Underneath the "pink" vs. "un-pink" debate is an issue that is more compelling to me. Where does metastatic breast cancer fit into awareness campaigns?
I truly believe that a crucial part of being in this community is lending support to women who have received this diagnosis. Putting our early-stage heads in the sand benefits nobody.
I have been saddened to see how many women with MBC feel marginalized. They believe not enough research and resources are directed towards women who are fighting to stay alive. Some feel that it is becoming an us vs. them situation.
Nothing about breast cancer is simple. Many women do endure treatment and go on to live healthy lives, others do not. It is so completely unfair.
Somehow we have to find room for both truths. Not everyone likes the word survivor, but I remember what one woman with MBC said to me at the Young Survivors Convention. "Every day you are here, you are a survivor."
Anyhow please take a look at this article by one of the very first Loop contributors Pamela Beth Grossman.
http://www.womensenews.org/story/our-daily-lives/111003/survivor-shines-light-metastatic-breast-cancer?page=0%2C1
I truly believe that a crucial part of being in this community is lending support to women who have received this diagnosis. Putting our early-stage heads in the sand benefits nobody.
I have been saddened to see how many women with MBC feel marginalized. They believe not enough research and resources are directed towards women who are fighting to stay alive. Some feel that it is becoming an us vs. them situation.
Nothing about breast cancer is simple. Many women do endure treatment and go on to live healthy lives, others do not. It is so completely unfair.
Somehow we have to find room for both truths. Not everyone likes the word survivor, but I remember what one woman with MBC said to me at the Young Survivors Convention. "Every day you are here, you are a survivor."
Anyhow please take a look at this article by one of the very first Loop contributors Pamela Beth Grossman.
http://www.womensenews.org/story/our-daily-lives/111003/survivor-shines-light-metastatic-breast-cancer?page=0%2C1
we are survivors maybe not just about this kind of disease it can be about the life and we need to accept our conditions and continue
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