Question from breast cancer board -- any thoughts about pink ribbons & October?
I'm a 3-year breast cancer survivor, and an active member of the CSN breast cancer board. I hope you don't mind my sticking my head in here with a question for any of you who might like to share your thoughts?
On October 28th, I'm leading a worship service at my church to honor all cancer survivors, and we’re very intentionally holding this service in October, when breast cancer gets all the attention, to do what we can to make the month a tiny bit more inclusive, and to talk about how this month feels to survivors of other forms of cancer.
I would love to hear any of your thoughts on this issue: Do you have any feelings about all the pink ribbons everywhere you look in October, or about all the attention that breast cancer receives, or the whole fuzzy issue of "awareness"?
As a breast cancer survivor, I realize that I have my own perspective and biases, and would love to be able to speak from a slightly wider perspective.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you'd like to share,
Traci
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Ribbons
Ribbons are a lovely gesture to symbolize a terrible disease but us colon people get very little recognition and our cancer is the second highest death rate and so cureable. Of course we couldn't have a month dedicated to every cancer because there are many. I'm glad that breast cancer gets so much attention (my mom died of it), but just wish there was more awareness for the others. Good luck to you and your event.
Kim0 -
Hello, nice to meetAnnabelle41415 said:Ribbons
Ribbons are a lovely gesture to symbolize a terrible disease but us colon people get very little recognition and our cancer is the second highest death rate and so cureable. Of course we couldn't have a month dedicated to every cancer because there are many. I'm glad that breast cancer gets so much attention (my mom died of it), but just wish there was more awareness for the others. Good luck to you and your event.
Kim
Hello, nice to meet you.
Just want to say how very, very sad that more hasn't been able to be done to conquer this disease, cancer in general.
Billions and billions of dollars are raised, and it is very frustrating that drug companies want to manufacture the same type drugs over and over (i.e. Avastin). We don't need another Avastin......we need new immunotherapy treatments, or CURE.
It can be done, but there is too much red tape, and greed. It is a human tragedy. Where do we turn???
2 new drugs have recently been approved for CRC. One has very bad side effects. The other, Zaltrap (avastin-like), will not even be used at Sloan-Kettering (too expensive and too much like avastin which is half the cost). There was an article in the NY Times.
Oh, and these were fast-tracked......?????????????????????????????
Hope you can get the word out there, and hope some smart people take a chance, and go for the cure, in whatever way they can. There will be plenty of money in it for them regardless of the "mechanism".
Too bad there is this monopoly against the human race.
Thank you for asking.0 -
Dear Traci
Thanks for asking and for being an advocate against all cancers.
I have to admit that I get a bit "pinked out" particularly in October. I understand that millions of folks have done a tremendous job at promoting breast cancer awareness. I get particularly pieved about products which promote intestinal health being all pink in October but don't have a hint of blue in March for colorectal cancer.
I feel that the bottom line is this...Everyone who has received a cancer diagnosis of any kind and each of their loved ones wish that there was a cure for all. Cancer takes the lives of millions of good men, women and children every year and the statistics only grow. We must have a cure for all cancer soon.
Again, thanks for asking.
Marie who loves kitties0 -
Ribbons
I see so many ribbons on almost EVERYTHING that to me, it only signifies that someone is basically give some cause a "Harumph". It doesn't signify wholehearted support to me. It falls under the least one can do. I wish that pancreatic cancer got much more funding than it does get. It's just not as "popular" as breast or colon cancers.
I'm probably totally off base with this but one of the first things I think of when I see the pink ribbon is the "Susan G. Komen for the Cure" organization and the thoughts are negative due to their copyright of the phrase and not allowing other cancers to use "for the cure" in their fund drives not to mention their stand on "women's issues"...
In 2007, the organization changed its name to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and trademarked the running ribbon as part of its new branding strategy. Komen has come under fire for legal action against other non-profits or organizations using the phrase "for the cure" within their names. An August 2010 article in the Wall Street Journal detailed a case in which the organization Uniting Against Lung Cancer was told in a letter from Komen that they should no longer use the name "Kites for the Cure" for their annual fundraising event. Komen also wrote to the organization to warn them "against any use of pink in conjunction with 'cure.'" More than 100 small charities have received legal opposition from Komen regarding various uses of the words "for the cure" in their names. Among the offending charitable organizations and events were "Par for the Cure," "Surfing for a Cure," "Cupcakes for a Cure" and "Mush for the Cure".
