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By Dr. Kristi Funk, Thomas Nelson (publisher) 416 pp.

‘Breasts: The Owner’s Manual: Every Woman’s Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, Making Treatment Choices, and Optimizing Outcomes’

hen the doctor who performed actress Angelina Jolie’s widely publicized, double prophylactic mastectomy writes a book on women’s breasts, people take notice. And when singer and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow writes a passionate foreword to that book, it garners even more attention.

Breasts: The Owner’s Manual is an empowering and allinclusive guide to breast health by Dr. Kristi Funk, a boardcertified breast cancer surgeon who graduated with distinction from Stanford in 1991 and received a medical degree from the University of California School of Medicine. She’s a frequent co-host on The Doctors and the breast cancer expert on Good Morning America. As co-founder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center, she has helped to transform the delivery of breast cancer healthcare in the U.S. Considered the definitive book on breasts, this volume contains ten chapters sectioned into four parts: Breast Health Basics, Reducing Breast Cancer Risk, Learning Your Risk Factors and Controlling What You Can, and Making Medical Choices and Living with Risk. In spite of the book’s depth and size, it is not overwhelming; readers can pick and choose the appropriate topic and use it as an in-home reference.

This national bestseller guides readers on ways to reduce their

breast cancer risk and recurrence risk by focusing on the latest research and prevention methods. It also explores uncontrollable risk factors for the disease and outlines medical choices for those recently diagnosed, living with, or navigating life after breast cancer. The book presents the latest treatments and details how well they work for all kinds of breast cancer.

This disease is the No.1 killer of women ages 20-59; the likelihood of it increases with age. Throughout a lifetime, one in eight women will get it, and most of them (87% percent) will not have a first-degree relative with breast cancer. This guide shows us how the choices we make every day are essential to our health.

Dr. Funk’s writing style is remarkable for its good humor and encouraging manner, speaking to us with memorable quips such as, “The easiest cancer to cure is the one you never get,” or, “Your goal is not to give cancer a happy home.”

What I found most helpful was the “Beat It Breast Cancer” checklist at the end of the book that addresses whole foods and plant-based diets, exercise, reduction or elimination of smoking and alcohol, stress management, and much more.

During October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, consider this book another tool for helping you to become your healthiest self.

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ink is October’s new orange now that Breast Cancer Awareness Month is such a popular cause.

Now’s a good time to schedule a mammogram (if you haven’t done so) and to help raise awareness and funds for research. So, paint your pumpkins pink, run a pink mile, and flaunt your hot pink sunnies, hats and tees wherever you go.

Men, you too.

Optimism about this disease is on the rise. With better detection methods and new treatments, breast cancer is becoming easier to detect and treat or cure.

But as Dr. Kristi Funk, a breast cancer surgeon, a frequent co-host on The Doctors, and breast cancer expert on Good Morning America puts it: “The easiest cancer to cure is the one you never get.”

In the vein of finding the “easiest cancer to cure,” here are some lifestyle choices that can increase or decrease your chances of getting the disease.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) warns that drinking alcohol in excess is linked to an increase in breast and other cancers. They recommend that women who consume alcohol have no more than one drink a day; those who partake in two or three in a day are at a 20% higher risk compared to those who refrain altogether.

The ACS also recommends that people maintain a healthy weight through diet and exercise. Being overweight or obese after menopause presents an increased risk for breast cancer, as the excess fat tissue can raise estrogen and insulin levels, which have been linked to some cancers, including breast.

Evidence is growing that regular physical activity reduces your cancer risk, especially in post-menopausal women. Some studies indicate that just a couple of hours a week may be beneficial, but more seems to be better. The ACS recommends adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity a week.

Talk to your healthcare provider if you feel the need to use hormone therapy, birth control implants, IUDs, skin patches, or vaginal rings, which may also increase risk through the delivery of hormones.

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For more information, visit the American Cancer Society at cancer.org or read Dr. Funk’s book, Breasts: The Owner’s Manual: Every Woman’s Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, Making Treatment Choices, and Optimizing Outcomes. You can check out Kathy Megyeri’s review of the book in this issue.

Breast cancer is the leading killer of women ages 20-59; the likelihood of it rises with age, with one in eight women having the disease in her lifetime. Men are also at risk, so they should report any unusual lumps in the chest, armpit or collarbone to their doctor immediately.

In this issue, we share stories of celebrities (male and female) who have battled breast cancer and continue the fight by raising awareness and funds for a cure.

