{"id":239766,"date":"2022-10-12T07:58:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T05:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=122700"},"modified":"2022-10-12T07:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T05:58:12","slug":"dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"#DontBeAHothead: Choose to know, get tested!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122701\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=122701\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-122701 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-122701 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don\u2019t be a Hothead, Get tested!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Strawberry Lips challenges South Africans to not be a hothead in their new Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Life can be a handful. Just ask Fiona Ubisi. Strong, young, and educated, at just 27 years old Fiona was juggling multiple hustles while taking care of her one-year-old, hosting her podcast Ladies Checking In and holding down a 9 to 5 gig. And then the unthinkable happened.<\/p>\n<p>Picture this: It\u2019s September 2020, seven months into the pandemic, and everyone\u2019s talking about COVID. Fiona was working hard to better her life and the life of her baby boy during a global crisis. It\u2019s a lot. And, in all of this chaos, confusion and madness, she felt a lump in her breast. She could have easily ignored the lump. Brushed it off. Pretended she never felt it. What lump? But Fiona chose to not be a hothead and instead kept her cool, taking her life into her own hands. \u201cI immediately made an appointment with a breast cancer specialist,\u201d she remembers. \u201cAfter a mammogram and biopsy, I was told that I had stage 2 breast cancer.\u201d Because of her actions, Fiona isn\u2019t just another number. Today she\u2019s a Strawberry Lips Breast Cancer Warrior.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NCBI (2020), breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide, accounting for 6.6% of all cancer deaths. In South Africa, it is also the most common cancer among women, accounting for 20.8% of all female cancers. Though the risk for breast cancer increases as a person gets older, many women under the age of 40 have been (and will continue to be) diagnosed.<\/p>\n<p>Whether because they don\u2019t know their risk or because they\u2019ve never been shown how to check themselves, many young women in South Africa don\u2019t find treatment until it\u2019s too late. The survival rate for breast cancer once it has reached stage 3 and 4 is only 24%, but, if caught early, that survival rate skyrockets to 93%.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Strawberry Lips continues its work to encourage young South Africans all over the country to check their breasts regularly. For October, the #DontBeaHothead campaign aims to create awareness and educate young women about early detection, encourage them to talk to their health care providers and check their breasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCancer has touched the lives of almost everyone I know, which is why it is so crucial that we continue to educate women about the importance of self-examinations and regular screenings\u201d says Strawberry Lips marketing manager, Vanessa Nel.<\/p>\n<p>The road to recovery hasn\u2019t been an easy one, but Fiona has never been one to back down from a fight. She\u2019s now in remission and thankful for the life she has. \u201cKnow your body and if anything doesn\u2019t feel right get it checked by a doctor immediately,\u201d says Fiona. If you have been diagnosed and have started your treatment, Fiona\u2019s advice is to remember to stay kind to yourself. \u201cIt\u2019s ok to cry and break down when you need to, but positivity is one of the biggest things that really kept me going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This October don\u2019t be a hothead! Keep your cool and get tested. Choose to know because the sky is the limit. What are you waiting for? Get started today by checking your breasts. Touch, Look and Check:<br \/>\u2022 Touch your breasts: does anything feel different?<br \/>\u2022 Look for changes: do they look different?<br \/>\u2022 Check with your doctor, public hospital breast clinic, CANSA Care Centre or Clicks if you are concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, share the hashtag #DontBeAHotHead with your friends and family on your socials. Issa thing!<\/p>\n<p>Strawberry Lips is famously known as a delicate blend of strawberry flavoured cream liqueur. It is the #3 cream liqueur in the country, delicious served over crushed ice, in a cocktail, shottail, milkshake or over ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Strawberry Lips on https:\/\/strawberrylipsliqueur.co.za\/ ,connect on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StrawberryLipsLiqueur and Instagram https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strawberrylipsliqueur\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">140<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/dontbeahothead-choose-to-know-get-tested\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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