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A Toast To Time And Self Empowering (Part II of Part II)
Just a reminder ladies, and worth repeating always in awareness, I am advocate for Breast Cancer, and Children Cancer on behalf of the Susan Komen Brest Cancer Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, my two passions, my lifelong charities and raising funds for sponsorship funding, and my goal to participate with my feet on behalf of Susan Komen Race For The Cure.
In addition, in since, my running crew and I will be running our first 15K, that is always my first run, (The Mini-Heart Marathon) I run that on behalf of anyone who suffers from heart disease, be advised all the new medications, a great prognosis is always favorable, I would say, listen to your Physician/Cardiology Team, and in the mechanics of healing, reflect, allow the process of the temple to perform its miraculous wonders, the body needs rest.
I will live stream up to the starting line, if the weather is permissible.
Susan Komen breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer.
Doing A Self-Breast Exam
Please be aware, I would say the best time to do a monthly self-breast exam is about 5 to 7 days prior to when your menstrual starts.
It is imperial to perform a self-breast exam around the same time each month. Subsequently, take into consideration your breasts are not as tender or lumpy at this time in your monthly cycle.
If you have gone through menopause, do your exam on the same day every month
Get an annual mammogram beginning at the age of 40.
If you carry the genes where you are predisposed to breast cancer or a family history of Breast Cancer, I employ you to always do self-breast exams routinely and a mammogram.
As you get older, breast tissues do tend to get dense, therefore, if you were advised you have dense breast tissues, please get what is known as a 3-D mammogram, the imagine is more reliable and can detect any cancers tissues in its early stages.
A 3D Mammogram Screening
This test is used as a breast cancer screening test to look for breast cancer in people with no signs or symptoms of the disease. It can also be used to investigate breast problems, such as a suspicious lump or thickening
For me, I prefer to do a breast exam, when I am in the shower and wet, it makes it so easier to do them with one hand behind the head, akimbo, for me, I usually palpate around the outer breast region closing in a circular manner unto you palpate around the nipple, gently squeeze the nipple to make sure no mucus or bloody discharge.
Here’s what you should look for: Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling If you see any of the following changes, bring them to your doctor’s attention: Dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin A nipple that has changed position or an inverted nipple (pushed inward instead of sticking out) Redness, soreness, rash, or swelling.
The best time to perform a self-exam for breast awareness is usually one week before, and one the week after your period ends. Sit or stand shirtless and braless in front of a mirror with your arms at your sides. To inspect your breasts visually, do the following: lean your ace forward and look for puckering, dimpling, or changes in size, shape, or symmetry.
There is a new blood test on the market can detect the existence of eight common cancers.
The test is what’s called CancerSEEK, this specific blood test detects tiny amounts of DNA and its proteins which is released into the blood stream from prominent cancer cells. This test can then indicate the presence of ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic, esophageal, bowel, lung or breast cancers.
Known as a liquid biopsy, the test is distinctly different to a standard biopsy, where a needle is put into a solid tumor to confirm a cancer diagnosis, CancerSEEK.
Along with cancer detection, the blood test accurately predicted what type of cancer it was in 83% of cases.
Steps To Performing A Self-Brest Exam
Examine Your Breasts in a Mirror With Hands on Hips
Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror with your shoulders straight and your arms on your hips.
Here’s what you should look for when comparing the two
Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color.
Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling.
If you see any of the following changes, bring them to your doctor’s attention, immediately.
Step 2: Raise Arms and Examine Your Breasts Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes.
Step3: Look for Signs of Breast Fluid While you’re at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of one or both nipples (this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or blood).
Step 4: Feel for Breast Lumps While Lying Down
Next, check for breast lumps or abnormalities by feeling your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast, and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few finger pads of your hand, keeping the fingers flat and together. Press down with your fingers and move them in a circular motion that’s about the size of a quarter (or an inch around).
Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side, from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.
Make sure you follow a pattern to be sure that you cover the whole breast. You can begin at the nipple, moving in larger and larger circles until you reach the outer edge of the breast. You can also move your fingers up and down vertically, in rows, as if you were mowing a lawn.
This up-and-down approach seems to work best for most women. Be sure to feel all the tissue from the front to the back of your breasts: for the skin and tissue just beneath, use light pressure; use medium pressure for tissue in the middle of your breasts; use firm pressure for the deep tissue in the back. When you've reached the deep tissue, you should be able to feel down to your ribcage.
Step 5: Feel Your Breasts for Lumps While Standing or Sitting
Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Many women find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in step 4.
More reading on how breast exams
https://wispecialists.com/5-steps-to-perform-a-proper-breast-self-exam/
What to do if you find a breast lump.
If perhaps you do find a lump, do not be alarmed, there are several factors that can contribute, such as lumpy areas in their breasts all the time, and you keep in mind most breast lumps turn out to be benign (meaning not cancerous).
In addition, there are a number of possible factors of palpating non-cancerous breast lumps, including normal hormonal changes, or in lieu of a benign breast condition, or an injury that may have resulted in scar tissue, resting under the surface of those questionable harden lumps.
Also, for mothers who are breast-feeding, the breast nipple will become tender, and some women do succumb to mastitis.
Mastitis can affect women who are breast-feeding (lactation mastitis). However, mastitis can occur in women who aren't breast-feeding and in men as well.
Sometimes mastitis does lead a breastfeeding mother to wean her baby before she intends to. My suggestion is to continue to breast-feed, even while taking an antibiotic to treat the mastitis, it is better for you and the breast milk and its nutrients are always good for the infant.
