Inflammatory Breast Cancer, In The Know
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Recently I received an email about a form of breast cancer, which you may not have heard about. Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is a little known form of breast cancer that is very aggressive and does not appear as a lump, but instead as an infection in the breasts. Usually not detected by a mammogram or an ultrasound, it can go undiagnosed for long periods of time.
The symptoms of IBC can be similar to that of other breasts infections, in which case antibiotics are usually prescribed. If you have a breast infection and antibiotics are not effective within a week, you should ask your doctor to perform a biopsy or get a referral to a breast specialist.
As women, having the knowledge and the tools to enable others to heal us is very important. Likewise, sharing what we know with other women gives us an opportunity to diagnose a condition in time to reverse it’s effects and save a life. If you would like to find out more about IBC and help spread the word among the public about this little known and deadly form of breast cancer, please visit RememberingElaine.org. This touching website is dedicated to the purpose of raising consciousness about inflammatory breast cancer. Simply by raising the level of awareness you could impact hundreds of lives. Share with a friend, spread the word, and help create a healthy and happy future for every women and everyone in our lives.
(Image Courtesy RememberingElaine.org)
Related Sites
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Association
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Pink Awareness
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I’ve just purchased my favorite new item, a lite pink drink tumbler, at The Coffee Bean. I love the color and when I first saw it, it made me feel so feminine. Taking a closer look I realized that it was not only pretty, but also it served a noble and purposeful cause, my favorite combination. For each tumbler purchased The Coffee Bean will donate a portion of the profits to the National Beast Cancer Foundation. How much better could you get? Look pretty, support a cause that affects all of us in some way or another and keep present in our minds that making a difference every day matters. If you don’t already have one, get one, or if you don’t like pink, buy a present for someone who does. Sadly for those of you in New York and a few other forlorn states, you don’t have a coffee bean, no worries! Buy it on line: coffeebean.com.
To support this cause further go to the Breast Cancer Site at thebreastcancersite.com. On this site there is a pink button, for every click on this button the National Breast Cancer Foundation will make a donation to help underprivileged woman receive mammograms. You can even have the website send you a reminder to click every day. Just go to “click reminders” on the sidebar and sign up. Check out the rest of this website too, tons of ways to support and make a difference.
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