http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/25/marines.breast.cancer.folo/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/25/marines.breast.cancer.folo/index.html)
"My wife would hug me, and it became almost unbearable," he said.
"I went to a doctor, and they sent me to the oncologist, and they did
biopsies on both sides. And then I ended up with a double mastectomy."
Kelly is one of 20 retired U.S. Marines or sons of Marines who once lived at
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and who are now suffering from breast cancer,
a disease that strikes about one man for every 100 women who get it. Each
of the seven men CNN interviewed for this report has had part of his chest
removed as part of his treatment, along with chemotherapy, radiation or both.
Having seen the story and how these men suffered, maybe more men will see the need for not only they checking themselves but for their mates.
Janet