Brace yourself, September is slipping, inexorably, to Foctober

We'll said Ladies!! Couldn't agree more. 

I couldn't agree more.   I'm sure there wouldn't be tutus and sparkles if a man had to have his testicles removed.  

I actually like pink..not the light pink but bright pink lol. BUT, I hate BC awareness month. It irritated me before BC and now it's worse since I was actually dx'd 10/22/13...freaking october.

I actually got an ad in the mail yesterday from a car dealer ship. It was pink and had the pink ribbons....for a sale on cars. uggggggg

I'm especially pissed at the NFL and they're stupid pink stuff in lieu of the Ray Rice crap. I'm a big football fan, but the pink stuff always seemed so forced and fake. Now it's just ridiculous to think the NFL is a champion of women's causes since they are okay with domestic violence.

bleh...i hate all of this.

Totally agree - and I've hated it for years. It fries me for SO many reasons. 

October is my birthday month - and believe me, I celebrate it ALL month long. It's crunchy leaves underfoot, Hallowe'en, planting bulbs, looming skies and harvest moons. Pink is incongruous and puts me in a bad mood during my favorite time of the year! 

I hate, too, the commercialism as well as the notion that women need more awareness of breast cancer. Is there honestly a woman over the age of 18 in this country who isn't aware of it???

sbelizabeth

Your post made me laugh!

Aw...Elizabeth, Weesa...thanks.  I'm glad I made somebody smile. 

Love all that  Weesa and sbelizabeth wrote....you girls are priceless!! Your wit and humor wrapped up in your ability to put them down in writing is a true gift to us all!! Thank you for the humor and insight!!

I sometimes wonder what would the effect be if all the ugly horror of this disease was on all the products, adds, t-shirts and so on. The pics of children left without moms, husbands standing alone, bald heads with sunken dark eyes, scarred chests and so much more. I know I felt deceived by all the pink once I was diagnosed " just get your mammograms and you're safe".... so very not true!! Just wonder if more of the sorrow/fear/ugly was shown than the happy pink ribbon....what would happen?  More of a cry for a cure and less awareness? Maybe if the pink was gone...the money would go too? Just something I wonder when I walk the aisles of a store and know the pics in my mind that could replace that sweet pink ribbon!

Hopefour, that's why I can't do the breast cancer events during which people carry signs, "in memory of my ____ (mother/daughter/sister/aunt/friend).  The pain is just too much.  I think about leaving my dear ones behind, grieving and sad...my husband, alone...and I want to fall to my knees and cry.  For each of these signs, there was a woman who was shocked, afraid, in pain, and died.  That is the reality of breast cancer. 

If the pink was gone, would the money follow?  Good question.  My "son-the-doctor" urges me to practice good sense and moderation, with the understanding that the pink ribbon-waving does more good than harm.  He's right, I bet.

But I'll also bet that the woman at the pink-ribbon event wearing a tee shirt that says "I (heart) My Boobies!"  has "boobies" that have not been touched by breast cancer.

Nothing I can add except me too!!!  Hate the word awareness so much!!!  Really who isn't aware of breast cancer.  I was getting all cranky at the ice bucket challenges for ALS too.  My friends couldn't understand why I was so upset with it "brings awareness".  What the hell does dumping a bucket of ice over my head tell me about ALS?  Not to mention it's now starting with the commercialism...businesses asking people to come witness the challenge at their store fronts, t-shirts at the beach "I survived the ice bucket challenge".  I wish I knew what the answer was, but all I know for sure is I HATE October!!!  

I agree everyone!  It's a big joke about awareness and all the commercialization and all the money being made off this horrible disease in the name of awareness...why the heck did I have mammograms since I was 30 only to be diagnosed with stage 3 bc at 43...because mammos have difficulty reading through dense breast...some awareness.  How about making women and men "aware" that mammograms suck when it comes to breast density...how about getting rid of mammograms all together and replacing with a yearly breast MRI plus an easy ultra sound...ugh my rant is almost done.  I wish I would have been "aware" that mammograms failed me all these years because of my acute breast density.  It makes me tear up to think of all my years of mammograms and self exams.  My self exam is what saved my life because 9 months prior I had my clinical yearly exam...which missed it completely.   I would have caught it earlier but it was buried under a 2.5 cm benign nodule and thick breast tissue near my chest wall.  All the pushing for women to get mammograms when the fail rate is high in dense breasts...so scary...if bc is the number one cancer killer of women, why aren't MRI's and US being used consistently...it would be cheaper for the insurance companies to go this route than paying for all the cancer treatments.  This month should be dedicated to educating people of the different kinds of breast cancer, breast density, and what types of diagnostics should be used in "early" detection...including self exams.  Mammograms did not make me anymore "aware" and neither did the color pink. 

FOCTOBER!

Not much to add other than I'm with you all on this. weesa, your humor makes me smile every time.

Holy cow! I laughed out loud at that sbelizabeth: Cure the Cajones! Priceless!!

I absolutely hate the 'save the tatas' and 'I love boobies' crap.  Seeking to be provocative but just another example of chauvinism and sexualisation of a deadly disease. Disgusting.

I argued with my husband about the ice bucket challenge, too.  The options were to douse yourself with water OR donate to the ALS foundation.  Why was everyone dousing themselves with water? They should have posted videos of themselves putting a check in the mail.

Foctober, indeed.

Peacestrength, what you said.  Exactly.  I, too, had mammograms faithfully starting at age 30 due to lumpy, dense breasts only to be diagnosed with stage III ILC at age 56. They don't tell anyone that mammograms suck if you have dense breasts. They also don't tell you some types of breast cancer don't even show up on mammograms and don't feel like a lump (ILC). I had a clear mammogram and manual exam by my doc 5 months before I was diagnosed.  The tumor was 5 x 8 cm. She didn't feel it.  I didn't feel it. I only got suspicious when the dense area in my left breast felt definitely different from the dense area my right breast.  We need MRIs. Well, I don't anymore because I no longer have breasts.  

I hate pinktober, and I especially hate the "ta-tas" and "boobies" crap. We're talking about saving women, you know, actual PEOPLE  not "ta-tas." I also agree on the ice bucket challenge.  Just donate for crying out loud.  

On my facebook:

"Dear  friends, fellow surfers and cancer survivors:  I have PINK surfboards for sale and in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month coming up in October."

Hang ten for the ta-ta's!

nuthin started here yet

Maybe it's because there was a state police man shot and one is critical

Everyone is cared...keepin doors closed,even schools r closed

This is in the foot hills of the poconoes ....

I hope they catch the guy but glad not to see any pink displays

Blessings, good post.

FireKracker, I hope they catch that guy too. I heard about that on the news. Keep safe.