Calendar Girl Blog: Random Notes from The World Conference on Breast Cancer
From BrCan and Ovarian survivor, Annie Smith, " Life is a river. Damn." Annie is currently recovering from Liver cancer.
From Breast Cancer Action Montreal, "Prevention is the Cure."
The terms "Pinkwash" and "Think Before you Pink" were tossed around liberally during the Pink Ribbon Blues Workshop.
From Stephanie Austin, from Ontario Breast Cancer Community Research Initiative, "For a bilingual country, there is a surprising lack of resource material for francophone women living with breast cancer."
Several delegates commented on how overwhelmed they were and how they were struggling to take care of themselves. They felt guilty if they left a presentation. But they could not always control their sobbing.
Sobbing. And barely a kleenex in sight.
Calendar Girl wonders why we remain so firmly attached to our denial? Would it not be preferable to anticipate the emotional toll of such a conference by at the very least supplying kleenex?
Calendar Girl
P.S. Eight thousand new sailor came into town today. Calendar Girl has snapped out of her precious state of mind and realizes the implications of a port city. Sailors being part of that reality. Calendar Girl will put a white flag outside her door this evening. She surrenders.
More news and breast views from the world conference has been posted on my other blog.
From Breast Cancer Action Montreal, "Prevention is the Cure."
The terms "Pinkwash" and "Think Before you Pink" were tossed around liberally during the Pink Ribbon Blues Workshop.
From Stephanie Austin, from Ontario Breast Cancer Community Research Initiative, "For a bilingual country, there is a surprising lack of resource material for francophone women living with breast cancer."
Several delegates commented on how overwhelmed they were and how they were struggling to take care of themselves. They felt guilty if they left a presentation. But they could not always control their sobbing.
Sobbing. And barely a kleenex in sight.
Calendar Girl wonders why we remain so firmly attached to our denial? Would it not be preferable to anticipate the emotional toll of such a conference by at the very least supplying kleenex?
Calendar Girl
P.S. Eight thousand new sailor came into town today. Calendar Girl has snapped out of her precious state of mind and realizes the implications of a port city. Sailors being part of that reality. Calendar Girl will put a white flag outside her door this evening. She surrenders.
More news and breast views from the world conference has been posted on my other blog.
posted by Sue Richards at 4:50 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks so much for your reportsw Sue. You have really brought the conference and many of the deep isues to life for me.
I am very happy to link to some of youe posts. Anything we can do to widen the appreciation of this issue is worth doing.
Chris
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