Wouldn’t it be great if a cure is found and October didn’t have to be pink anymore?

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In November, join her for a “conversation” with audience

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By RANDAL C. HILL for the 10-year-old Julie to Music, Julie found herself up against more “bankable” emerge as the most talented names such as Doris Day and Grace Kelly. This time, member of the troupe. though, she was granted her star turn as Maria, the After spending years on singing governess to the von Trapp family and the British radio, television and mountaintop-twirling, joyously exuberant nun-nostages, the songstress came to more. the States in 1954 to play the Her work calendar remained full until one fateful lead role in the Broadway show day in 1997. During surgery for a non-cancerous The Boy Friend. She admits it growth on her vocal cords, the procedure went wrong, wasn’t the most promising of and she lost her singing voice, which was reduced to all her performances. a fragile alto. The toll on the beloved superstar proved “The truth is, I was terrible to be emotional as well as physical; in 1999 she in the play – at least I thought underwent grief counseling.

I was,” she told the Liverpool Eventually, she learned a new way of singing and E c h o n e w s p a p e r. “ I w a s told Britain’s The Telegraph, “I have about five good playing a Southern girl from bass notes, and I can work my way around them pretty Tennessee, and I had no idea well…I also employ that Rex Harrison sing-speak what kind of an accent I was kind of voice. I narrate a lot. I tell tales.” supposed to be doing, or She also said, “When careers last as long as mine— anything like that.

And I was and it’s been a lot of years now—I’m very fortunate In September, Actress Julie Andrews received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 76th Venice Film very, very young. that I’m still around…All careers go up and down like Festival in Italy. The screen icon comes to Clearwater and Sarasota in November.

“But although I was very friendships, like marriages, like anything else. bad in the play, Cy Feuer (the “I think I’ve been very, very lucky.” t age 84, Dame Julie Andrews has seemingly done producer) came back[stage] afterwards, and the first it all: Over the decades, she’s earned an Academy thing he said to me, probably the only thing he could *** Award, five Golden Globes, three Grammys, two say to me, was ‘You’ve got perfect pitch.’

Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild “And I said ‘Yes, I do.’”

Onstage, the lady legend will be sharing her personal Lifetime Achievement Award.

When she won the role of Eliza Doolittle in the evolution, from her precocious childhood days to In September, she received a Lifetime Achievement musical My Fair Lady, she was billed as “Britain’s her current projects, one of which involves doing Award at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival youngest prima donna.” Unfortunately, when Warner voiceover work for a new Netflix series. Opening with in Italy.

Brothers turned the hit play into a movie, they sought a a video montage of her work, Andrews will be joined Soon the beloved icon will discuss her extraordinary “name” actress for the film and hired Audrey Hepburn on stage by her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, life and take questions from the audience during “An to play Eliza. who co-wrote her mother’s second autobiography and Evening of Conversation with Julie Andrews,” which But good luck—in the form of a surprise visitor— will facilitate questions from the audience. comes to Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall on Nov. 13 was waiting in the wings. and Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on While Andrews was emoting Photo Credit: Playbill “An Evening of Conversation Nov. 14. as Queen Guinevere in with Julie Andrews” Broadway’s Camelot, Walt *** Disney showed up to tell her Coming to Clearwater’s Ruth about a new project: Mary Eckerd Hall, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m.

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Celebs Who Fought Breast Cancer

By KATHY MEGYERI

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One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. These six celebrities, among others, have fought the cancer battle and are now using their star status to raise awareness, advocate for early detection, and plea for better treatments and recovery options. Their endurance, courage, and forthrightness are inspirational. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and we hope their messages motivate you to get your annual mammogram, pay attention to your body, and seek medical help when something seems amiss.

Rita Wilson Wilson, 62, is an actress, writer, singer, songwriter and producer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Mamma Mia! In 2015, at age 58, she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery for invasive lobular carcinoma.

Now cancer free, she says she was blessed to have caught her disease early, to have had excellent doctors, and to have pursued a second opinion, thanks to the urging from a friend. “Early diagnosis is the key,” she told People magazine.

Among a variety of philanthropic efforts, she and husband Tom Hanks are co-chairs of the Women’s Cancer Research Fund which raises funds to combat women’s cancers.

Kathy Bates Bates, 71, an actress and director, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2003 and breast cancer in 2012.

