The REAL facebook BC game!

I ignore these 'awareness' game invitations if it is from someone who doesn't know I was treated for BC.  Last time I got one from someone who knew about it, I sent her a picture of my chest after my BLM, with the tubes and the drains...and told her there is nothing fun or cute about BC.  This is what it looks like.  I may just change my profile pic to that next October, to remind everyone it isn't fun or cute, and to do something real about it.

Just invited all my FB friends to this event.   I hope it goes viral.

Have you reached 1,000 yet? (Impatiently waiting.....)

990 now...my friends are coming through!

1000 baby!!

Yey!!

So happy that this is REALLY taking off!!!

I think it will be key to engage the high school and  college students for TWO reasons..... 1.. they are the facebook kings and queens and have LOTS of friends, 2... They are very likely to be the ones that are playing those STUPID breast cancer awareness games thinking that they are "making a difference". 

Even if they choose not to participate, they hopefully will get the message that those silly games help NO ONE......

Here's hoping this all goes viral and makes it onto the media's radar!!!

I'll get my daughter to send it out.  

in2places, it was some dumba$$ thing where you said what fruit you liked in support of BC awareness.  Like where you put your purse, or what color your bra was.  Dumb and insulting, if you ask me.  Someone was trying to make BC fun.  

Day - if you started it, I'm in.

ha.. my daughter is too.

Dawn, I agree a positive attitude helps in so many ways. It's one of my primary objectives, to find anything I can to feel better in each moment.  I've wanted to start a thread on the subject for some time. Unfortunately we can't jump from grief, sadness, fear or any other bad feelings to feeling positive just because someone tells us we "ought" to. When others try to cheer us up it doesn't work to give that advice.  People are better off "going with" whatever feelings are being displayed and reflecting those feelings back.  When I'm feeling happy I don't want someone saying, oh! you have cancer, how awful.  That's just as insensitive.

But mostly it's the implication of blame and the feeling people are trying to distance themselves by implying "they can't get cancer themselves because they're not negative like me" that hurts.  I like to reply by reminding people that more than one in three could get cancer if they live long enough.  That changes the look on their face really quickly!

It WAS the night I shaved my head, and yes, I was more emotional than usual.  I felt bad about blasting her the next day, and I did apologize (she was a family member).  BUT I *do* find the pink insulting and degrading. This ISN'T fun or cute. And the FB games are useless.