To Your Sexual Health- Cervical Cancer

After receiving a comment from Shonari on my last post "To Your sexual health" i decided this week's post would be about Cervical Cancer.

Cervical Cancer or Cancer of the cervix is caused by viruses called Human papillomaviruses (HPV) and are spread through sexual contact. This type of cancer takes a while before any symptoms show. Usually we are able to fight the HPV but sometimes the virus leads to cancer. The good news is that Cervical Cancer is almost 100% curable, assuming it it caught early.

The least you need to know:
What is the Cervic
The cervix is part of the female reproductive system. It is the lower narrow part of the uterus. The cervix connects the uterus to the vagina.

What is Cancer
Normally the body produces tissues that grow and divide and form new cells when the body needs them and ultimately old cells die. Sometimes however, things do not go according to plan; new tissues are formed when we don't need them and or the old cells do not die. As a result, we have extra cells that we don't need and they form a mass and that mass we call a tumor. Tumor can then get cancerous.
Risk Factors:
1. Having HPV. It is the highest risk factor.
2. Not doing PAP Smears. PAP smears help doctors to find abnormal cells if they are present.
3. Age- The older you get the higher the risks
4. Woman having many sexual partners or who has is having sex with a man who has had many sexual partners.
5. Smoking cigarettes. chemicals from cigarettes may damage and weaken cervical cells making it hard to fight off infections.
6. Using Birth control pills for five years or more.
7. Early sexual activity. The cervical cells in younger women are more fragile and more easily damaged by frequent sexual intercourse.

What you can do:
1. Have regular pap smears. If you are over 21 or sexually active, go and schedule a PAP test, if you have never had one. This is the most important step. Your doctor will be able to advise you after this.

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Writings on the...wall, road side, t-shirt etc

some things that i have seen while going about my "busy" day

on a wall somewhere in the Papine area: Gone but nat far gatten (or summen like that) I assumed it meant gone but not forgotten.

all round kingston: Homosexuality cause cancer dont bow, dont suck (interesting dont you think)

On a gate in kingston: Plese keep the door Cloused (well at least i could read it, it could classify as English)

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A Day in the Life Of

A basic school child...

They wake me up so early every morning, every morning mommy come in and wake me up. I have to bathe in the cold water, it cold you see, and then she get vex when I get vex. My brother, as soon as she turn her back, you see him go throw out the water of of the thermos and get fi bathe with hot water, it no fair, is just true mi likkle.

After all a dat, i have to put on this ugly brown uniform, it always untidy, me nuh know who fa ediat idea it was fi mek the stupid tunic wid the buttons down the back. I'm five, and they say they want you to be indripendent and you cant reach the buttons so you can put on the ugly uniforms. I wish i could just hide all a dem and wear me jeans and t-shirt. Cho.

See it deh, no breakfast again, how you expect me fi learn and you nuh gi me nutten fi eat. Hiss teeth, and when me drop a sleep a school, you see how teacher tell me seh me lazy and no do no work and then you come beat me when she tell you that, like a no your fault, since all you do a pack me up with the taste bad juice dem and the sweety. Just because me a five no mean seh me no like nothing else. I like macrooni and cheese for your information.

Stupid taxi man! She not even come one morning fi mek sure seh dis ediat can drive. Look how much a we pack up inna the cyar, like a sardine, and him so ugly too, him and him screw up face girlfriend, like is our fault him drive taxi and haffi pick we up. Me caan wait fi reach, not that school all that exciting anyway.

Good morning miss Clairwood. School is so boring. We come and do devotion, sing the same song dem every morning, like seh, we caan think a nothing else, and this woman, who she think she be, which one a we she think have a clue what we a sing bout, the song just nice fi dance to.

The days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday..., square, triangle, circle, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10..., rainy weather, sunny weather, cloudy weather, windy weather, blue, green...all morning long...

Sit up straight, turn around in your chair, stop this, stop that, you don't hear a calling to you? What you doing, what you building, what colour is it, where you going, what i said, who called you, too much noise, no, no, stop stop, behave, behave....no little, nice girl, nice boy, wow that's nice, you are really trying, you look pretty today, you are being so quiet, no little anything fi make we feel good. All day long, pure questioning, me feel like me a go buss. Cho. And then when me reach home, same thing all over again...you do your home work, you wash you plate, go bathe, turn off the tv.......Me so mad, a wonder if anybody ever realize seh me a smaddy too? Just because me likkle and cyan do betta? Just because me small and my voice week? I'm here, down here, see me here, i'm gonna be big like you one day, what are you doing to make sure I am worthwhile when i grow up?

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Dj's good with their hands

As usual, i was hanging out with my friends the other night and a bredrin of mine was playing some music on the console. He was practicing is scratching and mixing and for some strange reason, the thought came to me; Djs must be good at using their hands to please their partners.
He was scratching and keeping perfect timing and it sounded great. It makes sense don't you think, especially for the ladies. When scratching, I can imagine it must be important for the selector/dj to keep perfect timing, to apply just the right pressure and to keep a good rhythm going, and to know when to stop and introduce a new song, or the change the variation to keep the beat interesting.

It occurred to me, isn't it the same thing when a man is caressing a woman-wherever! He has to know just where to touch, how much pressure to apply, keep a nice good rhythm, and know when to introduce a kiss here, or there, or to insert a finger here or there etc, right? Not only that, but i can imagine that a dj might just be more skilled, considering how fast he has to move his fingers while taking into consideration so many other things. Its an unfair advantage don't you think. Well, I'm sure non-dj, music selecting men can be pretty good from mere practice or because they take a special pride in what they do. Women, wouldn't it be great to have a DJ in your life...LOL...maybe just maybe.

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The Mini Skirt

I love mini-skirts, i like to wear them, (i'm quick to add though that i only own two :)) but what i really like is to see is women in mini-skirts. I see those shocked aghast faces! Calm down, that's not what I meant (sorry to disappoint those who were hoping) I will tell you very shortly why i like women in mini-skirts.

Scenario:
I'm sitting at UWI student's union and a young lady nicely dressed in a mini-skirt passes by. Hmm, thats not such a bad thing, its not a bad thing at all...except: one step, two steps, three steps...pull down skirt, 4 steps, 5 steps, 6 steps, pull down skirt, 7 steps, 8 steps, 9 steps, pull down skirt. Sigh, why ladies, why? Why would i chose to wear a malfunctioning wardrobe? I'm sure I'm not the only one so lucky to experience this sight. I would imagine your desire to wear something nice and appealing for the young men or young women, but i surely do think that your constant fixing, adjusting and rearranging would definitely detract from the confident, sexy image you probably were trying to portray. I mean seriously, it's hilarious. By the time she adjusts that thing twice, her confidence level must be plummeting. If not, then Kudos to you. You are a different breed of woman, especially if you hear me snickering behind you, which i find it very hard not to do, since its your fault, this is even happening.

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