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Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? What is this ?

 
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dragonmom4
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:55 am    Post subject: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Ok, I'm a cervical cancer survivor twice. I've battled with it for 8 yrs. The doctors down south, where I'm from are morons about that type. So we moved up north to compident doctors where my husband's from. Anywho..everywhere you look there's pink ribbons!! On our food, clothes, drinks, jewelry, special website of it's own, etc. It seems as though all other survivors and those still fighting of different cancers that are just as horrific and fatal as breast cancer have been forgotten. There are even support groups just for breast cancer. Yet cervical cancer is still not understood as completely. We need research money to figure this out, too. Dammit we need medical attention just as much as breast cancer. Start putting teal/white ribbons for cervical cancer on stuff, or blue for prostate, or grey for brain, or orange for leukemia, yellow for bladder, lavener for general cancer awareness, just something else besides only pink! crap, help us too, are we any less as important? I can go all day with my ranting but I'll step down off my soap box for now; just do something for the rest of us! Kat
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Kat, it sounds like you have found a mission for the rest of your life Very Happy. True, breast cancer does get a lot of attention. But within the last year I have seen a series of ads on TV about cervical cancer... the "One Less" ads.

I just replied to your request on the FAQ section about different colors of ribbons. It will take some time to get that done. You can help if you can find a link that has all of the common ribbons.

Sorry,
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dragonmom4
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
yeah I see those ads too, Gardasil, the shot that prevents 4 types of the human pavaloma virus but it also says it doesn't always work in the prevention department. and doesn't cure cervical cancer and all that fun stuff. i've already decided to get my daughters that vaccination when they get old enough and also have my son's checked to see if they are carriers of the virus. but as you see it took only 5 lines to discuss / describe all that medical research knows about it. crap there are cook books and chicken noodle soup books for beast cancer. in sex ed in school never has HPV been a subject on STD's. I'm already talking to the school in town ( it's a K-12 school ) about doing their own research on this STD so they can educate the students better and more accurately. And I will find a link for you that shows all Ribbon colors. I want to make sure no one else feels the way I do about the rank of importance their type of cancer is. I know I'm dropping from Inspirational to whiny but you know what; I deserve a little velveeta with my whine !!!! Kat
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
www.rainbowofhopecanada.ca/blog/cancer-awareness-ribbon-pins.html
all right that should do it this along with choosehope.com are the only ones that show every color to every type of cancer. hope it works !
Thanks, Kat
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Hi Kat,
I agree with you. Though i understand the support for breast Cancer too. They have gotten the support and more media coverage, because people (like you) have fought for it. It has taken years and years for Breast Cancer (or any Cancer for that case) to get the media and people behind them. I have also had my spat about that (my story).

I do feel it's cause of the "embarrassement- shame" That people don't stand behind Cervical Cancer- It is so wrongly understood. But with people like you and me- we'll get there. Wink

Inica
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
thank you inica, i guess i have something here to start a battle over, i.e. media coverage , better medical research for the proper understanding of this " delimma " , and by personal experience i know for a fact it's the embarrassment- shame of the stigma behind this widely misunderstood " plague " . I've been purchasing products specifically for cervical cancer that can be seen on my person or vehicle or whatever everyday, so that someone can see that i'm not embarrassed or ashamed of it muchless being a survivor of it, so why should they? and i'm trying to get as much research that has been done over this as i can and give it to our education system and to sexual assault centers, and gyno/ob offices, and whatever and wherever i can get this information to. and in the meantime do everything in my power to get more and better research started. my mother says i'm a force of nature, never to be reckoned with; so let's just see how accurate her description of me is? ok the kids are using their self defense against each other so gotta go, have a great evening.. Kat
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Kids Rolling Eyes They bring it all into prospective. Laughing

Looks like we have a Fource here at the forum then too. And good on you.

Maybe post all things Concerning Cervical in Other Cancers and we can get that thread to be more of a looked at site. If there is a yellow new post signal- most people look.


Inica
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Hi Ladies,

First, I took Inica seriously and moved the thread Wink

Second, Kat, I need links to images in order to copy them onto the database. I can't change the color of the existing avatar.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Thanks Jim, good to see you take me seriously. Very Happy
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dragonmom4
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
well all i could do was download my own ribbon on my personal pictures. but that's as far as i could go. everything else you have to buy to get. it's crap! not fair at all ! but then again life ain't fair is it?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Sounds about right. Rolling Eyes
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~Continous Cervical Cancer~

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brainman
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:26 am    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Do you have a link to a site that sell the ribbon avatars? I can't even find that Sad. All I can find are pins and other items with the ribbons painted on them and that will not work. I need .jpg or .gif files of the ribbons.
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1992 Astrocytoma grade 2, left motor strip
2005 Recurrence this time said to be an Oligodendoglioma grade 3, same location.
My Story Part 1: http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?p=7350
My Story Part 2: http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=8029
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dragonmom4
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
hey sir brainman, i posted the only two links a couple days ago, read up a few of my posts. anywho, have a great day. always in my heart, kat
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AND I'M STILL KICKING!!!!
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Why is Breast cancer the only one being concentrated on? Reply with quote
Hi Everybody,
Yes it's true that breast cancer gets the most press while "our" other cancers seem to get passed over in terms of time, attention and money. It used to upset me more than it does now; I try to focus on the fact that anything that raises cancer awareness in general will ultimately be good for all of us.
Regards to all,
Richard Day Gore
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