She underwent a double mastectomy which resulted in lymphedema in both arms. She became an advocate for funding of lymphedema and lymphatic diseases and was awarded the 2018 WebMD Health Heroes “Game Changer” Award for her activism.

She told People magazine that her aunt, mother and niece all had the disease. Ironically, she tested negative for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation that increases a woman’s risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

“A negative BRCA result is not a get out of jail free card,” she said.

Peter Criss Criss, the 73-year-old drummer and a founding member of the band Kiss, shed light on the fact that men (even heavy metal rockers) can get breast cancer when he announced in 2008 that he had the disease.

“It scared the pants off me,” he told Fox News.

He found a lump in his chest at age 62 and was successfully treated with a lumpectomy and later, a mastectomy. He gets regular mammograms (although we aren’t sure how that works) and continues to raise awareness about breast cancer in men.

More than 2,000 new cases of male breast cancer are expected each year in the U.S.; over 400 men die from the disease annually, often because they wait too long to seek help.

Hoda Kotb Kotb, 55, the co-anchor on NBC’s Today, was diagnosed at age 43 after breast lumps were discovered during a routine exam. She had a mastectomy and reconstruction followed by five years of tamoxifen therapy.

Her autobiography, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer and Kathie Lee was a New York Times bestseller. Probably most inspiring was that she allowed Today show cameras throughout her cancer battle to document the journey.

She told Today viewers, “Cancer shaped me, but did not define me.”

Joan Lunden Lunden, 69, a former co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America and author of eight books, was diagnosed in 2014 with triple-negative breast cancer—the three most common types of receptors known to fuel most breast cancer growth (estrogen, progesterone, and the HER2/neu gene) were not present in her cancer tumor. It was found when her doctor ordered additional screening because of her dense fibrous breast tissue.

As she told NBC’s Today show, “I walked out of that mammogram with a clean bill of health, only to discover in my ultrasound that I had an aggressive form of breast cancer.”

Today, she is cancer free and travels the country speaking to health organizations and raising awareness about the disease.

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Robin Roberts Roberts, the 58-year-old anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America, found a lump during a self-exam that was diagnosed as triple-negative breast cancer; she was 46 at the time.

“Because I was familiar with my body and the lumps, I knew this one felt different,” she tells women. “It was hard and in a different place on my breast. If I hadn’t been doing self-exams, I wouldn’t have known that.”

The TV host underwent a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation but faced another condition in 2012: myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease of the bone marrow thought to be the result of the radiation.

Roberts has received accolades for allowing her network to document and build an awareness campaign around her battle with this rare disease.

Still, she urges others not to discount radiation treatments.

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Dreyer first spotted the Dachshund mix on the Lee County Animal Services website and adopted her, knowing the loving dog would make a perfect pet therapy partner. She applied for certification with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs.

The team completed the necessary training and testing and now makes two visits each week to the hospital.

“Offering love, smiles, joy and companionship—and a few dog kisses—to those in need of some relief from their current situation which may be causing them pain makes it all worth it,” said Dreyer.

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What’s new; what you need to know

By TERRI BRYCE REEVES Picking a plan just got easier with new plan finder.

Medicare Open Enrollment, Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, is when Medicare recipients can change their health plans and prescription drug coverage for 2020 to best meet their needs. Things like cost, coverage, and in-network

providers and pharmacies may change from year to year and what works one year may not work the next.

The process can seem overwhelming.

Now Medicare’s 60 million beneficiaries should have an easier time of it, say officials. For the first time in a decade, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder at medicare.gov/ plan-compare/.

The updated website features a mobile-friendly and easy-to-read design that will help enrollees and their caregivers compare prices between basic Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medigap policies.

The retooled website allows beneficiaries to compare up to three Part D prescription plans side by side, including what the costs are for buying at a local pharmacy and through mail order. It also informs users if a generic form is available.

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These are just a few of the changes that are part of the Trump Administration’s eMedicare initiative, which is designed to meet the needs of tech-savvy beneficiaries who use smartphones, desktops and tablets.

The online tools don’t replace Medicare’s traditional customer service options— people will still have access to the Medicare handbook and be able to get phone help by calling 1-800-MEDICARE. “Our goal is to provide a seamless, transparent online experience,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement.

