Womb Cancer Support UK
  • Home
  • About Us
    • My Story
  • Awareness & Support
    • What is Womb Cancer?
    • Can womb cancer be prevented?
    • How you can help!
    • Share your story
    • Awareness Leaflets etc
    • Awareness Month
    • Peach Postcard Project
  • Blog
  • Useful Links
    • Local Support Groups
  • Contact

Here comes September.. again!

4/8/2017

0 Comments

 
In less than a month’s time it will be September and that means womb cancer awareness month. We have used September as our awareness month since we started back in 2011, following on from our Peach sisters in the US who use September as their awareness month.

Sadly, considering that womb cancer is the most common of the gynaecological cancers, it doesn’t officially have a month of its own – instead it gets lumped in with the other gynae cancers in “gynaecological cancer awareness month".

We believe that it deserves, indeed needs a month of its own.  You can read a blog I did for the Beauty Despite Cancer website on why we think womb cancer has to have an awareness month of its own.

It make me angry that womb cancer gets so little attention and the awareness raising that we do is by and large ignored by the larger cancer charities. Many of the ladies who come to us had never heard of womb cancer before being diagnosed so it shows that there is very little awareness out there.
Time and again I hear from women who say that whilst sitting in the GP surgery waiting room they look around for info on womb cancer and don’t find any. So that’s why we had awareness leaflets printed and these same ladies now help get them into their surgeries to help raise awareness.

As a very small not for profit, it’s very hard for us to be seen and heard but we will continue to do all we can to raise the profile of womb cancer and get the information out there.

We strongly believe that prevention is better than cure. We want all women to know the risk factors of womb cancer and to be as womb cancer aware as they are about breast cancer.
According to CRUK, 9.324 women were diagnosed with womb cancer in 2014, that is 26 women a day. Mothers, Daughters, Wives, Sisters, Aunts, Nieces, Grandmothers. A family being given the news that no-one wants to hear.

This September we are asking you to help us “Give Womb Cancer A Voice” and raise awareness.  We’re not asking you to run a marathon, jump out of an aeroplane or shave your hair off – there are lots of simple things you can do to help out. Check out here

A womb cancer diagnosis is no less traumatic that a cervical or breast cancer diagnosis.  We deserve the same level of help and support and recognition.

Kaz xx

0 Comments

    Author

    Blog posts about life with womb cancer; by me and other womb cancer fighters and survivors. Plus occasional guest blog posts on relevant subjects.

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Old Posts From Blogger
    Personal Stories

    Archives

    May 2022
    February 2022
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    November 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014




Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.