Pinktober Revolution

kittysister

I also see the finger! I actually saw the picture too of the woman with breasts who had the coke between them. That one really pissed me off! It was tacky and in bad taste. Okay, I used to love the color pink and was told I look good in that color. No more pink for me though. I will not wear pink .. or buy sheets, towels or anything else that is pink.

Spookiesmom

Yeah, I should have posted that too. My bad.

glennie19

It's August,, and you know what is right around the corner. Yes, *sob* October, which used to be one of my favorite months of the year. Apples, Halloween, cooler temps.  Ahhhhh, those were the days.

Now I'm sitting here thinking of retorts for all the "awareness" that will be tossed at us in coming days.

 

"for you, it's a month. For me, it is 365 days a year."

"I'm aware of breast cancer every time I look in the mirror. But thanks for the reminder."

Others??

Meow13

And for colon cancer they shove a can of coke where the sun doesn't shine. I am sure many of us will volunteer to assist them.

sas-schatzi

My grocery PUBLIX does the whole "do you want to donate?", before the bill rings up. I was proud of myself when the I resisted pulling up my shirt.

Suladog

Sas,

Ha! I love that!! I've been dealing with this since my first diagnosis 25 years ago. I have always hated pink and I'm just jones get to start some shit with anyone who tries to shove anything pink at me. As far as I'm concerned I've already donated ...twice

Traveltext

Think of me, a guy with BC, surrounded by pink propaganda. Because of the pink thing, getting the message out that men need to be aware of the disease is so much harder. 

Spookiesmom

Last year I thanked my Publix store manager for putting the pink crap in the far back corner of the store. Hope he remembers.

A woman was out front of it a few weeks ago selling pink socks and shoe laces. I said no thanks, I was well aware and had donated alli intended to. She says, Me too!

We chatted a minute. Her surgeon trained mine! My parting comment, we need a cure, not awareness, and I don't do pink.

glennie19

Traveltext:  I agree!  I have a male friend with BC and people don't get it.

Sas:  I am familiar of that Publix questioning. And I'm thinking this might be the year that I show them how much I donated.  **woman arrested for showing her chest in Publix** 

Meow:  Seriously?? They do that with a coke can?  WTF??

Thank goodness it is tax free week in FL. I gotta buy some non-pink shirts for Oct.  I look good in hot pink and have several shirts in that color, but I don't wear them in Oct.

Spookiesmom

Forget why, somebody thought it was cool of women's boobs with soda cans in between. Thought this was a good reply

Lynnwood1960

I got a call just this week from an organization soliciting funds for breast cancer "patients". I told the caller to stop the speech because I was a breast cancer patient and no organization ever gave me any money. She quietly hung up the phone

glennie19

Excellent job, Lynnwood!  That was my response when I got a similiar call a couple of weeks ago.  *oh, are you giving me money? I have BC*    She replied in a nasty tone: we will just take your name off our list.  *Click*   I'm betting mine was a scam.

sas-schatzi

OMD Glennie, she didn't even say 'I'm sorry'. Rude. Yes, I agree a scam. I had a poor lady call with the same thing last week. I sais I had no mammo's to mammo. Turns out her DH recently passed away from cancer. We talked awhile.

sas-schatzi

Good response for a stupid person espousing stupid things

Spookiesmom

Sas W&F!!!!!!

sas-schatzi

Yes, and I put in the Steam Room too.

glennie19

No, Sas, she was really rude and I feel sure it was a scam, and not a "legit" charity.  If it were a real charity, I think they would have been polite, at least.

sas-schatzi

I agree

tazbear89

Sas, I love the fact that you were proud of refraining from lifting your shirt. I wouldn't hesitate either. I am at a crossroads with the pink, because there are men who get it too and there are many men who get testicular cancer (friend's husband), but nothing is said about it. I prefer the shirts that are edgy and sarcastic, but I feel like I am on the fence about letting the world know right now. I guess ask me again in October.

sas-schatzi

Taz, .....This thread tends to be active from now until  November. Dump all the trash here

queenmomcat

Not looking forward to this October, myself....

