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The story of Nia begins long before Debbie Rosas and Carlos AyaRosas stepped onto a co-creative path in 1982, guided by an idea that fitness could feel better, be fun and cater to the whole person. The back story – the one that makes you really understand the inspiration behind this sensory-based movement practice – starts in Chicago, and is best told by Debbie herself.
Debbie's Introduction
What I am about to share with you is meant to shed light on why it was so important for me to design Nia in a fluid, body-centered, sensory-based and creative way. My personal story will help you understand why it is the priority of Nia to leave people feeling good about themselves in terms of their bodies, identities and possibilities for the future. I hope my story, both the good and the painful parts, will motivate and inspire you to step onto your own path of health, wellness and fitness.
The Beginning
I didn't always feel the way I do now. My mind, body, emotions and spirit were not always unified. I guess you could say my first conscious in-body experience happened when I met Carlos at the age of 29 years old. But before we get to that, I'm going to take you back to a time of great struggling and suffering.
It was January of 1950, and my mother tells me there was a blazing snowstorm in Chicago, Illinois at the time of my birth. Maybe that's why I love snow so much. The cold weather always seems to make me feel safe. I don't really remember much about being a young child, but I do vividly recall the weeks that passed without the use of my senses. Depending on the illness, I spent extended amounts of time without the ability to see, hear, touch or taste. This is what gives me such great respect for the body's senses today.
At two months old, I encountered my first physical illness and had to have a tumor removed from the right side of my neck. I am reminded of the surgical invasion by my limited neck movement. If you look closely at me from the front, you'll notice that the placement of my head sits about an inch and a half too far to the right. However, my neck mobility is greatly improved thanks to Nia – and the once reversed curve in my neck is almost completely healed.
From the ages of two to seven, I had almost every ear, nose and throat infection known to man. I often wonder if growing up behind a farm that periodically sprayed had something to do with this. I would wake up with my eyes swollen and crusted shut. My nose was completely congested, making it extremely difficult to breath. Strep throat and swollen tonsils suppressed my desire to eat because swallowing was so uncomfortable. Eventually, I had my adenoids and tonsils removed. Styes and ugly protrusions grew on the surface of my eyelids. Painful pus mounds plagued my face and made me ashamed of my looks.
These illnesses were the catalyst for my so-called "learning disabilities" that doctors and teachers diagnosed me with. I withdrew from the world, hindering my ability to progress and learn. People thought I was slow and stupid. They would say things like, "she's a day-dreamer," or "she doesn't pay attention," or "she isn't very smart." These comments had a profound effect on me, damaging my self-esteem and sense of self-worth. They stole my dreams and limited my perceived potential. Now healed, I recognize that my pain – both physical and emotional – motivated me to make Nia body-centered and sensory-guided.
At eight, I began a relationship with my intuitive, creative and imaginative self. This would prove to be one of my most rewarding relationships. I escaped into a realm with no boundaries – away from the reality of my days. But traditional schools in those times placed little value on artistic ability. I was dubbed void of "intelligence." Comments like, "well at least she can draw" left me feeling inadequate – like my artistic talent was not nearly as important as reading or math skills.
In the same year, I suffered from psoriasis and eczema. From my armpits down to my hands, I was crusted with thick, scaly skin, leaving me unable to bend my arms. It was impossible to dress, wipe or feed myself. Schools would send me home in fear that I was contagious after seeing my blazing red skin, scabs and oozing pus. Once home, my mother would wrap my arms, grab the doctor's letter, and take me right back to class. Humiliated and embarrassed, I felt deeply ashamed of my appearance. This fueled a silent, internal dialogue that repeated for years: "I wish I could disappear." The eczema lasted into my teen years, leaving me in a place where I didn't like to touch or see my body. The thought of having it touched or seen by anyone else was unthinkable. This had a dramatic impact on my ability to pay attention and learn.
This body – that should have been climbing trees, running, and jumping through puddles – was becoming more afraid, shut down and energetically rigid. Ear and eye infections left me unable to read like other kids. I developed a lisp, creating the need for remedial speech therapy. Every day at 10:40am, the angel of darkness (a name I coined for my speech therapist) would come to the door and blurt out, "Deborah Bender." I hated hearing my name. The voice singled me out as the dumb one who needed special help in front of all the other kids. I began to associate my name with shame, and quickly learned how to fade away in class so as not to be called upon.