“The redesigned Medicare Plan Finder is another example of how CMS is empowering beneficiaries with price and quality information to take advantage of lower rates and new benefits in Medicare Advantage and Part D.” In 2019, CMS added nearly 600 Medicare Advantage plans with average premiums declining to their lowest levels in six years. Over the past three years, average Part D basic premiums have decreased from $34.70 to a projected $30 in 2020, saving beneficiaries about $1.9 billion in premium costs.

In addition to upgrading the Medicare Plan Finder, CMS has redesigned the Medicare homepage and refreshed the personalized MyMedicare.gov portal to create an easy to navigate, personalized online experience for people with Medicare.

New to Medicare?

At age 65, you become eligible for Medicare and it’s essential to be aware of the deadlines. You can sign up three months before your 65th birthday; you have until three months after your birthday month to enroll.

Missing the deadline could result in higher premiums.

If you have employer-sponsored healthcare, talk to your employer and a Medicare agent about when to sign up.

Before you start to select a plan, make a list of your doctors that you want to keep as well as your medications, making sure your policy covers them. Part D plans have a list of covered drugs called formularies. If your medicine is not on the plan’s formulary, you will either need to request an exemption, pay out-of-pocket, or file an appeal.

Consider your travel plans, too, and what would happen if you have a medical emergency when away from home.

For instance, those who split time between residences in two states may not be able to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan that will provide coverage in both places. And Medicare can be tricky for overseas travel.

If you leave the country, Medicare may not cover you, even in an emergency.

In some circumstances, though, Medicare will pay for care in a foreign hospital or aboard a ship. Some Medicare Advantage plans do cover emergency care abroad.

Most experts recommend not to rely on basic Medicare alone with no extra coverage. To do so could be a costly mistake—even one expensive hospital visit could put you in bankruptcy. Between deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and no out-of-pocket maximum, the basic Medicare program alone can present a substantial financial risk.

About a third of beneficiaries enroll in Advantage plans, which offer out-of-pockets maximums. Some include extra perks like vision and dental, wheelchair ramps, shower grips, meal delivery, and transportation to the doctors’ offices.

Basic Medicare can be supplemented with employersponsored insurance, Medicaid (for those who qualify), or a Medigap policy.

Note that the ideal time to buy a Medigap policy is during your Medigap open enrollment period, which begins at 65. During that time, the insurance companies can’t deny you coverage for a preexisting condition, and they have to give you the best rate.

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am not a competitive person. If I even so much as win at Scrabble, I’m inclined to leap over the board, hug the loser, and say I’m sorry. Yet, each morning, upon opening my eyes, I find myself engaged in a verbal duel.

I’m not exactly sure when this began. Perhaps it started on that critical birthday when one’s bladder decides to stop cooperating with one’s need for hydration.

I’m reminded of my former dogs. When they aged, I’d remove their water bowls no later than 5 p.m. to prevent them from awakening me in the middle of the night. I’m now considering rolling back happy hour.

What’s referred to as “a good night’s sleep” has become elusive. My husband swears he hasn’t slept through the night since he was ten months old. His parents are both deceased so I cannot confirm this report, but I do know that a factor in my sleepus interruptus is the glow of his iPad at some ungodly hour.

As a result of this pernicious insomnia, we’ve become quite competitive, continually challenging each other as to who has had the worst night. A typical morning conversation might go something like this: “How did you sleep?”

“Terrible.”

“Yeah, well, I slept worse.”

“I woke at 3 a.m. and haven’t slept since.”

“So? I woke at 2:50.”

“No, you didn’t. I saw you. You were sound asleep.”

“I was pretending.”

“So how come you were snoring?”

“I was imitating you.”

“I had to go to the bathroom three times.”

“I went four.”

“Yeah, well, I had leg cramps.”

“I know. I heard you marching around the bedroom.”

“No, you didn’t. You were sleeping.”

I’m sure competitive not-sleeping isn’t limited to us. At this stage of life, sleep deprivation may be the latest status age-related deficit, edging out contenders like number of body part replacements, knowing who the best doctors are, and HDL scores.

Instead, we discuss the virtues of Ambien over Lunesta, or how spraying lavender on your pillowcase is very soothing and will lull you to dreamland. I tried that. It resulted in a damp pillowcase and an allergy attack.

As for me, I’m tired and want to withdraw from the game. I’d gladly relinquish the gold medal in exchange for a few nights of uninterrupted, restful sleep. And when my husband laments in the morning about how bad the night was, I’d gently pat his hand, commiserate, and try to refrain from gloating.

After all, I’m not a competitive person.

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