'Mandamoo' R.I.P
I just got an email from the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Too long to copy and paste but it made me so happy - even tho yesterday we said goodbye to a BCNA member - Amanda Rynne (aka Mandamoo) - she is not forgotten.
Besides her family and friends she has left behind a legacy.
Amanda would speak frequently and openly about having stage 4 breast cancer. She really hated the breast cancer language. Like Fighter, Survivor, or just as simple as she lost the fight.
A few weeks ago she posted on NBCF facebook page this:
Amanda Rynne [Facebook post] -- "October is so hard. Even harder this year as I am, at 41, just 31 months after my 'caught early' diagnosis receiving palliative care. I read these posts and all I can do is cry - all this talk of fighting and winning and beating cancer. I've fought bloody hard - do people realize this is an unwinnable fight for anyone diagnosed with advanced disease? Do they realize this imagery and wording implies those who die weren't up to the fight? That we are losers and failures? When will we focus on this as a hideous and fatal disease it is that still kills 7 Australians everyday instead of prettying it up with a pink ribbon?"
Today I got an email from NBCF trying to get in contact with Amanda. Sadly, I had to break the bad news she had passed away. They then informed me of how much Amanda's post changed the way they thought and worded things. They have changed the language on their website and are now planning on changing their promotional stuff too and their CEO also wrote this article in today 'Sydney Morning Herald' -- http://bit.ly/1d0agAM
Amanda is the lady that the CEO writes about.
Amanda changed a major company like NBCF - We can do anything!