To me, my body and mind had failed. Feeling abused and abandoned by my own being, I became angry and silent. No one could understand that I didn't learn like everyone else. If I would read a math problem asking me to figure out how many apples were in a basket, I'd find my mind creatively running off and out of control. I would envision green polka-dot apples, apples with angel's wings, apples that talked, apples with long legs and striped stockings; they all danced in my mind. Figuring out how many apples were in the basket was the least of my problems.
I retreated even further into my world of creativity where I felt safe and protected. But there seemed to be nowhere in my mind I could go to read, calculate, comprehend or remember what they wanted me to. Words and letters would uncontrollably fly across the page and turn upside-down. B's became D's, T's became F's. There were days where I wouldn't feel myself breathe until 3:00pm, the moment the school bell rang. That was the instant I was free from the institution that demanded "rightness" out of my "wrongness."
The Turning Point
Burying my long-time dream of becoming a doctor, I went to art school and ended up working as a medical illustrator at the Missouri Institute of Psychiatry in the Drug Research Department. At the age of twenty, I married – doing what all good girls did to be taken care of. Then in 1975, while experiencing depression just after the birth of my second child, everything changed. I went to an all-female exercise studio. Yes, the old-fashioned kind with pink carpet and gold columns. I remember lying on the ground with my left leg in a pulley. As I moved it up and down in hopes of toning and tightening, my emotional state surprisingly shifted. The depression I felt lifted. I finished and went home, but couldn't stop thinking about it.
Shortly thereafter, I met a woman named Barbara who invited me to an aerobic exercise class she was teaching. A bit overweight, Barbara struggled with her body and its shape, so exercise was a part of her life. During the class, that feeling of relief came back to me. I turned to her and said, "You know, we can do this exercise thing... and we can do it better." She excitedly expressed her desire to have a business of her own, and such began my life in fitness.
Over the next year, we educated and tested ourselves to develop our program. Monday through Friday from morning to afternoon, we'd read books on exercise, nutrition, anatomy, physiology, exercise science and psychology. It was hard work for me, but I was motivated. I read slowly and re-read paragraphs until I understood. I figured out ways to make sense of the words by drawing pictures, reading out loud, and using my body to bring meaning to the concepts. The business grew rapidly from the two of us to more than fifty teachers offering more than one hundred classes per week throughout the San Francisco Bay area. The Bod Squad, Inc. was the biggest, most successful aerobic company in Marin County, California from 1976 to 1982 – the year I met Carlos AyaRosas and broke away from mainstream fitness to create Nia.
The Birth of Nia
I first met Carlos when he came to my aerobics class, hoping to get fitter to gain an edge in his upcoming tennis tournament. After taking a few classes, he approached me about a job – teaching was what he had always wanted to do. I gave him a tape and a routine to learn. Five days later, he came back ready to throw in the towel on his tennis pro career. The entrepreneur inside of me told me I should hire him – so I did.
During our lunch meeting, Carlos asked me about my life. I colorfully described my work, my marriage and my children. He then posed the one simple question that would change it all: "Are you happy?" Frozen in time for a moment, I remember biting down into my fork and almost breaking my tooth. His words ran straight through me. I was dizzy. Making no eye contact, I quickly responded, "Of course I'm happy." I then hurried to my car in sheer panic. As I slid into the front seat and reached to adjust my rearview mirror, my eyes became fixated on my reflection. The truth was, I wasn't happy. And whoever I was this past morning was gone; there was no getting her back. In what seemed like a fraction of a second, my life as I had lived it ended. In this new reflection, I saw the whole me – my spirit and soul. This was the beginning of my conscious life, the moment of my healing process. At 29, I asked for a divorce after 11 years of marriage to begin anew.
As Bod Squad classes flourished, I began searching for a way to honor students – to recognize their progression. I decided to call a friend of mine who was a martial artist, in the hopes of learning more about the belt system. He invited me to the Dojo where he practiced his craft. Excited and not sure what to expect, I asked Carlos to join me. He agreed, and off we went.
