September 1st the first day of thyroid cancer awareness month

nasher
nasher Member Posts: 505 Member
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Well its thyroid cancer awareness month.

in my opinion its my month to shout louder than the breast cancer awareness people .. i know its not PC but telling them to stick to there own month this is thyroid cancer's month

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  • amorriso
    amorriso Member Posts: 185
    #2
    Awareness
    Just posted that on my facebook! and I think that needs to get added to your list - we dont get the publicity breast cancer does!
  • nasher
    nasher Member Posts: 505 Member
    #3
    yes unfortunatly even in our
    yes unfortunatly even in our "awareness month" we do not get much coverage

    comming into work I heard an add for Breast cancer , another for brain cancer and a news story on ovarian cancer.... 40 min listing to news and 3 other cancers got a mention or 2 but not thyroid cancer.
  • teamwink
    teamwink Member Posts: 97
    #4
    nasher said:

    yes unfortunatly even in our
    yes unfortunatly even in our "awareness month" we do not get much coverage

    comming into work I heard an add for Breast cancer , another for brain cancer and a news story on ovarian cancer.... 40 min listing to news and 3 other cancers got a mention or 2 but not thyroid cancer.

    awareness
    Has anyone ever organized anything for thyroid cancer research? I see runs and fundraisers for most diseases but never this one... I knwo it is a big task, but it could be great for awareness.
  • KYGirl71
    KYGirl71 Member Posts: 25
    #5
    nasher said:

    yes unfortunatly even in our
    yes unfortunatly even in our "awareness month" we do not get much coverage

    comming into work I heard an add for Breast cancer , another for brain cancer and a news story on ovarian cancer.... 40 min listing to news and 3 other cancers got a mention or 2 but not thyroid cancer.

    Ribbon
    Is there a colored ribbon for thyroid cancer awareness? Just curious because I would definitely like to wear one!

    Just saying....
  • CLRRN
    CLRRN Member Posts: 127
    #6
    KYGirl71 said:

    Ribbon
    Is there a colored ribbon for thyroid cancer awareness? Just curious because I would definitely like to wear one!

    Just saying....

    Teal Pink Blue
    It looks like the colored ribbon for thyroid cancer is teak/pink/blue. Found the link below...lots of fun items. The hat is my favorite :)

    http://www.choosehope.com/category/thyroid-cancer-teal-pink-blue
  • sunnyaz
    sunnyaz Member Posts: 582
    #7
    CLRRN said:

    Teal Pink Blue
    It looks like the colored ribbon for thyroid cancer is teak/pink/blue. Found the link below...lots of fun items. The hat is my favorite :)

    http://www.choosehope.com/category/thyroid-cancer-teal-pink-blue

    I have one!
    I wear it proudly every day. I wear it on my scrubs at work, on my dress clothes and even my work out clothes. I got mine at the Arizona Cancer Center where I go to see my Oncologist. They have a nice gift shop there with lots of fun cancer collectibles.
  • amorriso
    amorriso Member Posts: 185
    #8
    Awareness
    I decided to send an email to all my staff about thyroid awareness month. I included how to do a neck check. 5 out of 150 wrote back to say thanks, they didnt know about checking their necks, and actually did it.

    Its a start.

    Cheers

    andrea
  • sunnyaz
    sunnyaz Member Posts: 582
    #9
    amorriso said:

    Awareness
    I decided to send an email to all my staff about thyroid awareness month. I included how to do a neck check. 5 out of 150 wrote back to say thanks, they didnt know about checking their necks, and actually did it.

    Its a start.

    Cheers

    andrea

    I posted on facebook
    Got lots of likes and comments. It's up to us to inform the public about our cancer.
    Blessings,
    Julie-SunnyAZ
  • KYGirl71
    KYGirl71 Member Posts: 25
    #10
    CLRRN said:

    Teal Pink Blue
    It looks like the colored ribbon for thyroid cancer is teak/pink/blue. Found the link below...lots of fun items. The hat is my favorite :)

    http://www.choosehope.com/category/thyroid-cancer-teal-pink-blue

    Teal/Pink/Blue
    Thank you so much for posting a site where I can buy a thyroid cancer ribbon. I wear a breast cancer ribbon all the time, but now with that will be the thyroid cancer ribbon as well.

    Thanks again,

    Samantha
  • KYGirl71
    KYGirl71 Member Posts: 25
    #11
    sunnyaz said:

    I posted on facebook
    Got lots of likes and comments. It's up to us to inform the public about our cancer.
    Blessings,
    Julie-SunnyAZ

    Posted....
    Hi Julie,

    I posted awareness on FB as well and the only way to publicize our type of cancer is to make people more aware. You are so right about it being up to us to inform the public and there is no time like the present.

    Thanks,

    Samantha
  • teamwink
    teamwink Member Posts: 97
    #12
    KYGirl71 said:

    Posted....
    Hi Julie,

    I posted awareness on FB as well and the only way to publicize our type of cancer is to make people more aware. You are so right about it being up to us to inform the public and there is no time like the present.

    Thanks,

    Samantha

    Agreed!
    I posted it on my FB also - frankly, I'd never heard of it before I actually got thyroid cancer, and I read that it is the 5th most prevalent cancer in women (wow!). I wish there was a function to raise awareness and money.
  • mrgfjaved
    mrgfjaved Member Posts: 1
    #13
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