Simone Perele focuses on Breast Cancer Awareness month
In the time between waking up this morning and going to sleep tonight, 57 Australians will be told they have breast cancer. The same will happen tomorrow and the following day too, making breast cancer the most common cancer affecting Australian women.
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month for October, we are amplifying the voice and stories from people who have been affected by breast cancer and helping to raise much needed funds for the Breast Cancer Network and the people it affects.
This October, Simone Perele will donate 100% of the profits of our October Rose Night Short to cancer charities to help ensure all Australians have equal access to the best breast cancer care.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting Australian women together with the support of our customers, we will aim to raise much needed funds for cancer charities.
Touch, care & love is a Simone Perele global campaign, we hope to share stories to encourage people to donate to breast cancer charities around the world.
Breast Awareness & Self-Exam
- Breast self-exams, or regularly examining your breasts on your own, can be an important way to find a breast cancer early, when it’s more likely to be treated successfully.
- Use the pads of your fingers not the very tips, of your three middle fingers for the exam. Use different pressure levels.
- Your goal is to feel different depths of the breast by using different levels of pressure to feel all the breast tissue.
- Take your time. Don't rush. Follow a pattern.
Introducing Bella Varelis & Kim Cutajar
This October, our friend of the brand, Bella Varelis and her Mum talk exclusively to us on their touch with breast cancer.
Bella and her mum Kim, share their story of how breast cancer effected their family, how they coped and the support they needed.
What is your Breast Cancer story?
Experiencing my mum having breast cancer twice brought a lot of awareness into our lives, and raised the importance of getting regular breast checks. This year my mum came alongside my appointment for my first check I’d ever done, they saw something abnormal and I had to get a biopsy the next day. The 24 hours waiting to get the test and then the results was frightening because I was worried it could have been my first run in with breast cancer, thankfully it came back as a cyst but knowing that if it was a tumour, we would have caught it early enough, hence why early detection is key.
What is one thing your experience has taught you?
Spreading the word on regular breast checks is something every woman should be aware of maintaining and every moment spent with loved ones, especially your Mum should be valued.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer effecting Australian women and experiencing mum go through breast cancer twice, and my scare with my check up earlier this year, we want to do whatever we can to help and support other women experiencing breast cancer.
I will never take moments with mum for granted, us getting ready, laughing and having my mum still by my side makes me forever grateful, we know not every story is a success story and our hearts go out to those affected and who have lost loved once.
Let’s come together to build awareness so there can be more success stories.
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