Little did we know our lives were about to change dramatically. When we arrived at the Dojo, the martial artist asked us to take off our shoes. This was a new concept to us. He then told us to move. As we began doing jumping jacks and leg lifts, he shook his head, informing us we had "forgotten how to move." Was this really possible? We were professional aerobics instructors after all. We left with more questions than we had arrived with.
The next morning, Carlos and I couldn't stand to put our shoes on for class. It felt so uncomfortable and unnatural. We became increasingly aware of the shortcomings of traditional aerobics. Each day, Carlos was rolling out of bed and grimacing through stretches to work out tendinitis. He was downing coffee and aspirin before each class to rev up for an hour of instruction that was murder on his shin splints. At the same time I was becoming less and less tolerant of the discomfort of jump aerobics. And so, together, we began to question the source of our pain. We knew deep down that there had to be a better way – a more fulfilling way: one that would efficiently sculpt the body while conditioning the heart and enriching the mind and soul.
At that time, the widely accepted health mantra was, "no pain, no gain." Together, Carlos and I rejected that notion and defined a new approach to wellness – one that broke away from high-impact aerobics, repetitive movement and mind-body separation. We spent the next 13 years working, living and creating Nia together – letting our devotion to each other, to the work, and to the transformation of our souls continue to guide us.
This catalyzed a tremendous shift towards fusion fitness. Rather than obsessing over physical results, Nia tuned into the needs of the body, mind, spirit and emotions. Athletes, dancers, casual exercisers and gym-haters alike began to embrace the movement lifestyle because it felt good. It was exhilarating, not guilt-driven; expressive instead of one-dimensional. Healing, not exhausting. Nia ultimately forged the category known as mind-body fitness today.
Yes, I experienced pain, struggle, joy and fear along the way because, like you, I am a real person. My romantic relationship with Carlos ended in 1995, which sent the Nia community in an uproar. During this time, I would be tested in ways that make me wonder how I survived. But I know I made it because of Nia. Despite all the pain and emotional sorrow brought on by our separation, I never stopped teaching. I used each class as a time to move and heal and breath to come closer to myself. Nia taught me how to love, through all my emotional distress.
Moving Forward
Now I am living in what I call my "expanded love phase." I feel truly blessed. My wonderful husband, Jeff Stewart, supports and shapes my work and dreams as the CEO for Nia. Every day I continue to give my students the best of what I have to offer in this moment, based on my past experiences and vision for the future. I am thrilled to be starting a program that will launch the next group of Nia Trainers who will offer Nia White Belt Trainings worldwide and train Nia teachers to adapt the practice to specialty populations. My learning disabilities are a reminder that intelligence is of the body, not the mind. I remain committed to creating in a way so that the magic of the universe can unfold itself to me. Where does it all happen you ask? In my body: a place I now love to be.


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On Facebook, Allan Karl has 642 friends, 128 likes and 405 photos. But you wouldn't know this if you searched for him by his actual name: Allan Smith.
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Call for Proposals: WorldWide Storefront
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, until 31 January 2014.
WWSF is a new initiative aimed at providing a simultaneous, multi-locus of alternative spaces around the globe, and a digital platform for the expression and exchange of latent desires within contemporary art and architecture practices. A mode of action, its aim is to unveil, produce, and discuss experimental cultural works on a global scale, from local points of view. By using the ability of contemporary means of communication to join space, undo place and avoid time, it provides leadership in imagining future modes of cultural production. Currently sought are proposals from individuals or collectives across the globe with curatorial visions that articulate alternative positions within their particular context.
12 December 2013 / DAMn°41
Love Aids Riot Sex
Exhibition in nGbK Berlin, part I until 05 January 2014; part II 18 January – 19 March 2014.
Art, society, AIDS, and emancipation' describes a set of themes that have repeatedly been addressed in exhibitions at the nGbK, and for a number of years they even prompted an entire exhibition series – Unterbrochene Karrieren (Interrupted Careers) (1997 – 2003). While the current presentation in this two-header focuses on historical debates, concentrating on the period between 1987 and 1995, the subsequent show will feature more recent works created from the mid 1990s to the present. The main emphasis, then and now, is on the concept of addressing and interacting.
