Happy Holidays and Giving Tuesday/ Baking for Breast Cancer Fundraiser

Providing support to breast cancer patients. In 2022, approximately 287,850 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 51,400 cases of DCIS will be diagnosed among US women, and 43,250 women will die from breast cancer. Eighty- three percent of invasive breast cancers are diagnosed among women aged 50years and older, and 91% of breast in most cases, the biggest life-changing effects of breast cancer come from the treatment, not from the disease. Early detection and therapy options make the outlook for most types of breast cancer very good. But surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation -- while key parts of treatment -- can take a toll on your physical and mental health both just after the treatment as well as months or years later. It’s a common symptom of breast cancer and a side effect of its treatment. Your doctor might call it fatigue. Chemotherapy can make your hair fall out, not only on your head but also all over your body. Chemo also can turn your skin dry, itchy, and flaky. Radiation might cause your skin to look and feel like sunburn around the treatment spot. These effects may change how you feel about yourself. Some people might react visibly. Consider telling your loved ones and others beforehand about what you’re going through. Chemotherapy may cause swelling, bone thinning, bone and joint pain, scarring from surgery, sex drive may slow.

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