Through awareness campaigns like Breast Cancer Awareness Month and World Menopause Day, there is hope that women can be more prepared to advocate for their health and live long, healthy lives.
A plaster cast created and painted by artist Angela Nguyen for the Keep a Breast art show at Fall Brewing. Undated image.
The lack of information has had some devastating effects, e.g. women diagnosed with more advanced cardiac disease because the symptoms present differently in women than they do in men. Angela Nguyen is a co-curator of the art show and also a breast cancer survivor. Keep a Breast helped her create a cast of her chest before her mastectomy years ago. She's now in remission and was casted again for this month's art show.
"When you flip on the inside, the interior says a quote that I think about a lot which is 'Comparison is the thief of joy,'" Nguyen said."I spend a lot of time comparing my present self to my pre-cancer self and truthfully the more I reflect on that like nothing really good comes out of that comparison for me."The interior of a plaster cast created by artist Angela Nguyen for the Keep a Breast art show at Fall Brewing. Undated image.
Dr. Kathryn Macaulay, MD, OBGYN, joined Midday Edition on World Menopause Day to talk about early menopause and POI, which has similar symptoms to early menopause. If left untreated, women can suffer long-term health risks like osteoporosis or cardiovascular disease.
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