11 December 2013 / DAMn°41
Kerry James Marshall : Painting and Other Stuff
exhibition in MUHKA Antwerp, Belgium, until 02 February 2014
Kerry James Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest painters of his generation. Strongly influenced by his experiences as a young man, Marshall has developed a substantial body of work that centres on the black subject – in particular consideration of the black experience and the politics of African-American identity, contextualising the subject through references to history and culture. Also addressing art history, the artist strives to fill what he describes as "the lack in the image bank", raising pertinent questions about how the art system sustains itself, as well as the related issues of legitimation, power, and marginalisation.
10 December 2013 / DAMn°41
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10 December 2013 / DAMn°41
Script Films. Script as Image in Movement
exhibition in ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, until 12 January 2014
Focusing on artistic film, ZKM presents an exhibition about script films. Analogue or digitally based films or film fragments are designated as script film in which moving, animated, graphically striking, and designed scripts set to music, play the main role. Script and image have begun advancing like no other genre: whether as an art film, feature film, advertising film, or music video, the script film established itself as far back as the pioneering era. This exhibition has been designed as a mobile archive, where visitors can analyse and experiment with the subject interactively: not infrequently, the script becomes a moving and emotionalised main actor, as well as a self-performer.
09 December 2013 / DAMn°41
In the line of fire, scenes of contemporary jewellery in France
Exhibition, Les Arts Décoratifs Paris, France, until 02 March 2014.
This exhibition takes us on a tour of the museum's permanent collections, in which 70 jewellers and silversmiths have been invited to show their most recent creations alongside Mediaeval, Renaissance, 17th, 18th, and 19th century, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern, and Contemporary works, including those in the Contemporary and Jewellery galleries. This panorama of current French creation shows how jewellery and its role is changing today, in regard to its daring, often spectacular formal experimentation, the questioning of the contemporary body, and the identification of new social behaviours.
08 December 2013 / DAMn°41
Mike Kelley
exhibition in MoMA PS1, New York, Until 02 February 2014
Regarded as one of the most influential artists of our time, the late Mike Kelley produced a body of innovative work mining American popular culture as well as modernist and alternative traditions – which he set in relation to relentless self- and social examinations, both dark and delirious. Bringing together over 200 works, from early pieces made during the 1970s through 2012, the exhibition occupies the entire museum. Kelley worked in every conceivable medium – drawings on paper, sculpture, performance, music, video, photography, and painting. Speaking of his early work and artistic concerns, the artist once said: "Mass culture is scrutinised to discover what is hidden, repressed, within it."
07 December 2013
The Sculpture Factory
Exhibition Quayola at MU | Strijp S MU | De Witte Dame Eindhoven, Netherlands, until 22 December.
Italian-born artist Quayola uses contemporary digital technology to tackle classic aesthetics and the universal rules for beauty and perfection. Until now he has mostly created his studies of Renaissance paintings in the form of projections, installations, photography, and multimedia adaptations. However, for this specially developed show he has entered the realm of sculpture. Inspired by Michelangelo: the unfinished series of four 'Prigioni', or Slaves, made between 1513– 1534, Quayola pays homage, while concentrating on the process of shaping the material. On show are: his studio, his sources, the software he has developed and the creativity that allows something new to arise from a work of art that has been around for centuries.
07 December 2013 / DAMn°41
Urban Border
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen, China, until 28 February 2014.
UABB is co-organised by the closely interacting cities of Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Urban Border is premised on the pluralist values of urbanism, with UABB(SZ) at the centre of that global conversation. Globally, rapidly developing cities and a drive for urbanisation have, to a considerable extent, embodied certain kinds of mainstream tendencies and homogeneity: an alternative reading being the disregard or even effacement of urban diversity, difference, and specificity. Sociologically, 'border' can imply peripheral spaces of the city, fringe groups, marginal lifestyles; in the context of political science, 'border' can refer to how urban public resources are organised and distributed; and in urban geography, 'border' can denote the interstices of urban development as well as the interrelatedness between the city and natural ecologies.
06 December 2013 / DAMn°41
American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe MoMA
exhibition in MoMA, until 26 January 2014.
