Octobre Rose events

[mint]

Alas, not numerous as in previous years and I see only pink ribbons and no announcements of walks or lunches or anything else to raise either money or awareness.

Here is an article that you may be interested in:

[url]https://www.sudouest.fr/2020/10/24/cancer-du-sein-axel-kahn-lance-un-cri-d-alarme-pour-inciter-au-depistage-8000781-4696.php[/url]

More than interest, I urge everyone to take note and maybe have that screening test?

[NormanH]

I second your point about having cancer screening.

Both of mine were caught early thanks to that, as was the secondary one.

For men, have regular PSA blood tests to see if the level changes, (for Prostate cancer), and for both sexes do that one they send out for bowel cancer to see if there is any blood in the stools.

Neither of those is embarrasing or painful..

[Judith-aka-Judith]

Sadly there was no screening test for the one I'm fighting at the mo, not helped that it's manifestation was anything but typical and fooled the doctors for more than 2 years! But yes, I do the screenings that I am called for ...