CEREBRAL’S CONTENTS

Actually, I don’t really own him…just the boxed-set of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous fictional detective…all 4 novels and 56 short stories.  The first adventure of Sherlock Holmes appeared more than a century ago, it was year 1887.  And I only red that story, A Study In Scarlet, last year and I know that I cannot stop reading until I finish all his adventures.  I can’t remember how long it took me to finish…maybe, roughly less than 2 weeks.  For me, some books are just meant for reading and some are for keeps and re-reading for nth times and two of those books are the Volumes 1 & 2 of Conan Doyle’s very famous creation.  And finally, after more than one year of waiting…I now have the complete collections of stories of Mr. Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson. I heard that Warner Bros. are doing the series of their adventures starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.  I just hope that they will stay true to the original.

ANO NGA BA ANG BREAST CANCER?

Cancer is a disease of the body’s cells.  Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in breast tissue.  There are several types of breast cancer.  They all begin in milk ducts and/or the milk lobules.

SYMPTOMS OF BREAST CANCER

Among 90% of women, breast cancer is first noticed as a lump in the breast.  Here are some signs to be aware of:

*BREAST

- Pagbabago sa hugis or laki ng dibdib

- Dimpling of the skin

- Lump o pangangapal ng breast

*NIPPLE

- Blood-stained discharge (very rare)

- Rash sa nipple or sorrounding area (very rare)

- Nipple becomes inverted (turned in)

- Lump or thickening

*ARM

- Pamamaga sa kili-kili

- Pain in your breast is not usually a symptom of breast cancer.  In fact, many healthy women find their breasts feel lumpy and tender before a period.  Some types of benign breast lumps are painful.

FACTORS THAT CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK

*BEING OLDER

Higit sa kalahati ng mga kababaihang na-diagnose with cancer are over 50.  However, there is an increasing trend of women being diagnosed at an earlier age, particularly during their late 30s or early 40s.

*FAMILY HISTORY

Having a close relative, like a mother, sister or daughter who was diagnosed with breast cancer, can increase your risk.

*NOT HAVING CHILDREN

Mataas ang risk ng pagkakaroon ng breast cancer if a woman does not bear children.

*A LATE FIRST PREGNANCY

Ang isang babae na nabuntis para sa kanyang unang anak in her thirties is 63% more likely to develop breast cancer before menopause and 53% more likely to develop the disease kumpara sa babaeng nagkaroon ng kanyang unang anak at the age of 22.

*BREASTFEEDING

Breastfeeding helps protect against breast cancer.  Habang tumatagal na ang isang babae ay nagbi-breastfeed sa kanyang mga anak, the more she lowers her risk of developing the disease.

*ALCOHOL

Regularly drinking large amounts of alcohol slightly increases the risk of breast cancer.

*PERIODS

Hormones play an important role in the development of breast cancer.  Ang mga babae na nagsimulang magkaroon ng menstruation habang bata pa (before 12) or stop later than usual (after 55) are more likely to develop the disease.

*OVERWEIGHT

Being overweight after menopause increases the risk of breast cancer.  Being 10 kilograms overweight increases the risk by 80%.

*HEREDITARY

A small number of women are at especially high risk because of faulty genes they have inherited.  However, faults in known high-risk breast cancer genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2 account for fewer than 1 in 20 breast cancer cases.

*RADIATION

Long-term exposure to radiation, or moderate to high levels of exposure, increases the risk of breast cancer.

NOTE:  Men with family history of breast cancer have 1% of having breast cancer.

**I would like to thank once again GROOVE, GEK Team and GOOD EVENING KABAYAN on AM864**

After being badly and deeply hurt by someone very dear to us…other people around us usually say that it is the Christian-way to forgive the sin committed and the person who wronged us and just move on, that’s the ideal.  But in reality if we get into new arguments some of us become more historical than hysterical.  Yap!  You red it right, we become HISTORICAL…we tend to remember the past and drags up everything.  As C.S. Lewis (of the renowned The Chronicles of Narnia) said “To forgive for the moment is not difficult, but to go on forgiving, to forgive the same offense every time it recurs to the memory -that’s the real tussle.”…I cannot speak for everybody ‘though but only for myself…and it’s true for me.  It’s easy to say ‘I FORGIVE YOU’ but still dwell on the painful past…well, maybe until the day I wake up and everything’s seems fine again…I once red that time heals clean wounds and soiled wounds fester and infect (-Mark McMinn).  As the Holy Bible says in Luke 17:3-4…‘If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.  If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ’I repent’ forgive him.’   But the questions are…what if he’s not asking for forgiveness?  Can you just simply forgive him?  They say that forgiveness is something you must earn and forgiveness must come from those who have been wronged.  I red from one booklet that we must identify what has happened and try to answer these four questions: 1)  How serious was the offense? , 2)  How raw is the wound? ,  3)  How close is the person? and  4)  How significant is the relationship to me? .  Forgiveness must not be given for a wrong reason…not even for our desire of quick closure.  As for me, it’s a case to case basis for we must not be too judgemental if others cannot easily forgive especially if we haven’t experienced yet what he went through.  But it’s good for our health if we don’t have too many hang-ups in life.  I can say ‘though that forgiving and forgetting are entirely two different things…for I may forget to remember and remember to forget…or not.

