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littlecatsfeet
littlecatsfeet Member Posts: 87
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

Wow! Crazy layout! (I haven't been here in a while!)

Good to see a lot of familiar names here - and so sad to see so many new ones Frown

I am casting my line into this huge pool of knowledge for some good advice:

I will be speaking tonight at a Colleges Against Cancer kickoff meeting (something that seems to be a yearly thing for me now), and I wanted to know: what is the one thing you would want to pass on to these students?  About a third of them have had experience with cancer (either within their families or personally), the rest are young men and women who want to get the word out.  I focus on SBE, and try to drum it in their heads that they should be doing it NOW, so that they'll be so familiar with 'the landscape' that they'll know when something doesn't feel quite right.

I'm letting them know about all of you and breastcancer.org, and what you've done for me and my journey :-) after everything I've been through no piece of information is too silly or unimportant!

Thank you in advance!

Leslie

Life is STILL good! 

 

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  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 6,162
    edited October 2007

    Yes things are different around here, everything went crazy in July and it is just now getting back to somewhat normal.  Several stopped posting during the change to the new format until several problems were ironed out.

    Glad you are working with the college age people about BC awareness.

    Sheila

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  • NoH8
    NoH8 Member Posts: 2,726
    edited October 2007

    Breast self exams

    Being proactive about their healthcare

    Seeking a 2nd opinion if they don't feel their dr is taking them seriously.

    Good luck!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2007

    Hey girl! So glad to see ya here...and for a good reason! I'd stress that in order to make as sure as possible that you live as long as possible, each person must see themselves as guardians of their own bodies and take individual responsibility for maintaining their own best health. That goes for those who never get cancer and those who do! If everyone does that, cancers will rarely be detected when 'it's too late.'

    ~Marin

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  • Shirlann
    Shirlann Member Posts: 3,302
    edited October 2007

    I'm with Fitchik, the days of sitting around depending on anyone, let alone the medical profession to keep you healthy is not a very good idea.  Learn all you can, and I like to emphasis when I talk, the importance of vigilance if you have a whole lot of ANY kind of cancer in your family.   Not that much that can be done, but pap smears, colonoscopies, mammo's, PSA tests for the men, this we can all do.

    Hugs, Shirlann

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  • roseg
    roseg Member Posts: 3,133
    edited October 2007

    I hate to be so non-cancer, but I think encouraging them to seek out health coverage after graduation is worth mentioning.

    Just because you are young doesn't mean that nothing bad will happen to you.

    With the economy and the government the way it is it's hard to tell what will happen, but sticking to their studies, going for a good job, and making sure they have some kind of coverage so if the unthinkable happens is always a good idea. 

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