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    101 Reasons to get that Mammogram Now!
    101 Reasons to get that Mammogram Now!
    101 Reasons to get that Mammogram Now!
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    101 Reasons to get that Mammogram Now!

    By Arthur Browne

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    This book details one lady's battle with Breast Cancer described by her husband. If you have not had a mammogram due to fear of what might happen or the understandable fear of letting yourself be subject to the hospital testing process, then stop right now. Read this book, see what can happen if you fail yourself, breast cancer is an awful disease and chances of beating it are much better for early detection.

    You will cry, reading this real story, you will feel our pain, but change your motive, face your fears and get tested , get an all clear, live a life free of cancer pain and suffering. Do not wait, get a check while you are healthy, 10 minutes of anguish will save you from a life of pain and suffering.

    Nobody should suffer what my wife went through, we must beat breast cancer, the best way is get tested be sure, do not wait.......

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArthur Browne
    Release dateSep 30, 2015
    ISBN9781310253874
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      Book preview

      101 Reasons to get that Mammogram Now! - Arthur Browne

      101 Reasons to Get That Mammogram Now!!

      Copyright 2017 Arthur Browne

      What is left to say?

      There are a couple of thoughts I would like to leave you with.

      Originally this book was a personal vessel for myself to try to flush cancer and the loss of my wife from my system, also I hoped it might become something that may be a help to people facing the diagnosis to understand one potential future and take control of their journey.

      But, my first reviewer, although keen to start, found the book too disturbing and could not finish reading, this hurt me and I seriously considered destroying the book. I never considered another person’s feelings and reaction, and never wanted my life to effect or hurt anyone else.

      I pondered these thoughts for a while…..and came to a very different conclusion.

      Maybe this book could serve another purpose, maybe it should be read by all those ladies who do not have breast cancer but are terrified of going for a mammogram. My wife was terrified and was shaking visibly as I held her hand walking through the pink insignias. The fear is real, but the simple fact is the earlier any signs of breast cancer can be detected, the chances of escaping a life of pain and suffering at the hands of breast cancer, are GREATLY reduced.

      Therefore, if by reading this book, just one lady pushes herself forward to get her mammogram earlier, gets an early diagnosis and has her life saved, escaping becoming a cancer victim, then this book has served its purpose.

      For those of you who read this and find it disturbing, I am truly sorry! But this is the reality of Breast Cancer if you fail yourself, by not getting yourself tested. Remember, the odds are you will never get it, just be sure….

      Finally, a note for those of you who are working in the charities, fund raising, research, trials, please read the book, remember why you are motivated and driven to find a cure, make sure every dollar donated, every cent is put to maximum use towards finding a cure. Check and recheck the effectiveness of your plans, is what you are doing the very best you can do? and together we must beat this awful disease. No one deserves to suffer at the hands of breast cancer.

      Please focus on finding a cure, that also delivers quality of life, extra quantity is fine, but the reality of the suffering that Chemo adds to the mix for some people, pales in comparison to the Cancer itself, find a better way!

      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter One 2013 A year to forget

      Chapter Two Thank you for my Healing..

      Chapter Three Blue Flowered Hat

      Chapter Four 2015, The Worst and Best Year ever

      Chapter Five Chemo Number two

      Chapter Six Chemo number two and a half

      Chapter Seven Chemo number three

      Chapter Eight Chemo number four

      Chapter Nine Chemo number five

      Chapter Ten The after effects.

      Chapter Eleven Living cancer free

      Chapter Twelve. Another year, another battle.

      About the Author

      Prologue from the Original Book

      Life is precious, and if it was fair, you would not be reading this book, and I would have never been inspired to become a first time author. The experience of standing by as my wife was diagnosed and treated for breast, and then ovarian cancer, has left both of us, very different people from where we stood two years before.

      The reason, I have put pen to paper is to describe the realities of our cancer journey, a dialogue, that could have helped us face, the challenges we blindly stumbled through. Please read this, understanding that every-ones journey will be different, your treatment will be specific to your diagnosis, and will be very different to our experience. At our post chemo meeting with our surgeon and cancer doctor, he said, reflecting on my wife’s treatment. If every patient had the same journey as my wife, he would be questioning what he does! Her journey was unusual; the majority of patients doesn’t suffer nearly as bad, some even fit chemo into their daily schedule and continue to work as normal. Please just use this book as guide as to what can happen in rare circumstances, heed the warning signs, follow the medical advice you will be given by your cancer team, and make your journey a forgettable experience.

      In the following chapters, we hope to provide you with a greater insight, of chemotherapy and cancer treatment, my wife endured.

