Men Suffer Too
Well my father passed away with Male Breast Cancer 2 months ago and I was tested positive for BRCA 1. The most frustrating thing for myself and our family is the lack of awareness and promotion of Male Breast Cancer.
Men suffer no different to women in some cases it's harder for them as Breast Cancer is perceived as a women's only disease, and nearly all facilities cater for women.
As a male it can be difficult and embarrassing due to the lack of knowledge and understanding of the disease.
My father suffered not only with the Breast Cancer, the embarrassment of people not understanding, he had to also suffer knowing he had passed the BRCA 1 gene to myself and possibly to his grand daughters as much as we tried to tell him that we may never have known I had it and now have an awareness, he still could not accept that he had passed it on.
There is virtually no information for men on male breast cancer and very little public understanding and fund raising.
Which to me is surprising - men can carry the BRCA gene and pass this gene on to there children un be known to them.
There needs to be more education on male breast cancer and it effects on males and there family's. If there was more awareness in the public domain maybe we can save more lives!
The awareness for women is phenomenal but the males sit in the shadows unbeknown that most women who carry the BRCA gene may have inherited it from there fathers!
There needs to be more support and funding as men suffer just as much. Why not a Blue Ribbon Day?