American Modern takes a fresh look at the museum's holdings of American art made between 1915 and 1950, and considers the cultural preoccupations of a rapidly changing American society in the first half of the 20th century. Including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, the show brings together some of the most celebrated masterworks, contextualising them across mediums and amid lesser-seen but revelatory works by artists who expressed compelling emotional and visual tendencies. The selection depicts subjects as diverse as urban and rural landscapes, scenes of industry, still-life compositions, and portraiture, and is organised thematically, with visual connections trumping strict chronology.
06 December 2013 / DAMn°41 by Anna Sansom
Mythologising a Legend
A book on Mandela's prison
Nelson Mandela was an incredible human being. We all think so, but Koto Bolofo thinks so most. He has taken it upon himself to walk in Mandela's shoes during the segment of his life that comprised of imprisonment on Robben Island. Capturing in images the details of this special man's existence during that period by documenting all that he would have seen and done, in addition to the remnants and marks he left behind, the otherwise fashion photographer has made visible the evidence that testifies to Nelson Mandela's time in confinement, thereby paying him great tribute. DAM..
05 December 2013 / DAMn°41
XX Models. Young Belgian Architecture.
Exhibition, Bozar Brussels, Belgium, until 28 February 2014
Presented is a collection of 20 models, each of which has been produced by an emerging Belgian architectural practice in the last 10 years. The scale models represent 20 buildings with a public or collective programme. Most of the projects are situated in the endless conurbation of Belgium, one of Europe's most densely populated countries. In this context of urban sprawl, the political, cultural, social and linguistic borders are substitutes for the vanishing urban borders. This results in the creation of a complex field of shared territories and landscapes. With their public or c..
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This small table has die-cast supports to hold a steel tray in a painted or copper finish.
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Design Miami/ 2013
Global forum for design, Miami, 4-8 December.
Today Design Miami / kikcks off. A certain eye-catcher is the public environment at the entrance to the fair, a pavilion called 'Tent Pile', designed by NY-based studio Formlessfinder. "Tent Pile refers to two phenomena very particular to Miami, the ubiquity of sand, the material Miami is literally built upon, and Miami's architectural vernacular, a kind of tropical post-war modernism, with distinctive hybrid indoor/outdoor spaces, often covered by emblematic cantilevered roofs" Design Miami / director Marianne Goebl says.
03 December 2013 / DAMn°41
Chiral Garden
exhibition Irene Kopelman, La Verrière Hermès, Brussels,until 14 December.
The Gestes de la Pensée series continues with this installation – a hymn to asymmetry in nature. The artist combines scientific research and minutely detailed reconstruction, inviting the visitor to the pleasures of contemplation. Kopelman applies herself to the non-expert, deliberate, passionate re-appropriation of cognitive experience, drawing on the modes and forms of scientific investigation, but she also obliterates its speculative aims, falling back on a sense of wonder at those fascinating, complex, chaotic forms. As the presiding genius of the series, Marcel Duchamp would doubtless have saluted this hybrid installation's meticulous formal associations and artisanship, which borders on poetry.
03 December 2013
Design Miami/ Laffanour Galerie Downtown
Solo exhibit of rare Charlotte Perriand pieces
Laffanour Galerie Downtown lauches a solo exhibition of rare pieces by pioneering modernist architect and designer Charlotte Perriand at Design Miami/, December 4-8, booth G10. "Charlotte Perriand - A House in Montmartre" brings together a selection of designs created for Maison Borot, the residence of industrialist Jean Borot and brilliantly encapsulates the breadth of Perriand's work. In addition to the exhibition, Laffanour will show original Perriand pieces at the Louis Vuitton boutique located in the Miami Design District, in conjunction with the Louis Vuitton tribute..
02 December 2013 / DAMn°41
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The Detroit International Videonale premieres works by: Bill Viola, William Kentridge, Alfredo Jaar, Brian Eno, Gary Hill, Isaac Julien, Vanessa Beecroft, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Monica Bravo, MentalKlinik (Yasemin Baydar and Birol Demir), Jennifer Bornstein, Jeremy Deller, Daniel Askill, Camille Henrot, Sabine Massenet, Corine Stuebi, Hugo Arcier, Mihai Grecu, Jeanne Susplugas, Eric Michel, Pleix, Emilie Essel, Judith Darmont, Photon Shepherds, Willie Doherty, and Amador, as well as screenings and events by: Aziz Cucher, Brandon Morse, Chris..
