I’m thrilled to
take part in this one-day blog hop. This blogfest
is meant to bring awareness of disease prevention and early detection regarding
medical conditions that may be averted or treated if caught in the early
stages. Our desire is to motivate people to go in for early screening, and if a
condition is caught early and treated, then our world just became a little
better place to live.
This event is
hosted by:
Stephen Tremp http://stephentremp.com/
Alex J. Cavanaugh http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/
Michael Di Gesu http://writing-art-and-design.blogspot.com/
L. Diane Wolfe http://circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com/
Be sure to stop
by their blogs. I hope you will be inspired by their stories and those of the
other participants (click here) to take good care of yourself.
I want to tell
you why self-examination and mammograms are so important to me and my family. If not for early
detection of breast cancer, I might have lost both my sisters and my cousin.
One of my sisters is now a twenty-one year survivor. My other sister has been
cancer-free for six years. My cousin hasn’t had as easy of a time. She’s also
had ovarian and uterine cancer. Still, she’s a survivor.
Until twenty-one years ago,no one in my family had been hit by breast cancer. Then those three all in the same
generation. Somehow, I’ve escaped . . . so far. And I’m the
oldest. I am so thankful. This year, breast cancer hit the next generation. My niece (my brother's daughter) is going through chemo-therapy.
Her cancer was not caught as early as the others. We’re praying that she will
not only survive but thrive.
My annual
mammogram is scheduled for next week. When is/was yours?
For more information on helping yourself, go to http://www.cancer.org/healthy/morewaysacshelpsyoustaywell/breastcancer