I just wish more was spent on less common cancers by our Government and that regular people took cancer more seriously. At some point, everyone's affected by cancer.
Aren't you glad you asked?0 -
Hi Traci
My feelings about the pink ribbon campaign is well summarized here: http://www.ihadcancer.com/h3-blog/10-04-2012/Is-It-Time-To-Regulate-The-Pink-Ribbon
Many people I know and love have been affected by breast cancer and I am sympathetic to the issue and have supported them in any way I could while they were battling the disease. A couple are no longer living. Many are. I love them and am thankful they are alive. I miss and grieve those who aren't.
My precious daughter - my only child - was diagnosed at age 32, 6 1/2 weeks after the birth of her first child, with stage IV colon cancer. She is battling it now. She is one of five people in her age group (30s, one was 42) recently diagnosed with colon cancer in our small rural community. I live in a town of approx. 4500 people. By recently I mean over this past 12 months. Something is wrong.
Discussion of colon cancer doesn't generate the "warm fuzzy" feeling that discussions of breast cancer sometimes does - and right now I am speaking from a perspective of what shows up on my facebook page. We have "Boobie Bashes" (fundraisers) and talk about "the girls" (breasts), and pink everywhere. People in chemo for breast cancer are bald and look like they have cancer and this garners sympathy in all of us, myself included.
But what I've learned about colon cancer is that those battling it aren't usually bald. They many times look normal, but are in a life or death struggle. My daughter lost a third of her body weight. People say "You look good!" She has her (thinning) hair and a horrible rash on her face and God forbid - a colostomy. People whisper about it. It's not discussed. One of her friends showed up at my door with a bunch of her cast off loose clothing and a horrified look on her face and whispered, "I hope she can use these to hide her BAG."
I applaud everyone attempting to honor cancer victims or raise awareness. I just don't know what can be done to promote colon cancer awareness. I plan to try to help but right now am so overwhelmed with everything. Just look at the number of members and posts on this board - right up there with breast cancer.
Best wishes to you and your efforts.
Sandy0 -
Yes, phillieg -- I'm TOTALLY glad I asked!Varmint5 said:Hi Traci
My feelings about the pink ribbon campaign is well summarized here: http://www.ihadcancer.com/h3-blog/10-04-2012/Is-It-Time-To-Regulate-The-Pink-Ribbon
Many people I know and love have been affected by breast cancer and I am sympathetic to the issue and have supported them in any way I could while they were battling the disease. A couple are no longer living. Many are. I love them and am thankful they are alive. I miss and grieve those who aren't.
My precious daughter - my only child - was diagnosed at age 32, 6 1/2 weeks after the birth of her first child, with stage IV colon cancer. She is battling it now. She is one of five people in her age group (30s, one was 42) recently diagnosed with colon cancer in our small rural community. I live in a town of approx. 4500 people. By recently I mean over this past 12 months. Something is wrong.
Discussion of colon cancer doesn't generate the "warm fuzzy" feeling that discussions of breast cancer sometimes does - and right now I am speaking from a perspective of what shows up on my facebook page. We have "Boobie Bashes" (fundraisers) and talk about "the girls" (breasts), and pink everywhere. People in chemo for breast cancer are bald and look like they have cancer and this garners sympathy in all of us, myself included.
But what I've learned about colon cancer is that those battling it aren't usually bald. They many times look normal, but are in a life or death struggle. My daughter lost a third of her body weight. People say "You look good!" She has her (thinning) hair and a horrible rash on her face and God forbid - a colostomy. People whisper about it. It's not discussed. One of her friends showed up at my door with a bunch of her cast off loose clothing and a horrified look on her face and whispered, "I hope she can use these to hide her BAG."
I applaud everyone attempting to honor cancer victims or raise awareness. I just don't know what can be done to promote colon cancer awareness. I plan to try to help but right now am so overwhelmed with everything. Just look at the number of members and posts on this board - right up there with breast cancer.
Best wishes to you and your efforts.
Sandy
I'm learning a lot already from all your comments, and so appreciate your willingness to share them with me.
Marie, I never thought about the irony of products promoting intestinal health being all decked out in pink in October, but not recognizing anything in March -- what a great point.
And Sandy, I wasn't aware that the chemo you get for colon cancer doesn't typically make you lose your hair? I sure remember all the "But you look good" comments I got after my surgery, before I started chemo -- in clothes, I looked exactly the same as I did before I was diagnosed, and it was almost like people didn't believe that I was sick. I was almost a little bit grateful to start chemo and lose my hair, because FINALLY people were willing to recognize that I had cancer!