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Terminal 3, by Fuksas Architects
New airport Shenzhen inaugurated
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Terminal 3, designed by Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas, opened after a remarkably rapid design and construction process of 3 years. Terminal 3 includes pioneering eco-friendly design, and is the first airport terminal certified to the National Green Building Star Label in China, which assesses buildings based on several environmental indicators such as energy and water efficiency, indoor air quality and maintenance requirements. Terminal 3 will make Shenzhen the fourth-largest airport in China following Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with a total capacity of 45m passengers per year.
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(KPNX) - A Mesa, Arizona man is facing multiple charges after attacking four high school junior ROTC members outside of a high school, then assaulting several police officers once in jail.
Police say the four students were assaulted about 6:40 a.m. Wednesday. A report said no weapons were involved, and none of the students sustained severe injuries.
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According to a burglary report filed by deputy Brandon Edwards of the Bradley County Sheriff's Office, he responded to speak with Jerry Falls, who said someone gained entry to his garage and took a Craftsman tool box, a weed trimmer, a paint sprayer and a leaf blower.
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Cancer treatment can have a major impact on fertility. Get the facts about fertility preservation options for both men and women — and know how to choose what's right for you.
By Mayo Clinic staffIf you're being treated for cancer, you might have questions about fertility preservation. Find out how cancer treatment can affect your ability to become pregnant or father a child, as well as what fertility preservation steps you can take before you begin cancer treatment.
How does cancer treatment affect fertility?
Certain cancer treatments — including the surgical removal of your reproductive organs or chemotherapy or radiation that affects your reproductive organs — can harm your fertility or cause sterility. The effects, which may be temporary or permanent, can occur immediately or at some point after treatment. The likelihood that cancer treatment will harm your fertility depends on several factors, including:
- Type of cancer and cancer treatment. Male fertility can be harmed by the surgical removal of the testicles, or chemotherapy or radiation that damage sperm quantity, structure, motility or DNA. Certain cancer treatments can also cause ejaculation or hormonal problems. Female fertility can be compromised by cancer treatments that involve the surgical removal of the uterus or ovaries. Cancer treatment can also affect the development of eggs, hormone levels, or the functioning of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus or cervix. Women who are initially fertile after cancer treatment may experience premature menopause. The effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy depend on the drug or size and location of the radiation field, the dose, intensity of the dose and how treatment is given — orally or intravenously. The most severe damage is caused when radiation is applied to the ovaries or testicles and by chemotherapy drugs called alkylating agents.
- Age at the time of treatment. The risk of developing premature menopause after certain cancer treatments increases as you age. Older women are also more susceptible to permanent ovarian damage.
When should I talk to my doctor about fertility preservation?
If you're planning treatment for cancer and want to take steps to preserve your fertility, talk to your doctor, oncologist or a reproductive specialist about your options as soon as possible. Keep in mind that your fertility can be damaged by one cancer therapy session and, for women, some methods of fertility preservation can only be done during certain phases of the menstrual cycle. Research also suggests that taking steps to protect fertility can improve coping and potentially prevent emotional distress.
How can women preserve fertility before cancer treatment?
Women who are about to undergo cancer treatment have various options when it comes to fertility preservation. For example:
- Embryo cryopreservation. In this outpatient surgical procedure, eggs are harvested from your ovaries, fertilized through in vitro fertilization (IVF), frozen and stored. At the beginning of your menstrual cycle, you'll begin daily injections of synthetic hormones to stimulate your ovaries and increase the likelihood that multiple eggs can be collected during a single cycle. The injections are typically given for up to two weeks. Eggs are removed just before ovulation through a needle inserted into your ovary through your vagina. You may be sedated during this procedure. Then the eggs are combined with sperm — provided by a partner or sperm donor — and frozen. This method of fertility preservation has the highest chance of success for women. Embryos can survive the freezing and thawing process about 95 percent of the time. However, the need to time egg retrieval can delay the start of cancer treatment by two to six weeks.
- Egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation). Similar to embryo cryopreservation, you'll get injections of a medication to stimulate your ovaries and then have your eggs harvested during an outpatient surgical procedure. Then your unfertilized eggs are frozen. About 75 to 80 percent of eggs survive freezing and thawing, and a similar amount will be successfully fertilized. Keep in mind that pregnancy rates might be lower when frozen eggs are used, compared with fresh or frozen embryos.
- Gonadal shielding. Carefully placed shields can reduce your reproductive organs' exposure to radiation.
- Ovarian transposition (oophoropexy). During this outpatient surgical procedure — recommended if you're having radiation applied to your pelvis and no chemotherapy — your ovaries are surgically repositioned just before radiation therapy so they're as far away as possible from the planned radiation field. After treatment, you may need to have your ovaries repositioned again or use IVF to conceive.
- Trachelectomy. If you have early-stage cervical cancer, this inpatient surgical procedure — which involves the surgical removal of the cervix— can help preserve your fertility.
Other methods of fertility preservation for women still being researched include ovarian cryopreservation — in which ovarian tissue is surgically removed, frozen and later reimplanted — and ovarian suppression before cancer therapy, in which hormonal therapies are used to suppress ovarian function and protect eggs during cancer treatment.
What can men do to preserve fertility before cancer treatment?
Men can also take steps to preserve their fertility before undergoing cancer treatment. For example:
- Sperm cryopreservation. Before you begin cancer treatment, you'll provide semen samples through masturbation or another method, such as testicular aspiration — the use of a needle to extract sperm directly from the testicle. Samples are frozen and can be stored for years. Typically, three collections are taken with an interval of 48 hours between collections.
- Gonadal shielding. Carefully placed shields can reduce your testicles' exposure to radiation.
Other methods of fertility preservation for men still being researched include testicular tissue cryopreservation — in which testicular tissue is surgically removed, frozen and later reimplanted — and testicular suppression before cancer therapy — the use of hormonal therapies to protect testicular tissue during cancer treatment.
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- Sonmezer M, et al. Preservation of fertility in patients undergoing cytotoxic therapy. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Dec. 15, 2010.
- Lee SJ, et al. American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations on fertility preservation in cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2006;24:2917.
- Plante M. Fertility sparing surgery for invasive cervical cancer. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Dec. 15, 2010.
- Cardonick EH. Overview of fertility and pregnancy in cancer survivors. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Dec. 15, 2010.
- Kim SS. Fertility preservation in female cancer patients: Current developments and future directions. Fertility and Sterility. 2006;85:1.
- Rob L, et al. Advances in fertility-sparing surgery for cervical cancer. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 2010;10:1101.
- Treating infertility. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp137.cfm. Accessed Dec. 30, 2010.
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Would you approve of a state-wide ban on smoking in public places?
February 24, 2010
Jacque Admire ( in Tonganoxie) says...
"Not only do I approve, but I have been advocating it for years. While it is every person's right to smoke, as well as many other things harmful to that person's health, it is my right to not have to breathe it. They can do it in the privacy of their own home. Tobacco use costs our society very dearly — there are much better ways to use those dollars."
Dennis Bixby ( in Tonganoxie) says...
"No. While I am not a smoker myself and a do appreciate the well-vented non-smoking section in most restaurants, the idea of a government at any level taking away one more of my rights is more offensive than the tobacco smoke itself. Once it passes, what next? Personal freedom has to come first. The restaurant owners should have the right to market to whomever they want. I have and want the ability to vote with my feet."
Lindsey Truesdell ( in Tonganoxie) says...
"This is a tricky question for me. Personally, I hate being around people who smoke. However, I can't say I would support a government ban on smoking in public. I can make a decision not to go to places that allow smoking, it seems fair to reciprocate that freedom by allowing owners to choose how they would like their businesses to be run. Freedom is the joy of this country, even if it is the freedom to inhale cancer-causing smoke."
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Saint Bassa of Nicomedia
Third-century lay woman, married to Saint Claudianus of Nicomedia. Martyr.
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Heiligen 3s
- Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- "Saint Bassa of Nicomedia". Saints.SQPN.com. 5 March 2013. Web. 13 December 2013. <>