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How Do You PINK? Week 2

Written on October 15, 2009 by Michele in Everything Else

I’ve teamed up with a fabulous group of women to join the Breast Cancer Awareness month campaign. Each day we will do a “How do you PINK?” post. Below is the schedule. Be sure to stop by everyone’s blog and join our MckLinky with your “How do you PINK?” post.

Mondays: Momma’Tudes
Tuesdays: Jen Hinton.com
Wednesdays: Scraps of My Geek Life
Thursdays: Faith, Hope, and Love
Fridays: Cheryl Budge.com & Childhood Clothing
Saturdays: Bantering Blonde
Sundays: A Busy Mommy

I’m a day late (and probably a dollar short too). We have been fighting this flu bug in our house for 4 weeks now. The doctor says it’s H1N1, but he isn’t testing us. But just about the time everyone is well for about 4 days and I think we are over it, BAM…someone gets sick. Yesterday my 6 yr old had a fever and my stomach and head were all messed up.

Honestly, I have a difficult time writing about breast cancer mostly because I have not had it affect my life personally. Last Friday, I took over @banteringblonde’s MomActive Blog Talk Radio show. I did some research about breast cancer and I was really surprised at some of the statistics and information:

In 2009, there will be over 190,000 new cases of breast cancer and over 40,000 women will die of breast cancer
Breast cancer is a random disease. It does NOT always run in families
95% of the women with breast cancer are over the age of 40
1 in 8 women will get breast cancer

Those numbers just seemed enormous to me, but what really scared me the most?

Breast cancer is a random disease.

I always thought that because no one on either side of my family had breast cancer, I was safe. I guess not.

So, How do you PINK? Let us know and add your blog post to the MckLinky below.

Tags: Breast, BreastCancer, Cancer, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

How do you PINK?

Written on October 7, 2009 by Michele in Everything Else, Michele

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I have been very lucky that I do not know anyone close to me who has died of breast cancer. I do know of several woman who have had breast cancer and beat it.

Now that I am 42, I am supposed to get a mammogram, but for some reason I have been putting it off. The year I turned 40 was when I had my hysterectomy, so I used that as an excuse. Now, i’m not sure why I haven’t gone. But this month with all of the awareness of breast cancer, it has reminded me that I need to JUST DO IT.

So, why is it that we, women put this stuff off? Are we afraid of what we’ll find out? Are we too busy? I do know that I’m going to feel much worse if I finally go, they find something and I could have done something sooner. So, I need to just DO IT.

Y’all need to tweet me a daily reminder and if you are due for your mammogram, Just DO IT!

Tomorrow’s How do you PINK? post wil be at Faith, Hope & Love.