There is no one way to check ’em!
Discover what works for you and check your breasts regularly. Know your normal, watch for changes and seek medical attention for any unexplained and persistent changes to your breast(s).
Self Care
- choose a healthy lifestyle
- know your body, know your breasts and watch for changes
- be breast aware, check your breasts and check ’em often
- discuss your breast health with your health care provider
- advise your health care provider of any known cancer risk factors
- seek medical attention for any unexplained or persistent change in your body
- seek medical attention for any breast cancer symptom
- seek medical attention for any unusual breast changes
- ask the doctor, ‘Could this be cancer?’
“take care of yourself”
Check 'em!
*There is no one way to check ’em
Discover what works best for you and check ’em!
- know your breasts by learning how they look and feel
- look in a mirror to help you notice any breast changes
- feel your breasts (e.g., in the bath or shower, before dressing, standing, lying down)
- use gentle to firm pressure with the pads of your fingers, to feel all your breast tissue
- remember breast tissue extends up to the collar bone and under your arm pits
- discover what is normal for you and check ’em often (e.g., after your period)
- watch for unusual breast/nipple changes (e.g., size, shape, texture, lumps, discharge, pain)
- seek medical attention for any breast cancer symptom or unusual breast changes
- seek medical attention for any unexplained or persistent change in your body
Team Shan check ’em shower card!
“I truly did catch it early, and only because of the self-checks, in Shan’s memory”
Links
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) – Canadian Cancer Society
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer-IBC Foundation – IBC Foundation Facebook Page
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) – National Cancer Institute
- Know Your Breasts – Canadian Cancer Society