October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) reminds women that early detection of breast cancer via regularly scheduled exams offers the best chance for survival. It’s that time of year, when you see pink ribbons and products everywhere, hear stories of women (and some men) living with breast cancer, celebrate the survivors, and remember those we’ve lost.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

”Particularly in October, when there is so much focus on breast cancer awareness, I want to share with all of the other families out there, a personal experience about how breast cancer affected me and my life,” Wilson explains. “I don’t pretend to know what it is like to have cancer, but I consider myself a survivor because I watched it tear my life apart. My perspective is for all of the other spouses, sons and daughters, who deal with this disease when it moves into their lives.”

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It’s hard not to meet someone who has been affected by breast cancer. It is a prevalent, horrible disease that sneaks and attacks without warning, without repentance. It is very important that a cure is found and found FAST. Having known all but first hand the difficulties of the disease, it’s our sincerest hopes that people (including us) do everything we can this month and every one after to help find a way to end the suffering for our sisters.

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