Anyone else have an occasional hard time w/breast cancer awareness month?

[ok_cpu]

It's been about two years since my mom passed but we went to a football game over the weekend and all of the pink was overwhelming. I seriously felt like running out.

It's ironic given my avatar, I know. Not looking for sympathy, just wondering if anyone else feels it.

And not blaming anyone. I love the message and know how much that support meant to my mom. It was just too much on that one night.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yeah, it bugs me some times...

especially on all of the football uniforms.

But, I have a sister and a daughter among other women in my life, so I can stand it.

[UTUSN]

2. It bugs me a lot. Not only because my sister died of it and my 89 yr mother died at diagnosis

but I can imagine what newly diagnosed people feel seeing the disease-disease-disease pummeling all of us 24/7.

I'll say this: the stages of grief and all that. After the initial shock of the diagnosis, my sister went through the Period of Hope, when all the SURVIVORS were telling her she could be one, too. And she went through the chemo WITH HOPE. But I saw her when she realized it wasn't going to work FOR HER.

I don't want to see all the pink crap.

[Jenoch]

3. I sometimes think the NFL is overdoing it.

I also think they might be doing it in order to seem less threatening and get support from female fans.

On a similar note, I think for a while the Susan G. Kommen organization were licensing their brand to way too many commercial products. I think this hit a peak a few years ago.

On a personal note, I have an 88 year old aunt who had a double mastectomy 18 years ago. I saw her last week and she is in good health. She yelled at me when I tried to give her a hand getting into our SUV. She's too ornery to die.

[eShirl]

4. I have a different problem with some of it (one of the slogans going around)

"save the ta-tas" or "save the boobies"

fuck the boobies, *save the women*
and if saving the women means getting rid of some of the tatas, so be it

[Still Blue in PDX]

7. I'm with you. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

10. +1000s.

n/t

[tanyev]

5. It's gone beyond breast cancer awareness. It's become OctKomen.

Makes me want to avoid all media until it's over.

[logosoco]

6. I get it about half way.

It seems like in the 80s-90s there was a lot more education....lots of reminders of how and when to do a self exam.
And I hate seeing so much of the money not going to actual research.

[Still Blue in PDX]

8. It bugs me to bits. I hate the pink and the cute. There's nothing cute about breast cancer. nt

[blackcrowflies]

9. I have come to hate pink

I thought when the Komen scandal hit the news, it was over with, but no. Her sister is still pulling in over half a mil a year in salary to line her pockets.

If at all possible, i don't buy anything with the pink "logo" on it.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Here's another. The color pink just does not become me.

And these days, I'd rather wear the color purple, for the domestic violence issue.

[marzipanni]

12. What makes me mad is this: Throw all the money we have at any cancer

and we won't get rid of it because chemicals intrude into our lives from too many angles. And chemicals are very lucrative for some people so they will be promoted, using more and more, until we figure out that some do more harm than good, like the chemicals added to materials used in furniture to make them fire retardant.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/flame-retardants-in-consumer-products-are-linked-to-health-and-cognitive-problems/2013/04/15/f5c7b2aa-8b34-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_story.html

Roundup® herbicide has been found to cause cancer, birth defects, and other serious health risks. How long will it take to abolish its use?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26614-monsanto-s-roundup-linked-to-cancer

[alarimer]

13. Yes, but because of the link with the Komen Foundation.

Plus the infantilization of all the pink. I hate pink anyway, it makes me barf.

But we know that the Komen Foundation uses most of the money it raises for expenses and to pay its CEO a ludicrous salary.

Plus false message that early detection saves lives. The evidence shows that all that testing leads to overtreatment, needless pain and worry for many.

But mostly because we are all aware by now and there are plenty of other things that get little attention that need it.

The NFL, by the way, needs to spend less money and time on pink cleats and more on domestic violence counseling for its players.