And oh yes -- "Cupcakes for a Cure" is surely a covert sinister organization, and must be stopped immediately! :-)
Traci0 -
Cancer
We support all Cancer Awareness! (April is Colon Cancer Awareness Month.) The disease is terrible and probably linked to each other. There are finally exciting trials in targeted chemo treatments.
The only issue I would have with any cancer advocacy group is their link to profits vs research or patient dollars. Use the less then 20% United Way of ranking a good charity to the running of the charity and the rest to the actual charity. Demanding guaranteed funds to take place in a walk is offense. (OK, I get one needs to bring in $X dollars to get the commemorative Sweatshirt. Demanding a credit card to guarantee the funds is offensive.)
So, the difference between Cancer Fund Raising and particularly Breast Cancer is a noticeable difference in style. Breast Cancer needs to class it up a bit before the rest of cancer groups will fully support.
Sincerely, mike0 -
Since you asked
I'll respond. I am so very sick of pink, pink, pink. Even the pizza places are using pink boxes. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in north America. I joined this community 3 years ago and to be honest, most of the people that were here 3 years ago are now dead. Many, many, many of them were well under the age of 50 yet they continue to promote no testing until age 50. The recurrence rate is horrible. The funding is horrible.
I went shopping the other day and was offered a 20% off coupon for a donation. No thank you. Turn on the TV and football players have pink on, TV announcers have pink on, every other commericial is pink, pink, pink. Enough already.
Colon cancer is treated like the dirty little cancer. Many notables have or had colon cancer yet so very few come out publically to promote awareness, fund raising. etc.
Of course breast cancer is also horrible but all cancer is horrible. Sometimes I wonder just what do they do with all the money they raise. You hear so much about fundraising. If a woman needs a mamogram for little or no cost it is available but try finding a little or no cost colonoscopy, its not out there so people don't get tested and by the time the cancer is found it is often too late for long term remission.
Best wishes to you and and congratulations on being a survivor of breast cancer.
Tina
Sorry for the rant but you asked.0 -
okaygeotina said:Since you asked
I'll respond. I am so very sick of pink, pink, pink. Even the pizza places are using pink boxes. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in north America. I joined this community 3 years ago and to be honest, most of the people that were here 3 years ago are now dead. Many, many, many of them were well under the age of 50 yet they continue to promote no testing until age 50. The recurrence rate is horrible. The funding is horrible.
I went shopping the other day and was offered a 20% off coupon for a donation. No thank you. Turn on the TV and football players have pink on, TV announcers have pink on, every other commericial is pink, pink, pink. Enough already.
Colon cancer is treated like the dirty little cancer. Many notables have or had colon cancer yet so very few come out publically to promote awareness, fund raising. etc.
Of course breast cancer is also horrible but all cancer is horrible. Sometimes I wonder just what do they do with all the money they raise. You hear so much about fundraising. If a woman needs a mamogram for little or no cost it is available but try finding a little or no cost colonoscopy, its not out there so people don't get tested and by the time the cancer is found it is often too late for long term remission.
Best wishes to you and and congratulations on being a survivor of breast cancer.
Tina
Sorry for the rant but you asked.
I have been holding my breath all day since I read your post....
do not wish to be rude in any way but perhaps you are getting a feeling for how we are feeling...
pink!!! enough already....little pink everything...we labor with the so unattractive connection with bowels and poop and brown....
sorry for the rant....
mags0 -
I am with Tina and Magsmaglets said:okay
I have been holding my breath all day since I read your post....
do not wish to be rude in any way but perhaps you are getting a feeling for how we are feeling...
pink!!! enough already....little pink everything...we labor with the so unattractive connection with bowels and poop and brown....
sorry for the rant....
mags
Both
I am with Tina and Mags
Both my mother and sister are breast cancer survivors as well as 2 co-workers
my grandmother and great grandmother died of breast cancer
I get the feeling they had the right one and those of us with other cancers have the wrong one.
my mother cringed when she heard that I had a colostomy and kept telling herself it could be reversed
Mags is right, it is an an un attractive cancer- the push for pink seems to glamorize it, be proud you had it?
