You get what you get
when you get them
This is what Clair Huxtable tells
to her daughter Rudy Huxtable in the Cosby Show. It is the end of summer and
Rudy has to go to school. She feels bad that she is still a young girl, because
her breasts haven’t come yet. Rudy feels that she will be ridiculed by her
class boys. One of her friends brings a bust enhancer cream that promises to guarantee
results in just two days. Rudy asks Clair if she can excuse herself for 48
hours from school. Clair and her husband Bill Cosby dig deep into why she needs
the 48 hour break. When they come know the cream, they had to force themselves to stop
laughing and explain to her that it does not work that way.
Cosby tells to Rudy, ‘You can as well put mayonnaise on your
chest and get the same results’.
Clair explains to Rudy, ‘Growing up to be a woman is a natural
biological process and you cannot speed it up. You get what you get when you get
them’
Ruby obliges and decides to go to
school.
October is the breast cancer
awareness month and I could not get this story out of my mind whenever I saw the pink
ribbon in my e-mails. In my company, we do a human formation of the pink
ribbon and wear a pink colored dress on one of the days in October to show our support for the cause.
I told one of my friends, ‘Tomorrow is a
breast cancer awareness day in my company’
She asked, ‘What are you going to
do?’
‘We are going to make a human
formation’
‘Of the br…?’
‘No silly of the pink ribbon’
The pink ribbon is the symbol of
breast cancer awareness not the breasts.
I also wondered what this big ado about breast cancer is. I have heard about the campaigns in the U.S., I did not know that in India as well, we are having such awareness sessions. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has concluded that over the past two decades, there is a steep rise in the number of breast cancer cases in India. As a matter of fact, breast cancer has been declared the most common form of cancer in India, surpassing cervical cancer. In metropolitan cities almost 1 in 20 women are suffering from breast cancer and Bangalore is the breast cancer capital of India. Now, I am glad that I am aware of this malignant disease. More statistics regarding breast cancer can be found at this website - http://www.breastcancerindia.net/bc/statistics/trends.htm
Early detection of breast cancer
can save lives. Medical professionals recommend self examination of the breasts
in the ages of 25 to 30, clinical breast examination after 30 and Mammography
after 40, once in every 1-2 years. Mammography is a diagnostic and screening
tool to examine the breasts and detect lumps or microcalcificatoins (coarse
calcium deposits) in the breasts. Mammography is a non-intrusive procedure,
there is only some discomfort. About 70 % of the unscreened women succumbed to
breast cancer, whereas only 30 % of the screened women became victims of breast
cancer. Mammography does save lives.
(http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865587620/Research-points-to-lives-saved-by-regular-mammography-screening.html).
(http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865587620/Research-points-to-lives-saved-by-regular-mammography-screening.html).
Women as well as men love boobs.
It is time to take a stand and detect this demon early, for a long healthy
life.
All images from google images
I have come across certain people saying that any diagnostic techniques like FNAC and other techniques which are minimally invasive when adopted for diagnosis, give rise to tumours in non-cancerous patients, attributed to the fact that it causes certain magnitude of irritation to the tissue during and after the procedure. May be one must be cautious before choosing for such techniques.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Nischala.
ReplyDeleteFNAC (fine needle aspiration cytology) is done only when there is a tumor. A fine needle is passed into the tumor and cells are aspirated and studied under microscope to detect any signs of malignancy. It is perfectly safe procedure. Caution is exercised if any procedure involves exposure to radiation. Mammography helps in early diagnosis of breast cancer.
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