What’s it like to be a guy with breast cancer?
traveltext
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Thanks for sharing @traveltext. Shall check it out.1
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Congratulations Rod ( @traveltext ) on another great interview highlighting the need for more awareness of breast cancer in men. You guys have it so much harder than us women, we are expected to get it where you have to fight for any form of investigation. Hopefully the interview will be picked up by media here.2
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It's a great interview @traveltext. You are really doing a great job highlighting bc in men. Congratulations1
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Well done @traveltext ... as you say, knowledge is power.
Sadly one of my uke lady's husband was misdiagnosed and by the time he was correctly diagnosed as BC, sadly, he passed away a year later
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That's dreadful news @arpieI'm just writing an article on the paucity of research on bc men and, unfortunately, Ive discovered their prognosis is around 20 percent worse than that for women in all Stages of the disease. This is often because of late diagnosis, which is due to the lack of community awareness that the disease is genderless. If men or their doctors aren't reinforced to be on the lookout for symptoms, what hope is there for an early diagnosis?Each October I ask @BCNA to put a spot of blue on their logo to help get the message out. While they have improved the information and on this website, and generously made promotions with men in their promos, I really want them to go this step further.5
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If it was his testicles or prostate - I am sure they would have taken it further - but as it was his 'upper chest/breast' .... He was told his lump was nothing to worry about, so he didn't. No ultrasound, biopsy or nothing, til it was too late & it had already metastasised ...
We definitely need some blue on the logo ..... someone put up a suggestion for a logo a while back - that incorporated blue trousers as well as the skirt - it was quite clever. Not sure where I saw it tho!
Here was one suggestion ....
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My sister in laws brother also died due to lack of diagnosis. He kept going back to the doctor with the lump in his breast and the dr refused to consider bc. His also metastasised before they found it. sadly, he also died.3
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Sorry to hear this @Blossom196. I really wish the charities made more effort is raising awareness of the genderless nature of breast cancer.1
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Yep, @arpie you've nailed it.0
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Thanks for sharing your fabulous interview @traveltext.
Also take on board the feedback of the continued need for awareness through BCNA and will feed this back to the rest of the team.2 -
I know the marketing mantra is when you are on a good thing, stick to it, but perhaps some thought might be given, next year, to a campaign that highlights that breast cancer affects all sorts of people, male, female, young, old, in-between, parents, grandparents and so on. ‘Buns’ in the US means buttocks, not really what we are on about, and I find that ‘buns’ seems to emphasise the sexual desirability of female breasts (not male) rather than the disease! ‘Hundreds and thousands’, on buns, or cupcakes, might give more colour diversity and highlight the sheer number of people affected. I appreciate that I’m in the minority, not liking the pink bun campaign much, but it does perpetuate the ‘women only’ myth. Regards.1
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Great comments here. All efforts to promote the genderless nature of this disease are welcome. Pink everywhere, including on buns, does nothing but reinforce stereotypes.3