That to me is strange.0 -
Traci
Well, here's my honest feelings, I feel resentful when I go into the grocery store, I try not to go into it too often in October, our Safeway is full of Pink, Pink, Pink, Pink everywhere. T-shirts, grocery bags, crepe paper, ribbons, wrist bands, the list goes on... one is assailed with Pink in October. Pink on almost all the groceries being sold. Even the probiotic yogurt does the pink ribbon thing, and hello, their probiotic stance is for colon cancer, but they rather be sexy pink then colon blue. I want to say "What about the rest of us?????" I resent that no one cares that much about us on the colon/rectal end, we're not sexy. No one wants to discuss the second leading cancer killer. Read the newspapers, if they died of breast cancer, it states it, rarely does it state that the person died of colon/rectal cancer, no one wants to put that out there, my obit will read died of colon cancer when that time comes, I want it out there, I want people to know we die from this, a lot of people die from it. Our grocery store also does blue in March for colon cancer, if you look really hard you can spot a blue crepe paper on the end of each cash register, but that's about it.
We don't get sympathy, I'm pretty sure my neighbors really doubt I have Stage IV colon cancer, because I LOOK TOO GOOD.
I feel sorry for all cancer victims, my sister-in-law is fighting breast cancer right now, and she has my utmost sympathy, my favorite ever sister-in-law also fought breast cancer and I don't wish that on anyone,but my fav sister-in-law's daughter is DEAD from colon cancer. Do the people that have colon cancer get lost in the cancer fight and the research money? Yes, they do, and it's a sad thing that so many of us fall to the wayside dying in our private world and the last words people are saying are, "but she looked so good".0 -
I'm gonna keep saying it...herdizziness said:Traci
Well, here's my honest feelings, I feel resentful when I go into the grocery store, I try not to go into it too often in October, our Safeway is full of Pink, Pink, Pink, Pink everywhere. T-shirts, grocery bags, crepe paper, ribbons, wrist bands, the list goes on... one is assailed with Pink in October. Pink on almost all the groceries being sold. Even the probiotic yogurt does the pink ribbon thing, and hello, their probiotic stance is for colon cancer, but they rather be sexy pink then colon blue. I want to say "What about the rest of us?????" I resent that no one cares that much about us on the colon/rectal end, we're not sexy. No one wants to discuss the second leading cancer killer. Read the newspapers, if they died of breast cancer, it states it, rarely does it state that the person died of colon/rectal cancer, no one wants to put that out there, my obit will read died of colon cancer when that time comes, I want it out there, I want people to know we die from this, a lot of people die from it. Our grocery store also does blue in March for colon cancer, if you look really hard you can spot a blue crepe paper on the end of each cash register, but that's about it.
We don't get sympathy, I'm pretty sure my neighbors really doubt I have Stage IV colon cancer, because I LOOK TOO GOOD.
I feel sorry for all cancer victims, my sister-in-law is fighting breast cancer right now, and she has my utmost sympathy, my favorite ever sister-in-law also fought breast cancer and I don't wish that on anyone,but my fav sister-in-law's daughter is DEAD from colon cancer. Do the people that have colon cancer get lost in the cancer fight and the research money? Yes, they do, and it's a sad thing that so many of us fall to the wayside dying in our private world and the last words people are saying are, "but she looked so good".
...I really, truly appreciate all your comments and your honesty.
I swear, if I didn't want to hear what you REALLY think, I wouldn't have asked! And I don't feel that anyone is being rude at all -- I'm learning a lot about how Pinktober looks and feels to all of you.
Mike, if we hadn't already announced the title of our service (We're calling it "Surviving October"), I would TOTALLY have stolen your line and called it: "Breast Cancer Needs to Class It Up"! Completely agree with you!
And I think you're all right that breasts are sexy and glamorous, but folks don't want to think about other people's rear parts. I have to say -- EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've ever told that I have/had breast cancer immediately looks at my breasts -- bet they wouldn't be looking at my a** if I had colon cancer!
And herdiziness, I also shop at Safeway, and the wall-to-wall pink is truly overwhelming....the last straw for me were the breast cancer awareness eggs, where there's a pink ribbon stamped on every single egg...really? And the point of that is what, exactly?
Keep 'em coming -- I'm really learning a lot.
Traci0 -
Thanks for asking Traci
Before I got my dx I had a t-shirt with a pink ribbon. About a year or so after I found out I had coloretal cancer I had gown so sick of pink that I tossed the shirt in the trash. The breaking straw for me was when I tried to get house cleaning from Cleaning for the Cause and it was only available for female breast cancer patients. The highest death rate by gender is men with breast cancer because they don't know to check for it. I've just grown so tired of the gender bias that I'm trying to find a sshop that makes t-shirts so I can have one made with a blue ribbon that says "Breasts aren't the only thing that get cancer."
