What to do about pinktober...yuch..

I am on the East coast, sort of.   Is the pub in the general area?     Although I do not mind pinktober that much, it does get a bit annoying after a day or 2....

I am in the DC area in Virginia and have never been to the Carolinas.   A bit too far to drive alone since I am recovering from surgery on my finger and thumb.  However....   the idea peaks my interest with greasy food, hanging out with assorted reprobates, and not wearing pink.   

Nancy 

weesa, you rock.

october is crazy for me, with high school open houses (DD is an 8th grader) and weddings, but i vow to unpink every Saturday. I will eat sugar/fat etc, avoid yoga, and say "screw pink ribbons!" repeatedly. to anyone in earshot. (actually my children laugh about this - they heard me say it early on, and often.)

awesome idea, girlfriend! i wish i could come south. can we plan a big slouchie shindig for spring 2012?

xo

j

Weesa,

everyone in my life wants me to do this big susan Komen walk here down in  south  orange county in sept.

I, however feel nausous everytime I think about it. I don't think I can see young women running for there mom, or grandma that is long gone!!! This is hard, I don't want to seem like I don't want to find a cure, we do right?? Why do us stage 3 gals hate Pink sooo much!!!!

I think I need to hitch a ride with someone to weesa's PUP!!!!!!! Anyone going my way???

(((((hugsss))))

Steph

I'm strange but pinktober doesn't really bother me...the Denver Komen RFTC is Oct 2nd...its always the 1st sunday in October...will do it with my DH and DD.....some years the whole family does it with me and I always stay for the survivor ceremony....I volunteer with the local Komen affiliate and do education tables for them in October....something I look forward to doing...actually I do them anytime of the year like at health fares.....I guess I just tend to ignore the bullshit that goes along with pinktober...and no way would I buy a pink foodprocesser or vacuum, but pink chapstick or something small like a pen is okay....I donate directly to the cause, but I do wear the pink ribbon proudly.....Heck....I'm not after a cure (yes that is good, but that means people still get bc)...I want a prevention so this dreaded beast is eradicated.....that its history....Weesa...wish I could join you, but its a bit far from Denver....also all my holidays are in October....I do get sick and tired of the TV commercials though...I guess the other stuff I can just ignore....now if I could only cry!!!!!

Hi everyone,

I love this idea!  I hate Pinktober!  Can't be there myself, but my MIL is a 40-year survivor of bilateral BC and she's in Asheville, NC.  Maybe I'll let her represent me, and I'll join in spirit.

Karen - Um, thanks, but you lost me.....??  What are you talking about?  No worries!

I dread pink-October more than words can say...

I can so relate. I used to love pink. Now I hate it. I can't do the pink ribbon think. I have burned so many pink things I've lost count. It was quite cathartic. Wish I were closer so I could join you, but I'll be there in spirit.  

Rachel 

Hey girls,

 I can relate to the pink thing. I was dx in oct.  the month of BC, I remmeber I could not understand why the NFL players all had pink socks on!!!  Really? Pink is a soft pretty color, breast cancer is an ugly beast!!!!! The whole pink thing ways heavy on me. I went in to the beauty

supply the other day to buy shampoo. There is a display of new products they are promoting right when you walk in, pink ribbons plastered all over them!!!  People who have not been touched by this disease have no Idea, I know people that run for the cure,  because it makes them feel good!!

I am sorry , I know I sound bitter, and I am!!!! I got the crappy disease!!  I have come to grips completely with my life, I just don't think I will eat yogurt just because it has a pink ribbon on it! I think most of all it hurts to think that bc feels trivialized in a way. I used to like pink, only with black though. My family does not understand, I have enough pink things to open my own store. They really don't get it  BUT, HEY I DID NOT GET IT BEFORE ( I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!)

I really want a cure, I do. I am just dreading october, such a reminder,

xoxo

steph

I have a pair of black exericse pants with a pink stripe down the outside leg.   This is MY tribute to those who have died.    Not that I hate pink that much - over 3 years since DX, but it is too commercialized and becomes a marketing ploy.    Last year and the year before I printed out labels and stuck them on pinktober displays:  " Breast cancer is a disease, not a marketing tool.   A cure is needed, NOW."     I may do that again this year.    And I "accidentally" knocked over a display of pink Tic Tacs right next to the check out in the grocery store.    

Went to Giant last night and it really got me that there was a huge pink mylar balloon BC ribbon floating among the happy birthdays and congratulations on your new baby.  I'm sorry there is nothing "uplifting" about BC.  Pink is now nothing but a marketing tool and that is sad, but I would be even sadder to see all of the push for donations and a cure go away competely so in that way I will take the bad with the good.  So I will close my eyes, gripe to you ladies and encourage the world to pink away. 

However, that being said, Cancer Sucks (a better slogan).  It's color should be some obnoxious ugly baby poo yellow with green specks.  At least then the color would be a little more representative.  I'm thinking candles that smell like poo, candies from the jelly belly company that only have the booger, vomit, and ear wax type flavors labeled "The Flavors of Breast Cancer".  And of course there should certainly be bottles of Ipecac marketed to enhance the cancer experience.  All boldly labeled with the yellow/green ribbon.  Hmmmm any other ideas???

This is my 1st pinkoctober as a patient/survivor. Before it didn't really relate to me but now everytime i see a pink ribbon, i have a mixed feeling. I am officially part of the group now. I remember last year when i saw the pink ribbon, i was telling myself, maybe you should get yourself checked. I waited till Jan this year.

I'm going to post on my facebook page something like" If you feel the need to play one of those cutesy "awareness" games that pop up on facebook, go and look at the pictures on www.thescarproject.org, and decide if breast cancer is pink, fluffy or a game."

The cutesy Facebook awareness games really make my teeth hurt! Worse are the cutesy (and I find demeaning and trivializing) bumper sticker slogans such as "Save the Ta Tas," "I Love Boobies," and "Large and small, let's save them all." If you haven't had bc or known someone with bc, it's all about "saving boobies." When I found out I had bc, for me, it was all about saving my life, to hell with my boobies! I've always seen myself as being so much more than "my parts," and if some of those parts are out to kill me, they're going to be whacked off and sent packing!