf ball, that might put your mind at ease. but if your worried about anything like that just go to your doctor. don't worry about it though the stress of worry can make you over think a situation.
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it is unlikely that you have breast cancer. get it checked out if your really worried, but i wouldnt worry too much. i do the same thing to myself, i notice some minor thing and have these thoughts running thru my mind..could it be this? could it be that? ask a doctor, but its not likely you have cancer
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No, it is extremely unlikely. Your chances of having breast cancer are almost zero. It is extremely rare for a teenager to have breast cancer - it's a disease largely associated with ageing, and 80% of people diagnosed with it are over 50. Even in adult women, most breast lumps are not cancerous It is likely to be hormonal, or it may be a cyst. But it's very, very unlikely to be cancer. See your doctor and put your mind at rest

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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Are there any survivors of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Are there any survivors of Inflammatory Breast Cancer?
My mother got diagnosed last year in november with (IBC)! She has gone through so many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation but it seems like it keeps growing. She has a doctor from M.D. Anderson and they have a research study. She is starting a new experimental chemo for just IBC. But i was wondering if anyone survived this type of breast cancer?
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my grandma had it 27 years ago and her 2 it was a experimental chemo she is now 27 years cancer free and my mom and sister are doing the three day walk to raise $$$$$ she might get really sick,vomit loose her hair but its normal i hope all goes well i am now thinking of her
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Seek out support groups for this type of breast cancer in order to find out information and the best resources . . they will help you: IBC Support http://www.ibcsupport.org/ Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation http://www.ibcresearch.org/ About IBC http://www.aboutibc.co.uk/ IBC Survivors http://www.ibcsurvivors.org

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

How to approach a friend with breast cancer

How to approach a friend with breast cancer?
One of my close friends was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I found out that she is now doing chemo. I tried to I.M. her to let her know that I'm around for her. She was short with me when I did, and I understand that she's having a traumatic experience right now. Should I give her time and let her come to me when she ready?
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She can't be a very close friend if you found out she's facing chemo after she already started. A close friend would have known from the git go. And you I.M. her? That would p--s me off too. Go and see her in person and apologize. She's not coming to you.
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Your friend may have just been very tired. Chemo tires us out tremendously. She also may not be ready to talk about it with you. For now just give her a wee bit of space for one on one contact. Send her a card reminding her you are thinking about her and for her to please contact you at any time. My mood always lifted when I would get a card from a friend in the mail. After a short time lapse, you can try contacting her again.
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I would certainly at first take a step back to make sure your ready to deal with the problem as well. I would first educate yourself a little bit regarding breast cancer. Just so you have a good understanding of what she is experiencing. Secondly, she will have more confidence in you if she knows your educated about the subject. Next, I would contact her ever so often just to to let her know you are there. However, in th end, she will only truly communicate with you when she is ready. You can take a look at the site below for some general information. http://healthforself.today.com
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yes. my mom has had breast cancer for a year. sometimes those people and their family dont want to talk about it until they are ready. just talk about other things that you guys used to talk about. live life to the fullest and imagine she has no cancer and pretend life is amazing. see what happens than.
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I agree with notalone; she may well have been feeling exhausted and ill when you sent the IM. I think a card would be a good idea; let her know if she needs you, you'll be there - but only if you mean it, because she'll have been hearing that from a lot of people who won't deliver. I liked getting cards when I was feeling ill and low. When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer I got a text message from my brother, who I rarely saw in those days. It read 'I love you. I don't know what else to say. I f you need me for anything except ironing I'll be there'. I wasn't offended that he said it by text; it made me laugh and cry, and over 5 years later I've still got it on my phone. Just one thing; when you do talk to her, don't tell her she'll be fine (even her doctors don't know that) and don't urge her to be positive, it doesn't help most people. And of course you know her and I don't, but I'd say don't be afraid to show your feelings; after my diagnosis everyone I told was so brisk and positive that when I told a friend who just burst into tears, I was relieved - somebody cared!
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Cancer can make us very cranky - but I expect your friend would like to be in touch - just is too tired to do much. If you go to www.after-cancer.com there is info about our moods, things that we like (a card is certainly one) and what is useful for us during cancer treatment. And good luck - we need friends who understand and aren't judgemental. Verite R

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