While I'm ranting ... It never ceases to amaze the number of people who think that a brown ribbon is for colon cancer. That's not only tacky, it relegates us (as someone above has already mentioned) to the dirt little secret of **** cancer.
My opinion is that October should just be Cancer Awareness Month with a multi-color ribbon which represents all forms of cancer. If any one particular cancer needs to be emphasized I would suggest childhood cancer. I don't want a cure for me, I want one for them.0 -
Books and coversTraciInLA said:Yes, phillieg -- I'm TOTALLY glad I asked!
I'm learning a lot already from all your comments, and so appreciate your willingness to share them with me.
Marie, I never thought about the irony of products promoting intestinal health being all decked out in pink in October, but not recognizing anything in March -- what a great point.
And Sandy, I wasn't aware that the chemo you get for colon cancer doesn't typically make you lose your hair? I sure remember all the "But you look good" comments I got after my surgery, before I started chemo -- in clothes, I looked exactly the same as I did before I was diagnosed, and it was almost like people didn't believe that I was sick. I was almost a little bit grateful to start chemo and lose my hair, because FINALLY people were willing to recognize that I had cancer!
And oh yes -- "Cupcakes for a Cure" is surely a covert sinister organization, and must be stopped immediately! :-)
Traci
I get the "you look so good" comment a lot, too. My onc even told me once that if he ran into me on the street he'd never guess I was a cancer patient. My reply was "if you ran into me on the street I'd sue you because I always cross with the light." It took him a couple of seconds to get it.0 -
What I'd Like to Know Is...TraciInLA said:I'm gonna keep saying it...
...I really, truly appreciate all your comments and your honesty.
I swear, if I didn't want to hear what you REALLY think, I wouldn't have asked! And I don't feel that anyone is being rude at all -- I'm learning a lot about how Pinktober looks and feels to all of you.
Mike, if we hadn't already announced the title of our service (We're calling it "Surviving October"), I would TOTALLY have stolen your line and called it: "Breast Cancer Needs to Class It Up"! Completely agree with you!
And I think you're all right that breasts are sexy and glamorous, but folks don't want to think about other people's rear parts. I have to say -- EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've ever told that I have/had breast cancer immediately looks at my breasts -- bet they wouldn't be looking at my a** if I had colon cancer!
And herdiziness, I also shop at Safeway, and the wall-to-wall pink is truly overwhelming....the last straw for me were the breast cancer awareness eggs, where there's a pink ribbon stamped on every single egg...really? And the point of that is what, exactly?
Keep 'em coming -- I'm really learning a lot.
Traci
How do they get the chickens to stamp their eggs on the way out?0 -
Hi TraciTraciInLA said:Yes, phillieg -- I'm TOTALLY glad I asked!
I'm learning a lot already from all your comments, and so appreciate your willingness to share them with me.
Marie, I never thought about the irony of products promoting intestinal health being all decked out in pink in October, but not recognizing anything in March -- what a great point.
And Sandy, I wasn't aware that the chemo you get for colon cancer doesn't typically make you lose your hair? I sure remember all the "But you look good" comments I got after my surgery, before I started chemo -- in clothes, I looked exactly the same as I did before I was diagnosed, and it was almost like people didn't believe that I was sick. I was almost a little bit grateful to start chemo and lose my hair, because FINALLY people were willing to recognize that I had cancer!
And oh yes -- "Cupcakes for a Cure" is surely a covert sinister organization, and must be stopped immediately! :-)
Traci
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I will say this, I'm not sure I'd buy chocolate cupcakes that had anything to do with colon cancer!0 -
Interesting topic. I have aDoc_Hawk said:Thanks for asking Traci
Before I got my dx I had a t-shirt with a pink ribbon. About a year or so after I found out I had coloretal cancer I had gown so sick of pink that I tossed the shirt in the trash. The breaking straw for me was when I tried to get house cleaning from Cleaning for the Cause and it was only available for female breast cancer patients. The highest death rate by gender is men with breast cancer because they don't know to check for it. I've just grown so tired of the gender bias that I'm trying to find a sshop that makes t-shirts so I can have one made with a blue ribbon that says "Breasts aren't the only thing that get cancer."
While I'm ranting ... It never ceases to amaze the number of people who think that a brown ribbon is for colon cancer. That's not only tacky, it relegates us (as someone above has already mentioned) to the dirt little secret of **** cancer.
