Health & Fitness

Breast Cancer

Health & Fitness

Posted by: macmelton

14th Jan 2013 11:23am

My wife died in 2010 of breast cancer and I tried thru your forum to impress on the women of Australia the need to have breast examination self and thru their doctor. My wife died a terrible death and I would not like to see any other women go thru what my wife went thru. I was there when she died and it broke my heart.
Examine your breasts and go to your doctor to make sure. Don't go thru what she went thru and your husband will go thru it is a terrible time


Comments 4

Kris
  • 17th Jun 2013 12:30pm

One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 85 (source:http://canceraustralia.gov.au/)

Early detection is the key to increase chance of surviving. It is so important for people over 50 to get their free mammogram, but for those under 50, even young women it is important to be doing self checks, and pressing their Doctor for further investigation if they feel something isn't right.
For many young women a mammogram isn't an option due to the density of the breast tissue, however, an ultrasound can be used.

Thank you macmelton for sharing your story in an effort to help others. I hope you remember you wife for what she was before the Cancer. Remember there is also support for you if you need it, for example Breast Cancer Network Australia http://www.bcna.org.au/

macmelton
  • 17th Jun 2013 02:32pm
One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 85 (source:http://canceraustralia.gov.au/)

Early detection is the key to increase chance of surviving....

Thanks Kris for the support you and the other ladies who posted. In forums like this one helps to get the word out and make people understand that it could be me next. If we help and support other people we may be able to beat this cancer one day soon. If you see a person collecting put a gold coin in the tin every $ helps.

Anonymous
  • 26th Mar 2013 12:28am

I am very sorry for your loss. I couldn't imagine how emotionally scarred and heart broken you must be. I absolutely agree. Prevention and education is the key to combating these diseaes. Both my mother and grandmother had breast cancer at young ages so I understand the importance of regularly performing self breast examinations. Women of a certain age (50 years old I think) receive a free Mammogram second yearly in Australia. Mammograms can detect breast lumps as small as a grain of sand and prevent the further development of the cancer. My mother has impressed upon me the need of maintaining regular female health checks on myself and as a health care professional I provide education and information to all my clients encouraging them to do the same.

This is similar to other cancers that can been screened and if detected early can be cured and managed to prevent further development, for example prostate and bowel cancer.
Thank you for you story and having the voice to share it. I think it is important for people to hear about the awfulness of diseases and they impact they have on the person and their family.

phoenix555
  • 22nd Mar 2013 05:59pm

Hi - it's very thoughtful of you to post this earlier, and yes, a very necessary check for us all, even men. There was an Australian actress who recently had a lump found, but only via the BreastScreen scans, and there was no lump felt by her, her husband or her doctor, so it emphasises that we all need to do complete and regular checks / checkups.

I hope the pain - but not the memories - are fading a little more for you now :(

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