Make sure you do a breast exam for this month and going forward, if you have not already.
SKC Interim, DON, APRN
In addition, in since, my running crew and I will be running our first 15K, that is always my first run, (The Mini-Heart Marathon) I run that on behalf of anyone who suffers from heart disease, be advised all the new medications, a great prognosis is always favorable, I would say, listen to your Physician/Cardiology Team, and in the mechanics of healing, reflect, allow the process of the temple to perform its miraculous wonders, the body needs rest.
I will live stream up to the starting line, if the weather is permissible.
Susan Komen breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer.
Doing A Self-Breast Exam
Please be aware, I would say the best time to do a monthly self-breast exam is about 5 to 7 days prior to when your menstrual starts.
It is imperial to perform a self-breast exam around the same time each month. Subsequently, take into consideration your breasts are not as tender or lumpy at this time in your monthly cycle.
If you have gone through menopause, do your exam on the same day every month
Get an annual mammogram beginning at the age of 40.
If you carry the genes where you are predisposed to breast cancer or a family history of Breast Cancer, I employ you to always do self-breast exams routinely and a mammogram.
As you get older, breast tissues do tend to get dense, therefore, if you were advised you have dense breast tissues, please get what is known as a 3-D mammogram, the imagine is more reliable and can detect any cancers tissues in its early stages.
A 3D Mammogram Screening
This test is used as a breast cancer screening test to look for breast cancer in people with no signs or symptoms of the disease. It can also be used to investigate breast problems, such as a suspicious lump or thickening
For me, I prefer to do a breast exam, when I am in the shower and wet, it makes it so easier to do them with one hand behind the head, akimbo, for me, I usually palpate around the outer breast region closing in a circular manner unto you palpate around the nipple, gently squeeze the nipple to make sure no mucus or bloody discharge.
Here’s what you should look for: Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling If you see any of the following changes, bring them to your doctor’s attention: Dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin A nipple that has changed position or an inverted nipple (pushed inward instead of sticking out) Redness, soreness, rash, or swelling.
The best time to perform a self-exam for breast awareness is usually one week before, and one the week after your period ends. Sit or stand shirtless and braless in front of a mirror with your arms at your sides. To inspect your breasts visually, do the following: lean your ace forward and look for puckering, dimpling, or changes in size, shape, or symmetry.
There is a new blood test on the market can detect the existence of eight common cancers.
The test is what’s called CancerSEEK, this specific blood test detects tiny amounts of DNA and its proteins which is released into the blood stream from prominent cancer cells. This test can then indicate the presence of ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic, esophageal, bowel, lung or breast cancers.
Known as a liquid biopsy, the test is distinctly different to a standard biopsy, where a needle is put into a solid tumor to confirm a cancer diagnosis, CancerSEEK.
Along with cancer detection, the blood test accurately predicted what type of cancer it was in 83% of cases.
Steps To Performing A Self-Brest Exam
Examine Your Breasts in a Mirror With Hands on Hips
Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror with your shoulders straight and your arms on your hips.
Here’s what you should look for when comparing the two
Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color.
Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling.
If you see any of the following changes, bring them to your doctor’s attention, immediately.
Step 2: Raise Arms and Examine Your Breasts Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes.
Step3: Look for Signs of Breast Fluid While you’re at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of one or both nipples (this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or blood).
Step 4: Feel for Breast Lumps While Lying Down
Next, check for breast lumps or abnormalities by feeling your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast, and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few finger pads of your hand, keeping the fingers flat and together. Press down with your fingers and move them in a circular motion that’s about the size of a quarter (or an inch around).
Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side, from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.
Make sure you follow a pattern to be sure that you cover the whole breast. You can begin at the nipple, moving in larger and larger circles until you reach the outer edge of the breast. You can also move your fingers up and down vertically, in rows, as if you were mowing a lawn.
This up-and-down approach seems to work best for most women. Be sure to feel all the tissue from the front to the back of your breasts: for the skin and tissue just beneath, use light pressure; use medium pressure for tissue in the middle of your breasts; use firm pressure for the deep tissue in the back. When you've reached the deep tissue, you should be able to feel down to your ribcage.
Step 5: Feel Your Breasts for Lumps While Standing or Sitting
Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Many women find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in step 4.
More reading on how breast exams
https://wispecialists.com/5-steps-to-perform-a-proper-breast-self-exam/
What to do if you find a breast lump.
If perhaps you do find a lump, do not be alarmed, there are several factors that can contribute, such as lumpy areas in their breasts all the time, and you keep in mind most breast lumps turn out to be benign (meaning not cancerous).
In addition, there are a number of possible factors of palpating non-cancerous breast lumps, including normal hormonal changes, or in lieu of a benign breast condition, or an injury that may have resulted in scar tissue, resting under the surface of those questionable harden lumps.
Also, for mothers who are breast-feeding, the breast nipple will become tender, and some women do succumb to mastitis.
Mastitis can affect women who are breast-feeding (lactation mastitis). However, mastitis can occur in women who aren't breast-feeding and in men as well.
Sometimes mastitis does lead a breastfeeding mother to wean her baby before she intends to. My suggestion is to continue to breast-feed, even while taking an antibiotic to treat the mastitis, it is better for you and the breast milk and its nutrients are always good for the infant.
Make sure you do a breast exam for this month and going forward, if you have not already.
SKC Interim, DON, APRN
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This, my friend, is very informative for the ladies out, and I hope they do as you ask them to do
Well done
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