breast cancer awareness Archives - Kim Barnes Jefferson

My First Mammogram

kimkb49 — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:38:10 +0000

Seriously, you turn 40 you get this letter

Source -- The Inflamed Spleen

from your doctor that its time to come and get a mammogram. You have no idea what to expect. You know it a good idea to get them to spot breast cancer early (knock on wood they see nothing). But my goodness, NO one tells you what to expect except you’ll feel some pressure on your breast.

I’m here to tell you!

Yes there is pressure, but for the amount of time the technician touched my boobs, she should have left me a tip! She was definitely rolling VIP!

You walk in the room and they open your johnny and then proceed to stretch your boobs into the most unnatural position. Then you have to turn your head in an unnatural position so they don’t get your chin on the film. — Yes this happened to me so we had to do my right boob 2xs. Once they manipulate, yes that is an accurate word, manipulate your boobs the machine comes down and compresses your boob, like a panni. Not sure if I’ll ever look at a panni the same.

Then she gives me the good news, I have very dense breast tissue and the technician who reads the films will probably want me to come back to make sure. AWESOME! When I come back, I’m going to bring some music and invite the technician into the champagne room mammogram lab.

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8 Ways to Prevent Breast Cancer

kimkb49 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:36:27 +0000

I have had a breast cancer scare in October 0f 2008. Two months prior was the happiest time of my life, I had just got in engaged! Then my routine monthly breast exam, I discovered a lump.
I remember sitting down my fiance — now husband — and telling him of my discovery. To help make me laugh, he said you certainly know how to put the vow in sickness and health to the test. He went through the entire process with me holding my hand and telling everything was going to be okay.

Thankfully my lump turned out to me a calcium deposit, and I have a scar on my left breast as a reminder that I should continue to do regular self breast exams, because what if it wasn’t calcium deposit. Below are 8 ways to help prevent breast cancer

Maintain a healthy weight — if you been looking to lose a little weight maybe this is the motivation you need to get started.
Exercise — get moving at least 30-40 minutes/day
Eat your Omegas 3/6/9 — this include nuts, seeds and oily fish.
Get a mammogram — I know it may be uncomfortable and maybe hard to fit into your schedule, but it could save your life.
Regular self exams — doing this could save your breast and your life.
Know your family history — if anyone in your family has had breast cancer, be sure to inform your doctor you maybe genetically predisposed to breast cancer. Once I discovered my lump within the 5 years both my mother and sister discovered calcium deposits. Again better safe than sorry.
Limit alcohol intake — its been found that alcohol may increase the toxins in body that contribute to breast and other cancers. Plus its hard to maintain a healthy weight if you are drinking all of your calories.
Eat fruits and veggies — they contain antioxidant vitamins and nutrients

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Are you over the pink ribbon’

kimkb49 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:20:54 +0000

Have you purchase an item specifically because a portion of the proceeds went to a breast cancer’ According to Cone Research 79 percent of consumers would likely switch to a brand that supports a cause, if all other things are equal. I’ll raise my hand I have done it each year I purchase a lunch bags from Lean Cuisine. The bags are great and I get a ton of compliments on them, and I feel good about buying them because money is going to breast cancer. I look forward to every October so I can get new lunch bags. Well this year Lean Cuisine decided not to do them because they felt with the current economic situation they felt folks wouldn’t be inclined to purchase these lunch bags. Seriously… now more than ever people are bringing their lunch to work and the recycle bag is HUGE! That’s just my humble opinion. This is how I felt until I read an article in last week’s Pink Overload on Yahoo.

Some cancer survivors and patient view October not as breast cancer awareness but breast cancer reminder month and some are outraged that companies are making money off of other pain and suffering. No other cause marketing has been as profitable as breast cancer merchandise.

Did you know that:

a product with a pink ribbon is 74% more profitable than a product that doesn’t have a pink ribbon
the use of the pink ribbon is unregulated
a company can put a pink ribbon on its product just to “raise awareness”
in MA you must give an update of total gross revenue generated from “cause marketing” — many companies don’t (shocking)

I am know that I am in conflict, I had a breast cancer scare and was grateful that it was just a scare and I’m glad that money is being raised for a disease that effects 1 and 8 women for when its not just a scare. So tell me below what you think’

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Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy

kimkb49 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:05:43 +0000

Confession. I am addicted to Lifetime Movies! Okay so now it’s out there.
I have pretty seen them all with the exception of Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy. I watched this weekend and WOW, what a powerful movie. She was only 28 had to make such a radical decision; I think to myself could I be that brave’

When I was 28, I found a lump it turned out to be a calcium deposit, but I certainly was scared to death in the 24 hours before I could see my doctor.

I asked myself, so what would I do if I needed to be brave’ What would you do if you needed to be brave’

Bring your lunch, purchase this awesome Lean Cusine lunch cooler, I have bought one every year for the past 5 years and they’re awesome. The best thing about it is that $5.00 of each bag goes to the Susan G. Komen breast cancer fund.

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