OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH:
We're asking women 50-69, who are of average risk* for breast cancer, to fight back against the disease and join the Thingamaboob ‘Pass it on’ movement by committing to get a mammogram every two years and to pass on the life-saving message that mammograms save lives!
The Canadian Cancer Society Thingamaboob has a funny name, but it delivers a serious message by showing hands-on how important mammograms are in detecting breast cancer early when it’s most treatable.
Made of pretty pink beads, the Thingamaboob shows the various sized lumps that can be detected through:
-regular mammograms
-a first mammogram
-a physical exam by a healthcare professional
-checking your breasts
Regular mammography is the method that finds the smallest lump, about the size of an apple seed, while the average size lump found by women checking their breasts is the approximate size of a cherry tomato. While not every lump is cancerous, a woman's risk of getting breast cancer increases after the age of 50.
xoxo RitzyNina
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