Why is breast cancer the shopping disease anyway? Every October I’m more baffled by the sheer amount of stuff being marketed and sold in the name of breast cancer awareness. If you can eat it, drink it, play with it, wear it, hammer with it, bake with it, travel in it or even put your …
Research
Do you have a dog? Have you or has someone you know who has a dog had a recent cancer diagnosis? If so, I have a research opportunity for you to check out and possibly consider taking part in and/or sharing.
I told myself I was done with the Susan G. Komen® foundation. I didn’t really want to write about this organization any more. I’ve said my piece time and time again it seems. A few of my Komen piece links are included at the end of this one in case you want to read them. I don’t …
October 13th is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. I’m passionate about raising awareness about metastatic breast cancer. For me it’s very personal. I lost my mother to metastatic breast cancer in 2008. I lost my friend Rachel earlier this year. I’ve lost others I care about as well. Sadly, I’m not alone. Many of …
This post addresses 10 things wrong with the pink ribbon, though there are probably many more. Be sure to let me know what I missed down in the comments. So, what’s wrong with the pink ribbon anyway? Turns out, plenty. I get this question a lot. It’s a good one, so I thought I’d share …