We don’t know their stories

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Amy Winehouse

I thought that while growing up, we used to watched a lot of fairy tales while growing up and they all had the conclusion that life ends with a happily ever after slogan.

We realise when we much older, that it is a made believe fantasy. While reality is a total contradiction and very often more hush then what is portrayed in fairy tales, because we get to live the experience. No one writes our lives for us because it is not a movie nor is it a book, it has no director or script writer who plans out the next scene or the next chapter in the book. For a lot of celebrities this seems to be the opposite, because the media portrays celebrities life as role models, but are waiting to report on any thing wrong they do. Life is a sheer experience filled laughter, tears, hardships, achievements, joy, fear and everything else that which comes with our day to day living and it happens to the best of us, forcing celebrities to be more responsible with what they do in public or in private.

Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston and Vinolia Mashego are some of the celebrities who were in tabloid media, because of their drug abuse addiction which led to Amy and Whitney’s death and allegedly Vinolia’s financial difficulty. In a documentary on Vinolia’s life on SABC in January she mentioned that she turned to drugs because it made her feel good about certain issues and pressures in her life. Thus one thing led to another and eventually she had lost everything, read more where they talked and commented on how she got in the situation that she is. When I read the article and the comments I felt that it was based on ignorance with no relevant facts of what is being said about her experience and with no evidence, but rather based on what the writer heard. I would like you to follow the link to read it and see readers misunderstanding of the concept ‘Networking’ and the comparisons of celebrities who are not in the same stages of the entertainment or financial stability as it is more than decades ago.  Normal individuals every day people go through the same issues, such as stress, depression, anxiety and other pressures of life leading others to fall into situations like drug and alcohol abuse, financial strain or eating disorders. The only difference is the celebrities’ lives are given more public attention by the media and normal individuals don’t get as much public attention because it is in a much smaller context.  It made me think do we really know celebrities or do we think we know half their story.

Celebrities are humans just like each one of us, why do we treat them differently, do we writing their lives just like script writes or directors. How do we contribute to what they do?

Early detection of breast cancer

If breast cancer is detected early , there a more treatment options and a beter survival chance.

One out of 29 women in South Africa will be diagnosed with breast cancer examine your breasts regularly and go for a mammogram (a special x-ray to detect lumps in the breast).There is very little media attention regarding the awareness and education of self-examination. Most of these awareness campaigns are created by Non Profit Organisations (NPO's) and charities, however if we get the media to participate in the Pink Ocktober, these NPO's and charities would be educating and informing citizens am a large scale. The media is doing what they can to promote this campaign but more will be better.

Clinical breast examinations are available at  CANSA's mobile health units and care centres country wide. According to CANSA Brease Self- Examination (BSE) should be done one a month during ovulation. They also included that you should know how your breast normally look and feel, many women have a pattern of lumpiness in their breast which can be normal.


They give  you instructions on HOW TO DO A BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION IN 3 EASY STEPS read more....

1. In the mirror



In front of a mirror, check for any changes in the normal look amd feel of your breast,

such as dimpling, size difference and nipple discharge.

 

2. Lying Down



Lie on your back with a pillow under your rigth shoulder and your right hand under your

head. with the four fingers if your left hand make small circular motions, follow an up and down pattern over your entire breast.

3. While bathing


With your arm raised, check your right breast with a soapy left hand and fingers flat using the method described under step number 2 "Lying down"  and repeat on the left side.

 

 

I have examined myself, have you?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed types of cancer in women and the second-leading cause of death in women. 







 

October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness month and for many, this means it is time to get involved and fight for a cure. Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is an annual international health campaign organised by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

 

The campaign includes information and support to those affected by breast cancer. Breast cancer does not discriminate, women need to know that it is important to get screened,”  says Mary-Kathryn Walker, associate director of communications and marketing for the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society .

 

Am all for figthing breast cancer and pracitipate in various campaigns around the awareness and celebration of survivers, where it is to create awareness or celebrating surivers. A few years ago I went for a screening just to make sure am on the save side, after I found a lump on my right breast. I felt the need to do so, because it is beter to treat the cause early, because ultimately there is still no cure for this deardfull disease. My initial problem with this campaign it that it is ONLY LIMITED to a single month out of twelve to create awareness about a disease where over 3,450 women in Alabama are diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, and over 710 will die from the disease, according to Mary-Kathryn Walker. At the time I went for the screening, I read on a pamphelt at Helen Josphes Hospital that the diagnosis had dropped from to age of 35 to the ages under 25, the media should create more awareness regarding the breast cancer because many women die from this disease because it is not detected early.

 

Breast Cancer:

 

1 in 29 women in South Africa will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Many breast lumps are harmless, but they should all be checked. It is important to examine your breasts regularly and if you are over 40, to go for a mammogram (a special x-ray to detect lumps in the breast). Read more about the Donna Glove Breast Lump Detector.
 
 
Symptoms include the folowing: 

• Difference in size breasts |
• Lumps 
• Unusual swellings 
• Puckering of the skin |
• Sores 
• Pain 
•  Discharges

If you have these symptoms go to a health professional without delay.