October is the month that helps to draw attention to Breast Cancer Awareness. Right in the middle of the month of October another awareness day occurs. National No Bra Day is celebrated on the 13th of October. Millions of women will participate and leave their bras at home to promote the cause of breast cancer awareness. This special day is to help remind women that they should be screened for breast cancer on a regular basis. It is also a day to raise funds for research.
The No Bra Day is to help support women who have survived breast cancer and can no longer go without wearing a bra. They need a daily bra to help hold up their prosthesis after undergoing surgery.
National No Bra Day first occurred in Toronto Canada in 2011. A plastic surgeon named Dr. Mitchell Brown created Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day. It is a day to educate patients about mastectomy surgeries and choice of reconstruction. This great day spawned National No Bra Day on October 13th that occurs in the United States.
In the United States alone 1 out of every 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. There are nearly 3 million breast cancer survivors that live in the U.S. Those are the lucky ones that have had this terrible disease as breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women in the U.S. An estimated 40,000 women will die every year because of breast cancer. It is also the #1 diagnosed cancer in women. An estimated 300,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Somehow together we must find a way to fight Breast Cancer as too many lives world wide are being affected by this terrible disease.
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Breast Cancer awareness is soooo important, but I cannot go here. Many did this in the 1960s and never put them on again! Not good for the breast sagging health, I am afraid. I have a sister who went there and is sorry she did. But for a day...go for it! You have given me a smile!
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