I don't believe it.
Recently diagnosed with dcis I contacted my daughter to check when she last went for a mammogram as it was she was booked in for the following week. Then I rang my sister to ask when her last one was ...
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At the end of the day all we can do is educate.
Before I had breast cancer...I held a girls night in...but we had it as afternoon event as some older ladies were invited.
My sister and I created games...snakes and ladders....when you landed on a square a health question was asked and you went up and down depending on the health choices you made.
We had pin the tattas on margs boobies. And i had ladies health information brochures with phone numbers etc. I lit a candle for my sister that died of bc...and many ladies asked me about health stuff they never asked their Drs.
I've also tried to do an education session at a staff meeting ...well a reminder in pink October and had a prickly response....well until I was diagnosed. My fellow work mates were lining up having mammograms that year.
At the end of the day it's their choice. All we can do is educate and have info to hand out...you can offer to be a support person. ..but it's still a personal choice. My Sister in law died needlessly of uterine cancer as she chose to never have anything checked. A mistake her daughter will never make.
Before I had breast cancer...I held a girls night in...but we had it as afternoon event as some older ladies were invited.
My sister and I created games...snakes and ladders....when you landed on a square a health question was asked and you went up and down depending on the health choices you made.
We had pin the tattas on margs boobies. And i had ladies health information brochures with phone numbers etc. I lit a candle for my sister that died of bc...and many ladies asked me about health stuff they never asked their Drs.
I've also tried to do an education session at a staff meeting ...well a reminder in pink October and had a prickly response....well until I was diagnosed. My fellow work mates were lining up having mammograms that year.
At the end of the day it's their choice. All we can do is educate and have info to hand out...you can offer to be a support person. ..but it's still a personal choice. My Sister in law died needlessly of uterine cancer as she chose to never have anything checked. A mistake her daughter will never make.