By Mistress Nev

I have two sisters, a mother, grandmother and two sister-in-laws. Including me, that makes seven women in my family whom I love dearly. Odds are, several of us will develop breast cancer, who will they be?

I look around at my friends, those online and in real life, how many will develop breast cancer?

We make sure our submissives are sexually and submissively satisfied, we have them spank or put clothespins on those sexy breasts, but let’s help them to make sure they stay healthy! October might be breast cancer awareness month, but we need to make sure we do this year-round. Plus, it’s a nice way we can show our submissive we care about them, and have a lot of fun in the process!
If you are a dominant, make it a monthly ritual for your female submissive to do monthly self checks of their breasts. If they don’t know how, have them ask their doctor to explain it to them and look up information online. Also, encourage mammograms for all females over 40, make them go, make it part of a task if you must!

Symptoms for females

• A lump in the breast
• Abnormal thickening of the breast
• A change in the shape or color of the breast.
• Thickening in any part of the breast
• Change in breast size or shape
• Dimpling or puckering of the skin
• Swelling, redness or warmth that does not go away
• Pain in one spot that does not vary with your monthly cycle
• Pulling in of the nipple
• Nipple discharge that starts suddenly and appears only in one breast
• An itchy, sore or scaling area on one nipple

Male’s also need to check. Be aware of your body – look for changes.
Breast cancer occurs primarily in women, but men can also develop breast cancer. Although men have less breast tissue than women, they do have breast cells that can undergo cancerous changes.

Symptoms for males

It is important to see a doctor if any of the following changes to the breast is noticed:

• A lump or swelling in the chest area
• Dimpled or puckered skin
• A nipple that is inverted (facing inward)
• Redness or scaling of the nipple or breast skin
• Discharge from the nipple

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, it's estimated that about 178,480 women in the United States will be found to have invasive breast cancer in 2007. About 40,460 women will die from the disease this year. Right now there are slightly over 2 million women living in the United States who have been treated for breast cancer.

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in one or both of the breasts. Breast cancer usually develops in the ducts or lobules, also known as the milk-producing areas of the breast.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women (after lung cancer). Although African-American women have a slightly lower incidence of breast cancer after age 40 than Caucasian women, they have a slightly higher incidence rate of breast cancer before age 40. However, African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer at every age. Breast cancer is much less common in males; by comparison, the disease is about 100 times more common among women. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2007 some 2,030 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men in the United States.

Please, don't become a statistic, prevention is the key!