BC.... The " sexy " cancer
I feel the need to post after reading a letter to the editor of the Sunday telegraph today that has really upset me.
A very mixed up reader wrote " its up to funding bodies and the government to make ...
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I took it as saying "sexy" as popular. We are unfortunately popular ...as breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for women behind lung cancer. And unfortunately for us breast cancer doesn't discriminate... young, old, thin, fat, healthy, unhealthy, children, childless, breastfed or not...makes no flippin difference. We don't seem to be able to predict or prevent, for the most part we can't avoid. ..it's just a lotto with horrifying high chance of being picked. And that my fellow bc sisters is why we need so much funding. And fortunately what is learned for bc helps our male partners fight the horrible stats for prostate cancer as well. So yes ...sexy, popular...if it brings on the cash for no deaths for women with breast cancer ...then bring it on...I'll flash my scars if it helps. Kath x