Warrior_Woman

I'm back. We're in Mid August and my anxiety is building in anticipation. Like many of you I used to love the color pink and the month of October. For the past two years I have hated both. I'm done. No one is taking anything from me that I'm not giving away. I like pink (but not pink ribbons) and October and nobody will ruin it for me. HA!

Anonymous

I was dx'ed around the start of Pinktober last year, and I was so numb and in shock from the diagnosis that I just wanted to hide from it all.

Now that I've had a year to think about it, there's a lot about Pinktober that bothers me. What does "BC awareness" really mean anyway? Is anyone who hasn't had BC "aware" that we experience fatigue and SEs for months and years after the initial "treatment" is over? Do they know it's never really over? I am in my first year of tamoxifen, and I feel worse than right after surgery and rads. Really. But everyone around me seems to think I should be just fine by now. Maybe all that "awareness" should include "compassion".

And what is it with all the junk food and other garbage products that slap a pink ribbon on the label and proclaim that we should buy them? Now that I've completely overhauled my diet and the products that I use on my body and in my home, I find it ironic that so much sugary, bad-for-you crap gets marketed with "BC awareness" on the label.

I will still be kind to my family members and friends who buy pink things and do walks for "BC awareness" because they mean well and I don't want to hurt their feelings. But I'm glad I can come to this board and say how I really feel.

Anonymous

I was dx'ed around the start of Pinktober last year, and I was so numb and in shock from the diagnosis that I just wanted to hide from it all.

Now that I've had a year to think about it, there's a lot about Pinktober that bothers me. What does "BC awareness" really mean anyway? Is anyone who hasn't had BC "aware" that we experience fatigue and SEs for months and years after the initial "treatment" is over? Do they know it's never really over? I am in my first year of tamoxifen, and I feel worse than right after surgery and rads. Really. But everyone around me seems to think I should be just fine by now. Maybe all that "awareness" should include "compassion".

And what is it with all the junk food and other garbage products that slap a pink ribbon on the label and proclaim that we should buy them? Now that I've completely overhauled my diet and the products that I use on my body and in my home, I find it ironic that so much sugary, bad-for-you crap gets marketed with "BC awareness" on the label.

I will still be kind to my family members and friends who buy pink things and do walks for "BC awareness" because they mean well and I don't want to hurt their feelings. But I'm glad I can come to this board and say how I really feel.

sas-schatzi

Kiki, were with you. This all just sucks. Getting mellow right now. Just did a rain dance for a friend in Oregon. So mellowing, I'll post it here too. It's an awful pic, but was done with great intention. Made a tin hat and then did a dance(more of a walk with my Cherokee rain stick). Might have to do it in the next post.

There is a way to shut the folks down that do the pink thing. I'll link to a companion thread, I did after I started this thread. I found Breast Cancer Action. It is a political action organization in California. Great organization. They developed questions that helped evaluate and organization for their Pinking(my word) or espousing a connection to BC. You can read in the topic box what those questions are. 

I thought when I started the thread I would do one organization a week. Lordy, it was work. Ruthrub did st2c. Great job. Fredtan did Komen. great job.

What's interesting about the process of applying the Breast Cancer Action questions is the learning process.

Had a lost thought and found it YAY. Breast Cancer Action was part of the suit against Myriad regarding patening(sic) genes.  Was a major supreme court win not just for BC, but all genes

The link is in the topic box, but I'll put it here for conveince

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/110/topic/794711?page=1

sas-schatzi

Rain dance for Rosevalley in Oregon. Could backfire b/c they're three thingy's out in the Atlantic

Spookiesmom

Wouldn't surprise me a bit to see this here in October.

sas-schatzi

JChessus Crist

Anonymous

Oh, that Rose Chicken Burger is horrifying! Will they stop at nothing?

Thanks, Sas, for the link you provided. I will read and learn more.

sas-schatzi

Did a new thread. Reason BCO takes care of us. We need to take care of them

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/110/topic/834331?page=1#idx_1