Dear
World,
I just
want you to know I love you and appreciate you, as I appreciate every person's
right to an opinion and their ways of expressing themselves. With that said,
please do not approach me via email, text, Instagram or Facebook with any hype
on the pink ribbon events coming up in October.
Yes, I am
a woman who was diagnosed last November with breast cancer, and had pink
ribbons thrown down her throat. Long before the diagnosis, and since the
pink ribbon campaign came out, I thought it was sweet, but I never bought in to
it for some reason, call it insight. I call it my subconscious mind knowing better all along.
It is
true that since the pink ribbon campaign mammograms have increased hugely,
which is awesome, but what they don't tell you is roughly 18.8% of the money
taken in each year by the SGK Foundation goes towards research, the rest of
the money goes towards paying the big wigs' salaries and promotional
events. They don't tell you companies, like Estee Lauder, who campaign pink
ribbons have cancer-causing ingredients in their product. I'm not hear to
bash the foundation, because there are documentaries and your own time for
research to discover all of that. I'm here to say, keep all your pink, because
I prefer purple, not because purple represents anything it just makes me happy.
Yes, I
kicked breast cancer's ass. I don't even like the word survivor. I prefer ass
kicker, because I picture someone fighting, winning, and wiping off his or her
shoulders and not looking back. I am still doing what my heart called me
to do to fight it, with my new lifestyle, attitude, nutrition, and holistic
journey. My journey is not your journey and vice versa, therefore I
respect any choice that is made to be healthy and alive.
I'm not
asking you to agree or disagree with me, because I'm simply a woman who does
not believe in the Pink Ribbon hype. I have researched for a year, the various
causes of breast cancer (by the way the diagnosis I received was due to
fertility drugs and being misdiagnosed for over a year). I've researched ways
to prevent it, ways to keep it away, ways to fight it, and ways to love life. I
wish you all the best, but please keep your pink ribbons, UNLESS George Clooney
wants me to wear one (and nothing else) to his bachelor party, then I will rethink this whole
thing.
Thank
you,
Your
Purple Loving Ass Kicking George Clooney Stalking Blogger Extraordinaire
Purple Loving Ass Kicking George Clooney Stalking Blogger Extraordinaire
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