***Love them back with a Sense of Responsibility ***

I realized the importance of my mother, when post schooling I left my house & headed to pursue my intermediate studies in a place nearby, I was missing my home, my mother her care, affection, food etc.  

I realized the importance of my sister when one fine day she was not in home & I came to know that she has gone for a holiday at my grandma's place in our  village The house was literally void without her. She was that time 8 or 9yr old kid & we used to play after returning from school.

I realized the importance of my wife when she has relocated to a different town for her office project & left me for a year in our so called home. The home was gradually converted in to a bachelor room & I felt more lonely when came back home from work.

Well you must be wondering, Why am I sharing all these with you, It's because, these are the three most lovable woman in everyone's life, who stand behind us at every steps of our life. The warmth, care, nurture that we used to get from these three is supposed to be unparalleled.

But wait....are we also sensible enough for these women & taking care of their health & wellness, so that they will live a healthy & beautiful life. Well there are little things that we all can do, which can give us & them a bit satisfaction. Probably they may not find time or ignore their health because of their daily mundane work life. However being a son, brother or a husband,   if we can take this responsibility towards them by educating ourselves & them it will be like rewarding their effort.  

Being woman is one of the toughest challenge, because of the variety of responsibility vested on them which many a time we ignore. Moreover getting older invites a lot of complication in terms of health & wellness. Especially when we do have a family history of  diabetes, cancer etc thing should be taken care more seriously.

Here we have highlighted few precautions, that the women should take care & follow religiously, to have a healthy & cancer free life. These are very basic things, which if we insist  to every woman who are in our surrounding then probably we can avoid one of the most deadly disease (cancer) of society.

Well the statistics says Breast followed by Cervical cancer is the most common types of cancer in India. Hence the by practising the following things regularly will definitely help to  have a healthy & disease free life.

Adult women of all ages are encouraged to perform breast self-exams at least once a month.  Forty percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump, so establishing a regular breast self-exam is very important. (source: http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-self-exam)

·       As per the American clinical association If you have a family history of breast cancer—especially in a close relative like a parent or sibling & you are 30 or more then do a Clinical breast exam every three years.

·        If you are 40 or more then do a Clinical breast exam every year but you should add the Mammogram once in every two years.

·        If you are 50 or more then do a Clinical breast exam & Mammogram every year.

The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool is also a good tool to evaluate the risk of getting cancer in life time. It's an interactive tool designed by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) to estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer. (https://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/).

More ever we at Vtreat foundation take it as our one of the mission to help people to diagnose cancer early so that they can get the best ever treatment available & live a disease free life. Project V.I.B.E (V treat Initiated Breast Examination)  is our initiative towards propagating the importance of cancer screening & conducting free cancer screening camps in association with the oncology fraternity of the city. You can get more details about V.I.B.E by visiting the link (https://www.facebook.com/events/212023552586109/).

So we should take charge of our family by educating the special woman in our lives who make us smile all the ways of our life.