Recently learned, Interesting and Important:
Recent published data supports the link between breast cancer and melanoma. Alarmingly, the diagnosis of one of these could lead to a four fold increase in the risk of the other. According to The Skin Cancer Foundation International Advisory Council, women with a history of breast cancer have up to a 2.7 times higher risk of melanoma diagnosis. Conversely, a woman with a melanoma diagnosis faces a 1.4 times higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Please visit skincancer.org for more information and details. Then, do a self exam, apply more sunscreen and tell someone you love to do the same.
According to www.cancer.org, approximately 1 in 3 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. I vaguely recall seeing a shirt with that statistic on it around the time of my husband’ diagnosis. I also remember seeing that it said “The other two will love someone diagnosed with cancer.” This math unfortunately works in my family. (My gratitude to the anonymous creator of that shirt.)
According to multiple websites, including www.planetcancer.org, approximately 70,000 young people under the age of 40 will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Think of that: those 1 in 3 people are husbands and wives, daughters and sons, brothers and sisters, friends, coworkers and parents to young children. they will face obligations like mortgages, insurance coverage, job retention and college educations. They will have cancer invade their lives physically, emotionally, financially and socially.
And the other who of the 3 will love them and likewise be invaded.