http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050428/africanbc.shtml

Geyla, please educate us yah. I just came across this article which was published several years ago. Will log on later as I'm running late for a meeting.

Breast cancer is killing a lot of women in Africa and i think this should draw our attention. We need to sent africans abroad to study the cause and learn how to treat it instead of African leaders stealing billion of dollars and died leaving it with swiss bank investor while their people suffer. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul...

breast cancer is a serious matter here....
its hit close to home for me...

In Minnesota they had a breast cancer program called Bras Across America or something like that and people paid a $1.00 for as many bras as women could provide. The people here raised thousands. We could do that to help fund something or somekinna awareness program back home.

So, what happens to a lady who is diagnosed with breast cancer in Liberia? Do they have a cancer center in Liberia? What are her choices?

There is a dynamic yuong Liberian here in the DC area named Maimah Karmo and she is a true hero! Maimah is a breast cancer survivor and she now runs a foundation dedicated to helping women and girls deal courageously with breast cancer. I've known Maimah since she was in the 4th or 5th grade and when my mother was diagnosed with BC, Maimah was one of the first people I turned to. She was an amazing source of information, inspiration, and encouragement.

Check out her story at http://www.tigerlilyfoundation.org/home.html

when BC hit my family, it had already progressed to Stage 3. the doc who diagnosed her at the time told her " you sitting down here you dont know you dying from cancer???" she was shocked, scared, confused. when she called and told me, i started crying... "but how come? i thought you got to be old to get cancer? you not even 40 yet!!" we found out that there was no facility equipped to treat the cancer in the country and were faced with delima of sending her Ghana or one of the other african countries for treatment. she went ghana, but at the time ( 7 years ago) they were equally unequip to deal with it.

Blessedly, we were able to get her to go to the usa for treatment. they treated her with chemo for 6 months.. you all know how it goes, loss of hair, weakness, etc. , she recovered and a partial masectomy was done. two years later, it came back full blown.. by the time it was noticed this time, it had spread to her lungs and caused severe damage. this time, radiation was done. for a while there it was touch and go... scary.

now, a year later, she is completely healed. besides having to move around with a small oxygen tank once in a while cuz of the damage to her lungs, you wouldnt know she had survived two bouts of cancer.

a mighty woman of faith. a strong and Phenomenal Woman. even on her sick bed, she was being an inspiration to so many.

she is a survivor.....my mom.

This goes out to all the Breast Cancer survivors out there.

a mighty woman of faith. a strong and Phenomenal Woman. even on her sick bed, she was being an inspiration to so many. so true-my family says tanq to her o. in our owna trobo-she stood there as a mother!!!!!

candygirl wrote:

when BC hit my family, it had already progressed to Stage 3. the doc who diagnosed her at the time told her " you sitting down here you dont know you dying from cancer???" she was shocked, scared, confused. when she called adn told me, i started rying... "but how come? i thought you got to be old to get cancer? you not even 40 yet!!" we found out that there was no facility equipped to treat the cancer in the country and were faced with delima of ending her Ghana or one of the other african countries for treatment. she went ghana, butat the time ( 7 years ago) they were equally unequip to deal with it. Blessedly, we were able to get her to go to the usa for treatment. they treated her with chemo for 6 months.. you all know how it goes, loss of hair, weakness, et. , she recovered and a partial masectomy was done. two years later, it came back full blown.. by the time it was noticed this time, it had spread to her lungs and caused severe damage. this time, radiation was done. for a while there it was touch and go... scary. now, a year later, she is completely healed. besides having to move around with a small oxygen tank once in a while cuz of the damage to her lungs, you wouldnt know she had survived two bouts of cancer. a mighty woman of faith. a strong and Phenomenal Woman. even on her sick bed, she was being an inspiration to so many. she is a survivor.....my mom.

am not doubting you Candy, but it can't be ur mom... Because that woman is so strong and you can never tell she been through such..... Up to present Candy, is there and program for BC here (Liberia)?

Had an aunt in the late 80's who had two of her breast removed, but the cancer had spread beyon control which cost her life..
I was a pekin at then, but I can remember, she used to asked us to go and find leach for her, to suck the bad blood from her breast.... I didn't it was cancer at then.. but she really suffer...and was my favorit aunt.

Like the article said there is not enough date on us. All these researches are usually done on white females. I can only speak on the work I'm done here in the US with Breast Cancer, and we found that one of the reason for the lack of data is because Black females are not willing to partake in these studies...so we really have ourselves to blame partly.


This is the program that I worked with from 2003-2007, all the display stuff "Sugar" and I did (she was apart of it too from 2002-2007).....if you look you'll find me on one of the pages...it's a ugly pic (so I will not point it out : )

http://womenshealthnavigators.org/

I also just like to say CANCER IS CANCER it does not matter which form it comes in.

Men your please get check for prostate cancer too na. We are loosing too many YOUNG men from this as well.....oh and YES men can get breast cancer too.