October's Daily Encounters with "pink stuff"

BDG,

I recognize the eggs: Eggland's, which is the brand I usually buy.  I'm not buying them this month as I refuse to look at pink ribbons every time I open my refrigerator.

When I saw the first Eggland container on display, I made a point of telling the store manager, who happened to be standing at the egg refrigerator case, why I wasn't buying them or any product in the store that had pink.

I also suggested that they move the pink display of "BC Awareness " junk to an area away from the front door where it didn't slam you in the face as you came in.

While there was nothing a store can do about some of the normal labels going pink, I did notice the pink entry display has been moved to be a lot less conspicuous.

Pickle....I couldn't even finish reading it all....seriously???? How does that article help raise awareness? And could it be anymore degrading....especially to the "pink warriors" whom most likely have lost their breasts to BC..... Thanks for sharing....the huffington post should be ashamed!!!

I agree it was meant to be lighthearted. The fact that it's dedicated to "pink warriors" that are scarred from lumpectomies, mastectomies etc is completely off base. A story usually has a connection to the topic .in this case I don't see any connection showing how this is supposed to be supportive. After reading some readres comments..clearly they didn't get that either.

mdg,

Those are fun photos!  I, too, am sick of all the pink.  When I'm sitting in a waiting room with other oncology patients, I feel as if we're all in the same boat.  But, my type of cancer is receiving much more attention.  And is all the attention finding a cure?  No, it's just bringing more attention to it so that we can't even go shopping to get away from breast cancer.  Ironically, when I'm at home or somewhere else away from pink ribbons, I often am so caught up in living that I forget I'm fighting cancer, even though I still have to cover my head with a cap. 

Why aren't other forms of cancer getting this much attention?  My mom died many years ago from colorectal cancer, but I don't see any events called "Run for Rectums" or anything like that. I guess it all depends on what part of the body people want to talk about, but where there is still a taboo, that is precisely where the most action is needed.

Pickle141, I'm speechless! Unbelievable.

I went to the store today to buy mushrooms and guess what...they were packaged in a pink tray instead of the usual blue one.  AAAGGHH!  It's everywhere!

I too am a pinktober hater!  Maybe because it it so new to me as I just started chemo last month.  My favorites are the pink cleats on the pro footbal players.  I might feel beeter about it when I'm all done with treatment but for now I don't need a reminder about BC>

SunflowersMA, it was pretty hard not to laugh. I know mushrooms are supposed to be good for us, but that's going a bit too far!

I have never liked the color pink, and now I pretty much hate it.  A well-meaning co-worker gave me a pink ribbon pin.  I told her I wasn't a pink person, but I accepted it because I knew her heart was in the right place.  But when I recently cleaned my office, I "lost" the pin - it "fell" into the trash.

I went to Michael's today, and when the cashier started to say "Would you like to donate to...." I got all stiff inside, expecting her to ask me to donate to BC research. I actually started formulating my response in my head, before she finished speaking, wondering if I should be nasty or not. Turns out she was asking for a donation to the Girls and Boys Club, and would I buy a package of pencils for a dollar. Whew! Come to think of it, I really didn't notice anything pink screaming out at me in the store.... needless to say, I bought the package of pencils.

This pink crap was especially hard just before my surgery.  My children (dd age 7 and ds age 10) and I were out getting stuff for their halloween costumes (trying to get everything out of the way before surgery), and we got bombarded with pink ribbons.  My daughter asked about the ribbons.  My son read the label and turned to me to explain.  My poor worried stressed out children couldn't get their Halloween stuff without having to have a big discussion about it.  We were just trying to do something exciting and fun together before I had to be incapacitated (and they feared much worse).

We did the best we could.  (The three of us got disgusted with it together).  My  son was particularly upset with the food in pink plastic...as we have been trying to remove all plastic from our lives for a year on the basis that it has so many carcinogenic chemicals.  I hate to have to pass on such disgust with the world, but it was our only defense. 

It pisses me off.

People saying that pink is annoying but at least money goes for a good cause should NOT assume that to be the case. There are pink fraud scams out there.

And, again, the lies ("mammograms save lives") and selfishness and self-centerdness really annoy me. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CANCERS???

Thank God I don't have pink in my life or my line of sight.

Again: WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CANCERS???

At least some of us with BC get an early warning sign by feeling a lump and nothing else (I said some - not all). What about lung and pancreatic cancer patients? Brain cancer symptoms - if only those were as harmless as a lump.

Pink sexualizes and infantilizes women and puts the real feminist movement back by decades. I don't need to be "aware" that it is all about "saving the Ta-tas" or about improving the bottom line of Komen or making Bank of America, Yoplait and KFC look less damaging to human health.

Booboo2--I had a small area picked up on a mammogram, and had a diagnostic and biopsy.  IDC was the diagnosis, so yes, mine was caught early this way.  I met a woman on Saturday (she was a Komen speaker's bureau speaker), who did not have mammograms, because she said she didn't have a family history.  Hers was more advanced when it was found.

We do need a cure, and better screening, as not all cancers and breasts are the same!  

My DH was treated for colon cancer last year, and I do see the need for more emphasis on other cancer screenings.  His was more advanced, and caught because of a ruptured appendix.  

Jane