Tuesday, December 28, 2010

How do I make a pink ribbon pinata for a breast cancer party

How do I make a pink ribbon pinata for a breast cancer party?
I am throwing a 5 year survivorship breast cancer party for my sister, and I would like to make a large pink ribbon pinata. I'm having trouble on designing it to look like a ribbon. I thought of using a large ballon for the top, and then a couple long ballons for the bottom......but any other ideas? Thanks!
Hobbies & Crafts - 2 Answers
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Draw a big ribbon on bristol board or cardboard, cut it out, make another one the same as the first. You'll want to attach them about 4 inches apart with more cardboard pieces as the edging. Tape everything into place with white masking tape, leaving a cut out door on the top. You now have a 3-d ribbon. Make sure it's very secure and able to hold the load you'll fill it with. Cover it with pink tissue paper pieces (rip or cut into small squares, wrap onto the tip of a pencil eraser, dip in glue and stick it on...all over. Or layer it on and glue each one with white glue). When it's all dry, fill it up.
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Buy a normal pinata and paint it bright pink and then add pink ribbions for detail like the tail! :D Good Luck! xx

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Friday, December 24, 2010

How easy do you think it would be to raise money to participate in a charity event for Breast Cancer

How easy do you think it would be to raise money to participate in a charity event for Breast Cancer?
I am considering registering for the 3 day walk for breast cancer in San Diego. One of the requirements in order to participate is to raise a minimum of $2200 in pledges or donations. If I can't raise the money then I'd have to write the check myself or drop out. How easy do you think it would be to raise the money and what suggestions do you have to do it? Here is the link to the site supporting the walk. http://www.the3day.org/
Community Service - 2 Answers
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$100. per donation, X 22 people. How hard is that? Can you find 22 people to donate that? Do you have 2200.00 of oyur own money to loose? Why don't you just ask for donations and see how much you can raise by your self without committing to a fake deal like that, sounds like a load of poop to me. Call all the radio stations and see if they will help you raise money, see if they will put you on the air. they will. It's a right off for them, doing a good deed. Call all the TV stations as well, see if they will do a story about you on the news. You could very well get coorperate sponsor ship. Oil Companies have all of our money, so go after them.
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Perhaps you should stand in a window front nekkid with a sign saying accepting donations. <wink> Have you asked everyone at work? If not working have you asked all your friends and family? Have you posted a website with what is going on and how they can help? Maybe on your 360 page? You could walk around your neighborhood and pass out flyer's with your contact information and the facts about the event. I will go back and look at your link and think about it some and let you know. Good luck

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Where can I find information describing how technology has effected breast cancer in the past 10 years

Where can I find information describing how technology has effected breast cancer in the past 10 years?
I am doing a research paper for school on how technology has effected Breast Cancer and I have been unable to find what I am looking for. There is so much information out there that I was hoping with a little help I could narrow it down some. Thanks to anyone who will help with this information search.
Homework Help - 2 Answers
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Search it on google or yahoo
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Great statistics here: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/stt_0.asp http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/10_04/mirshahidi.htm And this one looks quite promising: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1200808 Best of luck!

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Would a Breast Cancer surviver who has lost her breasts find this slogan offensive

Would a Breast Cancer surviver who has lost her breasts find this slogan offensive?
"Saving Lives, One breast at a time!" This is a slogan i plan to use on rubber silicone bracelets that i am selling to raise money for the avon walk for breast cancer. Im just concerned that it might be offensive to those who have lost their breasts to cancer.
Cancer - 8 Answers
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I would think it would be very well taken. It is accurate that cancer does attack one breast at a time. Good luck with your charity walk ! Great Cause !
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I don't find the slogan offensive. I commend any actions taken to raise awareness of breast cancer and which also serve to destigmatize cancer as a disease.
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If the sponsoring charity approves it then I think it sounds like a real winner!
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Cassandra I think that's a wonderful idea, Bless you heart that you are doing your part to bring more awareness to this awful disease we know as breast cancer, I think your slogan will go over just fine and please know that I am certainly not offended by it. Bless you honey, I hope I run across one of your bracelets and when I do I will think of you. Texas Mom
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Now that is a good slogan. Thank you for listening to the answers you your other questions and not going the funny route.
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Thank you for asking but Yes, I would find it offensive. Reason being is that breast cancer is celebrated in the wrong way. The whole pinkwashing campaign by Susan Komen has not even shown a wee bit of progress towards finding a cure. Even with raising $5.5 billion, Komen has yet to show the fruits of our donations. It is sad that women have to go through the pain and suffering of losing a breast. I do respect the fact that you asked which shows you do care. My advice is to make a cause that fights all types of cancer. A cancer that affect men, women, and children EQUALLY. NOT just women. Here are some facts about breast cancer -breast cancer is the 5th leading cancer in women over 50 -less then 1% of men get breast cancer -children are NOT affected by breast cancer
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I have had a breast removed and I don't find it offensive at all.
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Thanks for avoiding offensive slogans such as 'Save the tatas', 'I love boobies' and 'Save second base'. Like the other cancer survivors who've had mastectomies who have answered your question, I'm not offended by your slogan (and I'm pretty touchy!). The only objection you have to it comes from a man who has not had a mastectomy

