Is it me or is this offensive?

Dotti...David who? I only saw Tom Cruise!!!! Was David the redhead who crashed? I only saw Tom Cruise!!!! Did I mention I saw Tom Cruise???

Not me.  And I am WAY old enough (and a nurse) and I have to admit that getting yearly mammos was my daughter's idea, not mine.  Besides, we'd been watching microcals in the OTHER  boob, what did I have to worry about.  Like everyone else, it happens to others, not me.

So I was SO not worried about bc.  Even when the rads guy wanted an ultrasound, I just kept reading my book, not thiniking a thing about finding bc.  ( Loved living in De Nile, it's a lovely place and people are so friendly there)  You can imagine the shock when he told me it was bc.  Took me about an hour to wrap my head around becomming another stastistic.  LOL, actually told him I was more worried about him having to tell me than being upset myself.  I didn't actually come to a realization untill I'd sat in the car for a half hour or so.  (I'm slow that way)

Does any of you know about the "Keep A Breast" foundation? The ones with "I love boobies" crap, like bracelets with two breasts on them for kids to wear at school? they even have a facebook page. I am so sorely tempted to make a facebook group "Breast cancer survivors agains the idiots from Keep A Breast Foundation - learn the truth about keeping your breasts!".

JB, a lot of women ARE offended by all the pink. You haven't been through an October yet as a breast cancer patient. I don't find it's the survivors that do all the ra-ra crap, but their "friends" as if supporting the "cause" supports their friends. Heck, just do my laundry or clean my house!

Where's the evidence that the same women who are offended by terms like "tits" and "funbags" (from the other thread) are the ones who want to be "defined by the pink ribbon"?  And, since when is my disgust with the terms "tits" and "funbags" an indication of political correctness?

I guess I need to take my own advice and walk away.  I promise I'll be first in line next October to resurrect the "Pepto Bismol" thread.

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JBin, a part of me really agrees with you in the following sense: being offended by something is somehow very feminine, by tradition, and also very much a part of our modern political correctness chic in which the person who claims offense immediately gains center stage and is accorded the moral high ground no matter what. So many times, I want to say: "Shut up and sit down." 

Having said that, I, the author of those words, grudgingly admit to often being offended by the trash that surrounds the diagnosis of breast cancer. We have been hijacked by corporate image makers who have washed us in a disgusting colour (pink) and declared that it is all about the body part, when it really is all about the disease.

I tend not to get offended by societal constructs very easily, as I have a comorbidity that puts me in the category of history's laughingstock/disgraced. I suppose my real bitterness with the breast cancer movement comes from the fact that so very many make fame and money out of my misery. At least with my other disorder, even the practitioners continue to be booed in some  dark ages circles.

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so you see, raising awareness by a braclet, or a tshirt isn't about the ta-ta.. it's about saving lives.. OUR lives.. our grandmother, mothers, daughters, aunts and even mens lives.  The more knowledge people recieve about what to do when to do it, can decrease the cases in future years...

Ah JBin, my scars would look just like yours!! And yes you can use my "cancer shield" line. You can also use: "Why should I wear fake breasts to make YOU feel better?" No one says to me "I guess it's all over now, right?" If I have to look at my flat chest, so does everyone else around me!

When did it start being "I heart" and stop being "I love"???????? I missed that memo and hate the way it sounds. I liked when it was I LOVE NEW YORK or something. Not I HEART New York!!

That was my exact point.

1. It's again one of those things founded by someone who had someone in the family affected by BC, not themselves be a BC survivor. So obviously has no idea how that resonates with some of us.

2. And again the focus is on "boobies", like the "touch a boob" campaign on facebook. The message of "save a life" is lost somewhere. Do you really think those kids when they get a "I boobies" bracelet really understand what this is about or they just giggle and make fun?

Honestly, IMHO, a campaign that would show the scars would be more efficient into convincing women to do regular self-checks and yearly mammos. Not this whole pink fluffy crap.

I love the Scar Project - I wouldn't have posted about it if I wouldn't have loved it.

I don't like the "keep a breast". To me it's just another piece to get money for a lot of socials and other fun activities for the organizers with too little money left to donate.

Edited: and oh, yes, I hate the "I boobies" part.

JBinOK - the message is "I boobies". Not "do a self-exam". Did you read my previous post about kids wearing those bracelets at school?

I can see where some people would find it offensive.  I think it is catchy and cute myself and helps bring awareness to some people that way.  There is a website I promote called Feel your boobies that is a cute and effective way to get the message across.

I'm with JBin.  Men seem to have a much better sense of humor about cancer. 

Ladies....meet Mr Testicles the testicular cancer "mascot" who shows up at all sorts of events to help raise awareness.

Can you imagine the outrage if Ms. Breasts existed and did the same thing?

I am offended by the focus on "saving" a body part, not on saving women's lives.