The Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-05-10, Page 30Just For the
Health Of 11
Iy Sheryl Feagan
Health Education Consultant
Huron County Health. Unit
Do you examine your breasts
monthly for a lump or other changes
which might suggest cancer? If you
haven't up until .now, it's time you
acquired the most important health
habit of your life.
Breast cancer is the number one
cancer killer of Canadian women. It
doesn't have to be! When found
early and treated promptly, breast
cancer has an excellent chance for
cure.
Breast cancers can be discovered
most easily and earlier by women
themselves. The examination takes
10 minutes and is simple to do. Call
the Huron County Health Unit — 524- `
8301 — for an easy -to -follow in-
struction sheet.
You should inspect your breasts
every month, about a week after the
start of your menstrual period. This
is when they are least swollen and
easiest to examine. If you are no
longer menstruating, choose any
day of the month that is convenient,
but be sure to check yourself on that
day every month.
Of course, you should still see your
doctor every six months to a year,
but since breast cancers can start
and develop within a very short
period of time, your own monthly
examination is still your best.
defence.
Many women who know about
breast self-examination and its
benefits still do not do it. Some say
they do not feel confident enough
about doing the examination right.
Others feel it would make them
worry needlessly, but the very
purpose of breast self-examination
is to relieve you from ever having to
worry again.
Each month you'll know that
nothing is wrong. And if you should
find a questionable development,
don't be frightened! The majority of
lumps women find in their breasts
are non -cancerous. However, make
an appointment with your doctor as
soon as possible and find out for
certain.
Facts You Should Know
Not all swellings or changes are
cancerous. In fact, most are not.
-Menstruation or hormonal im-
balance can commonly cause
swellings that are not true lumps.
They are normal and just as they
appear, they may disappear without
a trace.
--If your breasts are larger than
average, you may feel a. thickening
underneath, in the shape of a . half
moon. This is normal supportive
tissue developed by the body.
Consult your physician if you have
any questions.
--Thin women often have
prominent ribs. Can you feel yours?
You can identify them by their
connectiPin to the breast bone. Ribs
are sometimes mistaken for
swellings.
--Even lumps that are true lumps
are usually not malignant. From 65
to 80 per cent of all breast biopsies
prove benign (not cancerous) .
--Some women have breasts which
are naturally lumpy or nodular.
Such breasts are difficult for women
to examine themselves. They may
do better leaving it to their doctors,
who know the landmarks of the
breast and can determine what is
abnormal. Talk it over with your
doctor If your breasts are of this
kind.
--If other women in your family
have had breast cancer — or if you
have a history of cysts in the breast
— your chances are greater of
developing cancer, all the more
reason for examining yourself
regularly.
Breast self-examination is the best
defence we have against breast
cancer, and breast cancer is the
number one cancer killer of women.
Practise this life-saving habit
regularly!
Reference: Canadian Cancer
Society and "Breast Self -
Examination" by Lederle.
Public meeting for master
recreation plan is May 26
The first public meeting on the
Wingham and area recreation
master plan project will be held
Thursday, May 26 at the Wingham
Armouries.
The recreation master plan will
guide the development of activities,
programs, facilities and parks in the
area for the next five years. It will
recommend:
—What new "facilities are
tired.
-Which existing facilities should
be upgraded or improved.
—Which leisure activities should
be provided in the future
—What new parks should be de-
veloped or how to improve or expand
existing parks.
The master plan will also determ-
ine how the municipality can help
community recreational groups and
residents increase their enjoyment
of leisure and the quality of life in
the community.
The May 26 meeting will start at 8
p.m. and provides an opportunity for
area residents to meet the consult-
ants preparing the plan as well as
find out how they can participate in
the planning process.
Toward the end of May and the
first week of June every household
in the study area -- which includes
Wingham and the Townships of Mor-
ris, East Wawanosh and Turnberry
— will receive a community survey
asking residents to identify their
present use of facilities and parks,
•
participation in recreational ac-
tivities, recreational activities in
which they would like to participate
in the future, and their opinion of the
relative importance of a range of
recreational issues.
Further information on the meet-
ing is available from Wingham
Recreation Director Rennie Alex-
ander.
WINS .THE GOLD — Craig King -
of the Madill track and field team
won the gold medal in the Midget
boys' discus at the recent Med-
way meet held at London. (Madill
Mirror Photb)
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION was held recently at the East Wawanosh Public School. Principal Ken
Scott estimates 30 children will attend Kindergarten at the school this fall, meaning the class must be
split in two. for the first time in several years.
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