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Less than a week to go and are we excited... oh hell yes! Why??
It's time for our Whisky Walking Weekend hence the www.
We're dumping the rugrats on the Daddies and we're off for a girly weekend tramping round Scotland's tropical Isle ostensibly to train for the Moonwalk... oh who are we kidding? We're off on a freedom ride to Whisky World. Point of interest - have you ever noticed how Walt Disney sounds remarkably like Malt Whisky?
Now obviously, as we are raising awareness of Breast Cancer and the ways it can be detected or even to some extent avoided, we have to point out that alcohol is a known risk factor. With that in mind we are clearly not going to be silly about this. Everything in moderation, as my Gran was always fond of saying. So we will be considering the potential hazards of over indulgence and imbibing only on what is medically necessary to anaesthetise our poor, aching, blistered feet. We will have a moderate amount of Bruichladdich, a moderate amount of Laphroaig, a moderate.... you get the picture.
So we had another 9k stroll around Broadwood in the rain this morning where we discussed the mutual humiliation experienced at our respective job interviews through the week before getting down to the business of planning the minutiae of next weeks jolly. After our interviews we were both in need of some retail therapy to ease our stress with the result Red has invested in some new trainers and I in a pair of lightweight breeks that fold into their own pocket for traveling. Unfortunately they don't iron themselves when they emerge from said pocket but what did I expect for £40?
2 comments:
Breast Cancer charities
Common Breast Cancer Myths
The first myth pertaining to this disease is that it only affects women.
Second myth that is associated with this disease is that if one has found a lump during an examination, it is cancer.
Third is that it is solely hereditary
The next myth associated with breast cancer is downright ridiculous. Would you believe, that in this day and age, some individuals still think that breast cancer is contagious?
Conversely, some individuals foolishly believe that breast size determines whether or not one gets cancer.
Finally, another myth that is associated with this disease is that it only affects older people. This is not so. Although the chance of getting breast cancer increases with age, women as young as 18 have been diagnosed with the disease.
You can find a number of helpful informative articles on Breast Cancer charities at breast-cancer1.com
Breast Cancer charities
In reply to the above comment by Vanita - yes, I would agree that most of the myths you mention are indeed still persistant and thank you for visiting the blog and leaving a comment.
However,I need to say for the benefit of other readers, that I have had a look at some of the articles in the link that you sent and am concerned that several of them relate to information which has not been rigorously scientifically proven or in some cases, discredited. Some of the articles have been written by people who very clearly, as indicated by the subsequent links, have business interests to promote.
If people are interested in risk factors please look at the blog links to Breast Cancer Care or Breast Cancer Campaign for balanced and objective info.I would hate to think that anyone who visits this blog gets misleading or not substantially credible info from other sites. At the end of the day, we still do not know exactly what triggers breast cancer and therefore any info on how you can "prevent" breast cancer needs to be taken with a very large pinch of salt.
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