The Pink Sisterhood Meme

I don’t normally get into tags and memes. But this is a special one.

Vicky from Moments of Color tagged me with this and because it is something that should be high on every woman’s attention list I want to share it with you.

This was kicked off as part of last month’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. But breast cancer awareness doesn’t stop when October is over.

Please take a moment to read the facts listed in the box below.

* One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.* Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.* Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.

* Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.

* Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer death in women 55 to 74.

* Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.

* Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.

Facts taken from Women’s HealthAnd now here is the tag and the rules:

1. Put the logo in your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who shared it with you.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Add your link to the list of participants below

5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

PINK Sisterhood

1- Fara 2- Massy 3- N.O.Y 4- Mariuca 5- A Great Pleasure 6- LadyJava 7- Kim 8- Pink Thoughts 9- Turn-u-Off 10- Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 11- STAY AT HOME MOM 12- Fida Abbott 13- Also Mommy 14- Janice Ng 15- Juliana’s Site 16- The Painted Veil 17- Heart of Rachel 18- Mga Muni-muni 19-Picture Clusters 20- Scraps of Mind 21- YOU

Maintaining a high level of awareness of important issues plays a large part in changing our attitudes and our priorities. So many bad situations can be prevented if they are identified early. but as human beings we’re not that good at prevention; we tend to focus all our attention on cure. Often when it’s too late.

So let’s keep this issue in the forefront of our minds and maintain our focus on preventing breast cancer.

I would like to tag:

Antoinette from Dutch Sparky

June from Cen’s Loft

Leslie from Orangeina Dreams

Go forth and spread the word, ladies.

Life

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3 Responses to “The Pink Sisterhood Meme”
Mine’s up! Thanks

leslies last blog post..The Pink Sisterhood

By leslie on Nov 10, 2008
That’s great Leslie. I just realised I forgot to contact you to let you know. I’m so glad you read the post.

By karooch on Nov 10, 2008