My opinion is that October should just be Cancer Awareness Month with a multi-color ribbon which represents all forms of cancer. If any one particular cancer needs to be emphasized I would suggest childhood cancer. I don't want a cure for me, I want one for them.
Interesting topic. I have a bit of a different view as my cancer (appendix) is very rare. I've tried getting on appendix cancer support sites but there is very little activity - so I get more involved in other cancer sites but still feel that I don't belong there either. There is little/no funding/research on this because it just doesn't benefit that many people. Even most oncs want to treat it like colon cancer. I certainly don't wish that more people had it but, while cancer is isolating in and of itself, having one that is rare even isolates you more. (I had never even heard of appendix cancer prior to getting my dx!).
I can definitely relate to how many here are responding to your question, I, especially when I was newly dx, felt some resentment that there was so much recognition and enthusiasm to beat one cancer and totally ignore others. My heart goes out to anyone battling any kind of cancer but it doesn't feel good to think no one really knows about your cancer or care to work on finding a cure for it. (Pity party
, I know there are a few good docs in the country who do know/care about it - hope you know what I mean? Well better stop rambling... 0 -
Brown? Oh, you've got to be kidding...Doc_Hawk said:Thanks for asking Traci
Before I got my dx I had a t-shirt with a pink ribbon. About a year or so after I found out I had coloretal cancer I had gown so sick of pink that I tossed the shirt in the trash. The breaking straw for me was when I tried to get house cleaning from Cleaning for the Cause and it was only available for female breast cancer patients. The highest death rate by gender is men with breast cancer because they don't know to check for it. I've just grown so tired of the gender bias that I'm trying to find a sshop that makes t-shirts so I can have one made with a blue ribbon that says "Breasts aren't the only thing that get cancer."
While I'm ranting ... It never ceases to amaze the number of people who think that a brown ribbon is for colon cancer. That's not only tacky, it relegates us (as someone above has already mentioned) to the dirt little secret of **** cancer.
My opinion is that October should just be Cancer Awareness Month with a multi-color ribbon which represents all forms of cancer. If any one particular cancer needs to be emphasized I would suggest childhood cancer. I don't want a cure for me, I want one for them.
People really just assume that brown is the ribbon color for colon cancer because it's the color of poop? That's really, truly, completely appalling.
Doc_Hawk, are you by chance referring to Cleaning for a Reason? Many women on the breast cancer board have been frustrated by trying to use them -- while it's reprehensible that they could be so narrow-minded as not to include male breast cancer patients, if it makes you feel any better, most of us can't get them to help us, either! :-)
Now I'm glad that we've already settled on a title for our service, because I wouldn't have been able to decide between "Breast Cancer Needs to Class It Up" and "Breasts Aren't the Only Things That Get Cancer." Doc_Hawk, if it's all right with you, I would definitely like to mention your t-shirt idea during my talk.
Traci0 -
AbsolutelyTraciInLA said:Brown? Oh, you've got to be kidding...
People really just assume that brown is the ribbon color for colon cancer because it's the color of poop? That's really, truly, completely appalling.
Doc_Hawk, are you by chance referring to Cleaning for a Reason? Many women on the breast cancer board have been frustrated by trying to use them -- while it's reprehensible that they could be so narrow-minded as not to include male breast cancer patients, if it makes you feel any better, most of us can't get them to help us, either! :-)
Now I'm glad that we've already settled on a title for our service, because I wouldn't have been able to decide between "Breast Cancer Needs to Class It Up" and "Breasts Aren't the Only Things That Get Cancer." Doc_Hawk, if it's all right with you, I would definitely like to mention your t-shirt idea during my talk.
Traci
I'd love to have you use the t-shirt idea. And yes, it was Cleaning for a Reason. When I was living in Flagstaff AZ during the first year of my fight, the local Merry Maids offered cleaning services without any restrictions. My frustration is that I'm 53 and care giver for my parents, both in late their 70's and have disabilities and we just can't keep up with housework.0 -
Funny you should ask...
I was dx about 9 months ago, and before that I suppose I thought all the pink stuff was nice to bring awareness to this dread disease. Well, fast forward to watching the KC Chiefs game last Sunday and I blurted out "I'm so sick of all this pink stuff!" It really does seem that we're forgotten and it also seems that cancer awareness -- for all cancer types -- should be more inclusive. It's like pink fascism. At the same time I asked the family if they knew that colon cancer is represented with the blue ribbon. My son-in-law, trying to be funny, actually said he thought it was brown. Haha. Anyway, that's my $.02. Hugs to all cancer-battlers. Dan0
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