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Even as a breast cancer survivor I’m not a fan of pink
. I agree there is too much profit motive behind most of the pink marketing. However, I think awareness can’t really be over stressed. Because of it those undergoing treatment are more often met with supportive comments instead of stares when sporting the bald look and trying to act normally. We deserve More research into prevention and treatments with successful outcomes. Exercise, weight control and healthful life choices certainly are big parts in prevention. Take advantage of those opportunities to contribute to the research you most believe in by logging your workouts online and choosing a worthy np. Thanks to title 9 for providing the bras which got me thru after my lumpectomy
Here! Here! I have been telling my sister this for years. I am glad to know I am not the only who feels this way! By the way, I am currently undergoing chemo round two after finding a lump in May and having both breasts removed. I am almost 50 and I really do not need them at this point. I was telling my sister at the beginning of October that all this pink stuff was bothering me more than ever this year because all anyone talks about is awareness. My doctor told me that one in three women will get breast cancer in some form in their lifetime. Mission accomplished on the awareness thing. I too want to see a cure. I want to see young girls and boys going into research to find a cure for all kinds of cancer. Now we have viruses with no cure as well. Let’s devote money to curing those as well. The time for ribbons and junk with ribbons on it is over. What we need is answers. The treatments are improving as far as fewer side effects, but I was still disappointed to hear on my diagnosis that the best we can do is flood the body with poison, killing many other vital cells at the same time, and hope it gets any cancer that is there. At the very least can someone find a better way to detect if and where cancer cells are in the body? Surely we can do this if we just work on it. I think we could improve things a bunch just by being to better identify where cancer is int he body and target the treatment to only it. Thanks Missy and Title Nine for your view of the pink menace. The only thing I would add to your list of to do’s this month is to pray to God that neither you nor any woman you know will get cancer, that wisdom will be provided by God our Creator to the current researchers as to how to get rid of cancer and prevent it in the first place. I believe in prayer the more fervent the better!
It would be great if we could also bring awareness to other women’s cancers. I’m a two year survivor of ovarian cancer and “below the belt” cancers get so little attention and are often diagnosed at later stages when treatments are more difficult. We need to recognize all women’s cancers!
Very thoughtful commentary …my mom died after breast cancer, not from the cancer but from the treatment…her bone marrow quit working. Treatment modalities need to be individualized taking into consideration age,size,and stage. That will help those who do have to suffer, will have a good outcome.
My antidote? Treat my skin and bones with Love. Nurture my Spirit. Play. Laugh. Make art.
Thank you for speaking up.
I love that you used the color teal to talk about the pink overload. teal is the color for ovarian cancer . I am an ovarian cancer survivor. Women have more than breasts to be aware about. Most women do not know that Pap smears only screen for cervical cancer not uterine or ovarian or any other gynological cancer and because of that most are found at very advanced stages. I want to share the signs bloating, frequent urination, pain on sex, indigestion, tenderness or sore lower abdominal area. Often women are told these signs are something else. I was told it was menopause.
I just had a 40 year reunion with my college team, we were the first post title IX team.
I hope my information helps someone.
The fact that we are engaging in conversation about this issue is positive feedback for others to form an opinion as well as an understanding about breast cancer. I was the healthiest I had ever been when I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer .Just finished competing in the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. Thought I could skip my annual mammogram but with the insistance from my physician ,I thankfully went.It was just the opposite with me,I knew I had options and excellent prognosis because I was aware of the color pink and the symbolism of educating not just women but everyone. I understand the frustration of not having a cure but we live in an ever changing world from environmental issues to daily stress. We can only control what we can and be with those who love life.
Missy, loved that message! I developed multiple chemical sensitivity 15 years ago, and since then I have made many lifestyle changes. I use fragrance free, non-toxic, plant-based all natural products on my skin, clothes and hair, and in my house. I had to build my own non-toxic cabin and only stay in tents in the woods, never toxic places like hotels or houses with candles, air fresheners, carpets, fresh paint, formaldehyde plywood, industrially produced couches, perfume, cologne, aftershave, lotions or any other toxic chemicals that make me sick.
After the lifestyle changes, my body has gotten so much healthier. Part of that includes drinking lots of water, eating whole-grain organic food, running and hiking in nature often, lots of muscle building exercise, taking multivitamins and detox supplements, and loving myself even though I weigh so much more than I did when I was really sick… And embracing all that makes us women, including loving family, friends and fluffy creatures deeply.
I post this now hoping that at least just a few of you who read this will read the containers and ingredients lists of products that you’re purchasing. I cannot change that I grew up on a farm playing in buckets of pesticides, or the multitude of other chemical exposures I had for the first half of my life. But I truly, wholeheartedly hope that each of you will make wholesome and healthy changes for the rest of your lives, not based on marketing, or the beauty of a package, but because other people love you and they want you to be around for as long as possible and know that you are there and healthy. Nearly all of the health risk posed by breast cancer is from environmental exposure. Your detergent, shampoo, lotion, soap… Our skin is a giant absorptive organ, soaking in the chemicals we rub up against and slather on. One quarter of the toxins we process are breathed in.
Love your body. Treat it well.
Live each day as if you wanted that day to be remembered. Wake up put your shoes on and live ,really live and love those around you. Life is short enough as it is so make each day mean something, to you, to those you care about.
You are right everyone knows about breast cancer. The problem is people don’t understand much about it. I knew I was supposed to have a mammogram at 40 but I was (and still am) a healthy eater, exercised regularly, not overweight and have no history of breast cancer in my family so I decided that I had a very low risk and would wait until I was 50. Thankfully my coworkers convinced me to get a “baseline” mammogram. At 47 I got my baseline mammogram and I had cancer. If I had gotten my first mammogram when I was supposed to perhaps I wouldn’t have lost my breast. I do think the awareness helped.