sa buhay natin…di lahat tayo ay magiging ina (ang iba ay magiging ama at ang iba naman ay di na talaga) ngunit lahat tayo ay may ina…adopted man o di…lahat tayo ay may biological mom. merong mapapalad sa ina at meron din namang di masyadong pinalad. sa pagpapala ng Ama napabilang ako (at ang aking mga kapatid) sa mga mapapalad. naaalala ko pa palaging sinasabi sa amin ni Mama noon na dahil mahirap lang kami ay ang tanging kayamanan lamang niyang maituturing sa kanyang buhay ay si Papa at kaming mga anak niya. dahil sa hirap ng buhay nila noong siya ay bata pa ay kailangan niyang magtrabaho sa edad na pito sa palengke ng monumento kasama ang kanyang ate para makatulong sa kanilang mga magulang. hanggang sa kanilang pagtanda ay di na sila nakapag-aral na mag-ate para makapag-aral ang lima pa nilang mas nakababatang kapatid kaya naman ganoon na lang ang pangarap niya para sa aming apat na anak niya na lahat ay makatapos hanggang sa kolehiyo…na siya naman naming natupad. maaaring marami sa atin ang nagsasabi ang kani-kanilang mga ina ang ‘the best’…kaya di naman kataka-taka na para sa aming magkakapatid ay si Mamu talaga ang ‘the best mom’! noong ako ay bata pa kapag tinatanong ako kung ano ang gusto ko maging paglaki ko…ang palagi kong sagot ay gusto kong maging nurse…pero for so many years now ang isinasagot ko ay gusto kong maging katulad ni Mamu…in terms ng pag-aalaga at pagmamahal sa kanyang pamilya…kahit kalahati man lamang niya ang maabot ko, payag na ako. sa buhay ko ngayon ay marami-rami na ring papuri akong natanggap ngunit sa lahat ng mga iyon tatlo lang ang talagang pinapahalagahan ko…(ang sabihin sa aking) IGLESIA NI CRISTO KA NA PALA, (ang sinabi ng apat na taon kong pamangkin na) MAMA KAREN, BAKIT ANG KULET-KULET MO? at (ang palagi kong naririnig na) ALAM MO KAMUKHA MO ANG MAMA MO! to MAMU…maraming-maraming salamat sa lahat-lahat ng pagmamahal at pag-aaruga mo sa amin, mula noon hanggang ngayon kahit kami ay matatanda na…salamat sa Ama at ikaw ang aming ina.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA! I LOVE YOU…WE LOVE YOU!!! ALL THE BESTS IN US WE OWE TO YOU & PAPU.

“maraming babae na mabuting asawa, ngunit sa kanila’y nakahihigit ka.”    - kawikaan 31:29

with less than a month to go for the much-awaited US presidential election…i can’t do anything but to wait and see who will win between the tickets of obama-biden and mccain-palin…i cannot even cast a vote because i’m not a US citizen, hahaha! well, i can always watch their scheduled debates and be updated with the latest news…and for now i’m spending my special reading-time reading senator obama’s book. whoa! maybe now you can guess who’s my bet, right? hehehe! i hope he will win…

BARACK OBAMA & JOE BIDEN

JOHN McCAIN & SARAH PALIN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the man i met nearly 8 years ago…you will always be special to me.

yap! using this title for this post may not have the serious implications i want to convey but honestly! you must get used to me and the way i talk and write, in this case. last october 1… i went, with friends, to kinetics medical clinic to participate with our church’s activity…it’s conquer-hepatitis-day for us!!! and after extensive research…err, reading from the leaflet the clinic’s staff gave us here are some important infos you might like to know between hepa A and B:

HEPATITIS A

*MODE OF TRANSMISSION: intake of contaminated food or water; person-to-person direct transmission

*SYMPTOMS: severity varies with the individual: include fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, physical weakness, vomiting, headache, muscle aches. in severe cases: jaundice, tea-coloured urine, etc.

*LONG-TERM IMPACT: children and young patients can recover automatically without any long-term impact. the convalescent period takes months and some patients can suffer from relapses. in severe cases, patients may be hospitalized for weeks.

*VACCINATION SCHEDULE: first shot-on any designated day; second shot-six to twelve months after the first shot

HEPATITIS B

*MODE OF TRANSMISSION: mother-to-infant transmission at or around the time of delivery; blood contact; sexual contact

*SYMPTOMS: similar to hepatitis A

*LONG-TERM IMPACT: five percent of people infected with hepatitis B will become chronic carriers, of which one-fourth will finally die of liver cancer or cirrhosis.

* VACCINATION SCHEDULE: first shot-on any designated day; second shot-one month after the first shot, third shot-six months after the first shot

and if you are wondering what were the findings of my rapid blood test for hepa B antigen and antibody..well, it’s really confidential you know but the vaccination didn’t hurt me…only just my wallet, hahaha!

thank you very much to all my friends who remembered my birthday last month. sa mga nagpost ng comments…thanks for taking time na mag-copy and paste ng comments ninyo for me. grabe! kahit di ako naalalang batiin ng mga ini-expect kong tao e ayos lang…dami pa rin nagmamahal sa akin. daghan salamat kaninyong tanan! (tama ba iyon? hahaha).