Cancer, a term feared by most people and rightly so. Then numbers scare us out of our wits. In US one of 3 people will develop some sort of cancer in their lifetime. Every year half a million people die from cancer, a number too staggering to believe. Yes, cancer is rooted that deep in our society. There have been efforts, research and had been trying to be reckoned with but it has been impossible to cure cancer. All the efforts we’ve put in yet, only leads toward a degraded body and a restricted lifestyle; nothing more. No matter how hard it has been tried, no one has been able to find a cure.
To realize that there is such a dreadful monster existing within us and we don’t know how to slay it is just terrifying. Hence to create awareness and make people recognize the evil that is cancer, and to help prevent it, every year in the second month i.e. February, we look at cancer for what it is and how it can be prevented. You must have seen people wearing cancer wrist bands which are worn for the same reason; awareness. To raise awareness you must know how to prevent cancer yourself which you can then share and help pull out at least one person in your circle who’s following this dark path. So start with:
Knowing what can affect you
Understand your personal risk factors. Know what is needed to be included or excluded in your lifestyle to cut out the risk factors. Cancer doesn’t arrive randomly wearing a custom rubber wristband that says ‘I am here’. There are several lifestyle choices that you make that affects your health. Understanding what these are will do half the job. With the risk factor below the danger line, you will start feeling better for cancerous choices breed cancer.
Understand your personal risk factors. Know what is needed to be included or excluded in your lifestyle to cut out the risk factors. Cancer doesn’t arrive randomly wearing a custom rubber wristband that says ‘I am here’. There are several lifestyle choices that you make that affects your health. Understanding what these are will do half the job. With the risk factor below the danger line, you will start feeling better for cancerous choices breed cancer.
Meet your doctor regularly
Cancer breeds quietly. It is difficult to notice in its early stages and does most of the damage due to its nature of being inconspicuous. Hence looking out for oneself by proactively making doctors appointment will help you to find cancer in its crib where it can be slain easily. Doctors can also assist you with the information you think is necessary to be shared. Tell your doctor the risk factor that are a part of your life and how they can be curbed. Have a scheduled meeting with the doctor once a month.
Cancer breeds quietly. It is difficult to notice in its early stages and does most of the damage due to its nature of being inconspicuous. Hence looking out for oneself by proactively making doctors appointment will help you to find cancer in its crib where it can be slain easily. Doctors can also assist you with the information you think is necessary to be shared. Tell your doctor the risk factor that are a part of your life and how they can be curbed. Have a scheduled meeting with the doctor once a month.
Add a healthy habit
From walking in the evening to shaking your leg, you have attained all these habits. Your habits were once activities you liked doing. Once they become a part of your life, they are incorporated for a long time. Obtaining new healthy habits will not take long either. According to a research, doing something for 21 days regularly will end up being a habit. So for next 21 days, find a healthy habit and fall into it. It could be as small as drinking 8 glasses a day to as big as the daily workout of 30 min. All these activities will keep a check on your body’s total health.
From walking in the evening to shaking your leg, you have attained all these habits. Your habits were once activities you liked doing. Once they become a part of your life, they are incorporated for a long time. Obtaining new healthy habits will not take long either. According to a research, doing something for 21 days regularly will end up being a habit. So for next 21 days, find a healthy habit and fall into it. It could be as small as drinking 8 glasses a day to as big as the daily workout of 30 min. All these activities will keep a check on your body’s total health.
Involve a friend
When two friends follow a habit, it sticks. When 3 friends do, it becomes a rule. And between friends, if more than 4 friends decide something, it becomes the law. So involve your friends. The best way out to promote and involve family and friends is to first let the idea gain visibility. Wear personalized rubber bracelet that’s in support of cancer prevention month, keep posting cancer awareness articles on social media. Let them come up and question you about the same and then you can let them know about it and ask them to research about the same. Promoting a good health is in the interest of everyone.
When two friends follow a habit, it sticks. When 3 friends do, it becomes a rule. And between friends, if more than 4 friends decide something, it becomes the law. So involve your friends. The best way out to promote and involve family and friends is to first let the idea gain visibility. Wear personalized rubber bracelet that’s in support of cancer prevention month, keep posting cancer awareness articles on social media. Let them come up and question you about the same and then you can let them know about it and ask them to research about the same. Promoting a good health is in the interest of everyone.
Finally assist those in need
Cancer drowns out more than just life. It affects more people than those suffering from it. It has the power to destroy families, career and the sheer human will. Hence find out those who are facing this monster and let them know you are with them. Let them know that you are keeping it off from your life and saving lives of people around you. Let them know you are there and welcome them back into the society with open arms. Cancer might be a monster, but everything dies, even monsters.
Cancer drowns out more than just life. It affects more people than those suffering from it. It has the power to destroy families, career and the sheer human will. Hence find out those who are facing this monster and let them know you are with them. Let them know that you are keeping it off from your life and saving lives of people around you. Let them know you are there and welcome them back into the society with open arms. Cancer might be a monster, but everything dies, even monsters.
