Facts

• Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.

• One woman in eight who lives to age 85 will develop breast cancer during her lifetime.

• Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55.

• Seventy percent of all breast cancers are found through breast self-exams. Not all lumps are detectable by touch. We recommend regular mammograms and monthly breast self-exams.

• Eight out of ten breast lumps are not cancerous. If you find a lump, don't panic-call your doctor for an appointment.

• Mammography is a low-dose X-ray examination that can detect breast cancer up to two years before it is large enough to be felt.

• When breast cancer is found early, the five-year survival rate is 96%. This is good news! Over 2 million breast cancer survivors are alive in America today.

Men we all need to get behind the saving of one, err two, of America’s greatest resources. That’s right –“The Great American Breast”.

Think of where you would be without them.

·         As a child you would have starved

·         They gave you manual dexterity practice at a young age-to this day I can pop open a bra one handed.

·         They have taught us to be politically correct as in “My eyes are up here stupid.”

·         They have helped us improve our mammary-err memory “Ok dummy just what color are my eyes?”

·         They have given us religion, many a man has been heard to say “Oh my God” while in awe.

·         They have helped our peripheral vision. Is there a married man alive that cannot check out every woman that walks by while appearing to pay attention to his wife? Thus avoiding having to hear the “you are such a pig” slam.

·         They provide comfort and solace-there is no better place to rest your weary head when the world is closing in.

So guys encourage your ladies to get that mammogram, in fact help her out with a breast exam. Who knows where that might lead?

DA Grump