It's My Turn To Fight Cancer

. . .So its October and the world seems to have turned pink from bridges light up with pink lights to chocolate mud cakes with hot pink icing. Well for one thing us got the world talking, if you don't know its breast cancer awareness then you must be dead! But is that really enough to stop cancer in its tracks!  It hasn't worked so far so maybe we need to rethink how we are fighting the disease!

Knowing is simply not enough we as individuals have to fight against cancer. Look and feeling isn't always 100% accruicate. What is right for me is not going to work for you. This fight is personal!

We need women to understand their personal risk factor for cancer. This requires having honest, straightforward conversation with family members and fining out what the family's history is including the men.

                                                         Angela Smith

Every woman needs to develop a person 'action plan' to fight against cancer with her GP. The proactive attitude towards cancer should just be about means early direction. We can take steps to stop ourselves from even developing cancer, such as diet and exercise, argues Angela Smith.We all 'know' lifestyle habits that increase the risk of developing cancer and now we have blood test that can detect family genes that will indicate if you are at increases risk of breast or ovarian cancer. I encourage you to contact Pink Hope if you have a history of cancer in your family. 

In the course of developing, researching and writing this blog I have discovered that in many cases we are being held captive by the fear of developing cancer. We do not need to live under this captivity, we can be proactive about caring for our bodies as women. 

Chose today not to live under captivity, talk to your doctor about developing a personal flight plan in your fight to defeat cancer. October's the prefect opportunity to  be talking to your family and doctor to ensure you got the best plan of attack for for body to defeat cancer.

Come on! Fight Like A Girl!  

Adapted from My Turn: breast cancer fight should move beyond awareness (Angela Smith)