Marlene Macbeth (Sapphic Affairs Correspondent) I'm just back from the hospital, via a local hostelry, where my RL partner and I enjoyed a long and liquid lunch to celebrate the fact that I am cancer free. Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues throughout October. Please do all you can to support it, and be sure that you educate yourself about it. In the UK, 48,000 were diagnosed with it last year. 12,000 died from it (although be aware there is no direct correlation between the two figures in any one year). While the figures demonstrate just how 'curable' it is, early detection and treatment are key. In America, for example, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with it. Most will survive it but, again, the key is in early detection, checking for lumps, attending mammogram clinics when requested to do so and so on.
Tonight I shall celebrate my survival, first-rate medical care and early detection. Please ensure you, or those close to you (we all seem to know someone who has suffered it, or lost someone to it) support fund raising to ensure early detection and treatment continues and improves. Thank you.
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