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

How common is breast cancer in men

How common is breast cancer in men?
According to Wikipedia, Rod Roddy of the Price is Right died from breast cancer.
Cancer - 0 Answers
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Very rare; fewer than 1% of all those diagnosed with breast cancer are male. Most men diagnosed with breast cancer are over 60. The youngest man (by many years) ever to be diagnosed with breast cancer was 24
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What's really funny to me is that most people don't know that anyone - literally ANYONE - can edit a wikipedia page. So many high school and college students (and grandma's and grandpa's new to the WWW) assume that wikipedia is the authoritative definition of something. It's not, In fact, it's the extreme opposite. My 7 year old can open the internet at home, right now, and change the definition of "cell phone" to "something that tastes good with ketchup". It's just a collection of people's junk - not really any better, nor worse, than an online opinion forum. Stay away from wikipedia ... Spend about an additional 2.5 minutes on google, until you find a site that's devoted ONLY to your topic and doesn't spread itself so thin, and is truly written by professionals on-point.
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Something like 1 in 800 men develop breast cacner. Of these the vast majority are over 60.
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Here is a site with some good information on Cancer. It will definitely help you. Have a look. http://cancer--info.we.bs/ Take care...

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

How many women/men die from breast cancer each day

How many women/men die from breast cancer each day?
I was just told by my mother that her 3rd cousin died yesterday from breast cancer. I was wondering what the statistics are? How many women/men die each day in the US or world. Thank you so much!
Cancer - 2 Answers
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2004 was the last year statistics were complied for breast cancer deaths in the US. Total 40,954 women and 362 men died from breast cancer. This would average out to about 112 women a day and roughly one man a day.
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I don't know about the US, in the UK an average of 33 women a day die from breast cancer, and I imagine the percentage is the same in the US. Sorry about your relative; I lost a friend to breast cancer yesterday too.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

How likely will I develop breast cancer if my mom has it

How likely will I develop breast cancer if my mom has it?
I found out the my mother has breast cancer. I'm 15, how likely am I to develop it?
Cancer - 2 Answers
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Your risks definitely increase with a family history. You can mitigate this risk by living a healthy lifestyle. Keep your weight optimum, not too low not too heavy. Keep your diet loaded with antioxidants, like fresh greens, fruit, berries in particular and other antioxidant foods. Google for a list of them. Limit severely your dairy, red meat intake and any other hormone loaded foods. Avoid pseudo-estrogens, like those leeched out of plastics when they're used with warm/hot foods. Do more web research about ways to limit your cancer risks and follow that advice as best you can and you'll definitely reduce your risks.
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Well there wouldnt be a HUGE Risk but if you keep your self up to date in check ups when your around your mom's age you should be fine =} Dont stess

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

What are the chances I have breast cancer

What are the chances I have breast cancer?
I feel my chest once at the beginning of every month for bumps. My grandmother died of breast cancer 11 years ago and my mom has finally won her battle against breast cancer (which she had for about a year to fight). My mom was my grandmother's oldest child and I'm my mother's oldest child. Yesterday I felt a bump in my left breast and became concerned. I am only 18, but I am worried. I also have type 1 diabetes which I inherited from my grandmother's side of the family. Do I have high chances of having breast cancer?
Cancer - 3 Answers
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well there is a chance that you could have breast cancer but you are never sure
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The chances that you actually have breast cancer are just about zero, as it's almost unheard of in under 25s. As the daughter of someone who's had breast cancer, you will probably be treated as at increased risk as you get older as a precaution anyway. But breast cancer is in fact rarely hereditary, only 5 - 10% of cases are. Has it been established that your mother and grandmother's breast cancers were due to one of the rare inherited faulty genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer, BRCA1 or BRCA2? Has your mother been tested for the genes? If she has, and she does carry one of the genes, then you and each of her other children have a 50% chance of having inherited the gene (being the oldest makes no difference). Inheriting the gene would not mean you would definitely get breast cancer. If she doesn't carry one of the genes, then nor will you. I know someone who carries one of the genes and has developed breast cancer. Her three adult daughters have now been tested; one has inherited the gene, the other two haven't and are at no known increased risk of breast cancer. Talk to your mother about this; ask her whether she has been tested for the gene, or if if it has been recommended that she should be. Even in the small number of cases where breast cancer is hereditary within a family, the chances of developing it at age 18 are still very close to zero.
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In the United States , approximately 180,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Of these cases, an estimated 7% of breast cancer is thought to be due to the presence of two breast cancer susceptibility genes: BRCA1 and BRCA2. The men and women who have inherited the mutated genes have a 50% higher risk of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. There are other inherited genes that are known to predispose to breast cancer but these mutated genes are very rare. Only a small fraction of cases are due to the inherited genetic predisposition of an alteration in a single gene. You should also get mammograms once a year to make sure everything is normal. On http://www.health-stories.org/breast-cancer-tumor.html#quiz I found many answers about breast cancer. I hope you will get all the answers there.

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