      Before you delve into the rest of this book, please take comfort from there is an end and normal life can be resumed, a point my wife could not visualize throughout the treatment, as the whole event is processed in the living reality, with no reference to a rosy future.

      As of now and writing this paragraph, my wife has finished chemo, three months ago, and life is back to a sort of normality, she had her after chemo hair styled and colored copper, she has not worn the wig for weeks. We take long walks along the beach most days, discussing future plans, a house move, a new business, the grand kids/family, we have our life back!!!

      We are eternally grateful to Kingston General Hospital Cancer center, Trenton Hospital ER and all the doctors, nurses and PSWs that helped us through the daily challenges.

      Updated Prologue

      The original book I started the prologue, "Life is precious, and if it was fair" well I can confirm it isn’t, with this update the life story moves into a final third cancer battle. Quality of life becomes very challenged, and watching my wife suffer while cancer takes everything she holds dear, is heartbreaking and whether I can finish this book is debatable.

      All the previous positive comments of Ovarian Cancer- A Husbands view the previous book will be flushed away. The reality of out dated Cancer treatments that are justified to keep the hospitals and drug companies in their ivory towers, fail to give any quality of life to the patients.

      The prologue conclusion to the first book was. we have our life back time and cancer has taken that from us, starting from chapter 12, is where what has happened since….

      Chapter One 2013 A year to forget.

      Looking back on our lives, we passed by warning signs, with no idea of the carnage to our lives that would follow, ovarian cancer is not easy to detect until the manifestation of the disease is blindingly obvious. In my wife’s case, once detected in 2014, the medical system was relatively quick to jump into action and treatment.

      In this chapter, I will take you back to where the cancer battle began for my wife, and how the journey unfolded.

      The major factor is the emotional turmoil, and many will agree is probably worse than all the treatments added together. For us the emotional battering started two years in advance of ovarian cancer, adding to the life changing influences.

      It may be worth mentioning, that until this point in our lives, we had great health, we ate mainly home cooked foods, exercised well, but not enough, I was an advocate of not taking tablets and never would, people should just shake themselves, and stop whining and get on with their life. This life statement, was in retrospect the rantings of a healthy individual, with no understanding of how poor health effects lifestyle. Today, my opinion has changed, and grateful for the people who dedicate their lives to improving life for people whose body and health is failing.

      2013 began focused on my own health, for months I had been suffering intense fatigue, memory was challenged and I progressively lost 35lbs. This factor alone was fantastic, never before could I lose weight, and kept telling myself everything is fine. I found myself as my energy levels dropped; needing huge sugar fixes, and started eating doughnuts and drinking pop to maintain equilibrium. People were starting to comment on my dramatic weight loss, even my mother via face time from England, kept asking if I was OK?

      I was approaching my late fifties, stressed from work as a Sales rep, financially challenged, working paycheck to paycheck. At this point in time, my wife was healthy, troubled by intermittent bouts of IBS, but more concerned with my health.

      One evening after work, we passed through the local pharmacy heading to the in store post office to collect a parcel. The wife spotted a sign saying free diabetes test, reminding me how I was showing all the signs of a diabetic. I laughed and reluctantly agreed to let the pharmacist draw my blood, he explained how six million people in North America are diabetic or pre-diabetic and have no knowledge of their blood sugar levels, and their disposition to being a diabetic.

      We joked and laughed with the pharmacist, as he deposited a small drop of my blood onto a small test strip and inserted into a blood sugar tester. His demeanor and facial expressions changed, tapping the little electronic meter on the counter, a serious look replaced the laughing smile. We could see he was puzzled, the results showed 30 in the display. Then having convinced him-self the meter was working, he began to explain that a non-diabetic would have a reading between 5 and 7, depending on when they last ate. Still joking I explained that on the way home from work, exhausted by the heat of the day, I ate a maple doughnut and washed it down with apple juice and a can of coke. This time he looked straight into my eyes, ensuring my understanding, normal is 5 to 7, yours is 30, if you were to go to ER now, they would hospitalize anybody over 20. He said he has read about people with levels like mine, but never in his career seen a number so high. He also concluded, that I was in great danger of stroke or heart attack and could not live like this. All of a sudden the smile wiped from my face, I felt ok, or did I? He suggested I go away for an hour, drink plenty of water and return for a re-test; this we did when we came back it was 27.

      My conclusion was to not go to ER, as an Engineer it’s just a case taking control and all would be ok. Immediately we purchased a blood sugar meter, and set about my self-cure, changing my diet, researching diabetes and monitoring my blood sugar. That was not entirely

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