Otherwise known as the Susan G Komen Outlandish and Overwhelming Pre-Holiday Extravaganza!
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I hate cancer.? I hate that the cancer that kills some people is breast cancer.? I understand why there needed to be heightened awareness of breast cancer in the beginning as it was overlooked.? Now, you can?t miss it.? It?s all over the place.? People have always known women have breasts.? And now we can?t help but know those things get filled up with cancer sometimes.
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It drives me nuts and, yes, a little of that is jealousy.? However, I think that having gone through cancer has actually made me a bit more sensitive to the situation than I was before my leukemia.? I?m bored with it.? But there?s more?
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September is blood cancer month.? It is a month to recognize patients of several other cancers and diseases.? I just learned that this year is the first time Alzheimer?s is being recognized with a month. That month is?wait for it?September.? Yay!
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But, in spite of the fact that this our month, the month we share with so many others, what has our local news station been promoting?? You got it.? It?s time for the pink walk.? Because they?ve got to start off the month where everything turns pink with cash in the coffers.? Scre leukemia, screw lymphoma, screw myeloma, the monster that Susan Komen?s sister started has to devour everything around it.
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Certainly I support breast cancer research and I wish the very best in renewed health for those who?ve contracted it.? But the people who die from blood cancer, or any of the other cancers which don?t take over our world for more than a month every year, are just as dead as those who died from breast cancer.? Their families are just as devastated.? Whether we survive or die, we all have the same ridiculous medical bills.? Our lives are just as disrupted.? Those of us with acute leukemias or undergoing transplant know even better how disruptive cancer can be as we basically move into the hospital.? Many of us have to uproot our lives and relocate for a few months.
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People with lung cancer, skin cancer, gut cancer, bone cancer and fill-in-the-blank cancer are every bit as dead, their faimilies every bit as disrupted, their bank accounts equally as drained.? SGKFTC is doing good work?for a portion of our population.? They?ve made great strides.? But they are voracious.? When is enough enough and when do the rest of us get our shot?
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Yes, they are who they are because of the drive and acumen of the woman who started it.? I am envious that we don?t have such an astute advocate.? Still, it is time for them to dial it back and free up some resources, from cash to simple awareness, for the rest of the cancer community and those communities fighting other diseases.
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At the very least they could confine themselves ro their 31 days of pink and leave the rest of the year to those with other diseases.? Leave us to share the smaller spotlight with those we share the month with.? And maybe let the other 10 months have their time, too.
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I just always get PO?d this time of the year.
Source: http://community.lls.org/thread/11790
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