Somalis And Cancer

[Cisse Westlake]

how come u hardly hear a somali who has cancer, cadaans always seem 2 be suffering with cancer
in my family I have never heard my parents say ina hebel is diagnosed with cancer.

is there a lack of awarness from this killer disease?

reason this has come 2 my attention is becoz a famous woman in england is about 2 die of cervical cancer

[Voltage]

Yup, we have it in our family. My aunt (mom's younger sister alle hau naxariisto) died of it in 1989 and several members of my family have been diagnosed with tumors (that didn't turn into cancer yet).

[dawwa9]

All the deaths in my family have been of cardiovascular diseases. (Blood pressure etc)

Never heard of a cancer patient in my (greater) family.

I also never seen an albino Somali, does that even exist?

[FAH1223]

yeah a couple relatives of mine have been diagnosed and gone thru treatment

[Cisse Westlake]

Yup, we have it in our family. My aunt (mom's younger sister alle hau naxariisto) died of it in 1989 and several members of my family have been diagnosed with tumors (that didn't turn into cancer yet).

aun to ur aunt volt. so many people dont realise how much of a killer disease it is

[abdikarim86]

they do get cancer, but i think they are ignorant of it
they dont know the syptoms and shid

i mean there aint even a somali word for cancer

[LaQaNyO]

Allah ya raxma i heard of a lady that died of cancer today... ilaahey ha uu naxariisto amiin.

I always hear people around me refering to it as 'xanuunkii dee kii' or 'xanuunkii xuma' and they always add may god swt never bring it to us.
It is a taboo to talk about it within our community.. almost as if you are going to get it by talking about it and i try and not question my culture so i guess it makes sense.

[xoogSADE14]

Cancer Soomaalidu wuu ku dhacaa laakiinse for most part we're just too badow to know what ails our loved ones.

[ire]

My ayeeyo died of cancer (ilaahey ha u naxariisto); my eedo's husband died of cancer (ilaahey ha u naxariisto); my best friend's father died of cancer (ilaahey ha u naxariisto).

[Cisse Westlake]

Allah ya raxma i heard of a lady that died of cancer today... ilaahey ha uu naxariisto amiin.

I always hear people around me refering to it as 'xanuunkii dee kii' or 'xanuunkii xuma' and they always add may god swt never bring it to us.
It is a taboo to talk about it within our community.. almost as if you are going to get it by talking about it and i try and not question my culture so i guess it makes sense.

tru walle, for example breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. yet u hardly hear of a somali woman suffering from it.

[Voltage]

Xoog, you are right. For a long time the family didn't know what was wrong with my aunt and Somalia didn't have the equipment to diagnose my her. Her husband (and you know him, her husband was one of Aabe Siyaad's high staff members) had to get doctors in from Germany and they are the ones who diagnosed it but by that time it was too late.

Ciise, thanks man.

[Cawar]

how come u hardly hear a somali who has cancer, cadaans always seem 2 be suffering with cancer
in my family I have never heard my parents say ina hebel is diagnosed with cancer.

is there a lack of awarness from this killer disease?

reason this has come 2 my attention is becoz a famous woman in england is about 2 die of cervical cancer

Its a combination of many reasons..as to why you dont hear about it..


First, it takes years for genes to mutate , thanks in part to enviromental reasons and dietary habbits , to the point that a normal cell changes into a cancerous one..
Secondly, there are some cancers that dont afflict certain ppl and thats a geograhical issue , which no one knows why..

And more importantly, the somali community in the diaspora havent been studied enough to reach conclusions..but Cancer aflicts all human kind.

[abdikarim86]

trust me ciise a lot of somali women have breast cancer

i know five somali women who have died from it in my area

[Cisse Westlake]

trust me ciise a lot of somali women have breast cancer

i know five somali women who have died from it in my area

in my area one had it, but thank god she is better now.

[LaQaNyO]

Allah ya raxma i heard of a lady that died of cancer today... ilaahey ha uu naxariisto amiin.

I always hear people around me refering to it as 'xanuunkii dee kii' or 'xanuunkii xuma' and they always add may god swt never bring it to us.
It is a taboo to talk about it within our community.. almost as if you are going to get it by talking about it and i try and not question my culture so i guess it makes sense.

tru walle, for example breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. yet u hardly hear of a somali woman suffering from it.

Ilaahey ha uu naxariisto my aunty died from it.. i remember walahi it was so on the downlow when she first got diagnosed,I guess we acknowledge that it is all amar allah swt.. whereas gaalo people go on about it how they got 10days to live and how they intend to do most of the things they always have wanted to do in life... have u seen that Jade Goody from BB couple of yrs ago? suddenly the woman is all over the media with a bald head and tearfull eyes.... exactly what does she want sympathy?
Our people are made out of brick walle... and they have arkanatul imaam, most of all they avoid sympathy

But you know im gonna be so somali about this now... ilaahey noma keeno amiin so... anigu wa kaga baxay hadalka sxb.