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BreastBuddies HOSTS FIRST FUNDRAISING EVENT!

~ CENTURION ~
This Morning Tea will be taking place at Kleinkaap, Centurion on 3 October '09.
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~ CAPE TOWN ~
This Afternoon Tea will be taking place at Edgemead Primary School,  Edgemead on 31 October 2009.
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BB Babba is born!


BreastBuddies WC is raffling a
Build-A-Bear to the value of R200
to raise funds. Tickets @ R10 each. The draw takes place on Saturday
19 September 2009.


Thank you to the Build-A-Bear Warehouse for donating our babba. Her Bandana and T-shirt were specially made for this raffle. 

Contact: lindika@breastbuddies.co.za

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BB fundraising
BreastBuddies raising funds...
BLIKSKUD in Centurion!!!


 Pink Party
  BreastBuddies hosting the PinkParty at a restaurant in Pta East to raise funds!!
Thank you to the public for their support
, 29 Aug '09
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BreastBuddie  WINNERS!!

Winners of the Jenna Clifford raffle Martina Nel from Cape Town and Christo Pretorius from Midrand

Winner, André from East London, of the Braai raffle at the PinkParty. In the photo with him is Laurika Daffue.

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Article on founder and creator of BreastBuddies


featured on workhouse.co.za
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 WELCOME
 
BreastBuddies has been specially put together for all breast cancer patients and the persons close to them. May this site offer invaluable information and support to all its users.

Coping patterns are as individual as each person themselves. The amount and type of information a woman wants after being diagnosed are different. Here you can find all the essential information regarding breast cancer.
BreastBuddies offers a local community forum where patients, family members and friends will find support and answers. The forum is a safe place where you can open your heart, share your ups and downs, or just read up on experiences, even when you don't feel or look your best.

An important aspect of fighting this unseen enemy is to realize that you and your loved ones will experience grief. Loss is a close relative of cancer – the loss of a breast, loss of control, loss of time and energy. Understanding your treatment and feelings can help give back a sense of control. As you gain more knowledge of what is happening to you and why, you can face the changes that the disease brings and emotional healing can begin.

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It is important to create awareness and educate women (of all ages) on breast cancer and the different types and stages of the disease.
Lately more and more young woman, in their 20’s and early 30’s, are being diagnosed. High-risk individuals are women over the age of 40, women with a personal history of breast cancer and those who have a family history of breast cancer.

Women should develop a routine and do monthly self-examination for lumps and changes in their breasts. If anything unusual is detected they should consult a medical practitioner immediately. Breast cancer is most treatable in the early stages and chances of survival are high.

REMEMBER
·    breast cancer usually presents as a lump in the breast that is painless
·    nine out of ten breast lumps are benign and not cancer
·    cancer of the breast is today a curable disease if detected and treated early
·    it is not difficult to examine your own breasts

Breast self examination (BSE) is to be performed each month in addition to an annual mammogram or a clinical exam. Knowing your cyclical changes, what is normal for you, and what regular monthly changes in the breast feel like is the best way to keep an eye on your breast health. Breast tissue extends from under your nipple and areola up toward your armpit.

------------ Your Monthly Breast Self-Examination Guide: STEP BY STEP -----------

 

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 15 minutes a month

What You Need:  
·         A mirror which lets you see both breasts
·         Privacy

What to look out for
·         A lump (varying in size from a marble to a tennis ball)
·         Puckering, tethering or dimpling of the skin.
      Puckering is where a cancer may invade the overlying skin and pulls it inwards. Tethering is where a cancer
      may be attached to the overlying skin, when you move the lump, the skin “pulls inwards”. Dimpling is where a
      cancer invades the ligaments of Cooper, causing a malignant fibrosis and contraction
      of the ligament, the lump is not as close to the skin as in above but this also pulls the skin inwards
·      Inversion or retraction of the nipple
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Eczema of the nipple
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Enlargement of the nodes in the axilla or in the neck above the collar bone
·        Enlargement of one breast
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Enlargement of one arm
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A discharge from the nipple
·        
Skin ulcer


 
 
 
 
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