Cancerfun Run: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I hope all of you will join in the numbers of people running/walking/and vicariously exercising (through their wallets) in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Ironically enough, the one in my town is on my 32nd birthday (my favorite number). Join me, if only in spirit.

I can't tell you the far-reaching power of the Susan G. Komen's efforts, not only in fundraising for the treatment of breast cancer, but in educating men and women of the prevalence of the disease, providing a positive outlet for survivors and family members affected by it, and advertising the need for regular self breast examinations and early-detection through yearly mammograms. Without the annoying onslaught of t.v. spots that has sparked so much conversation on the subject of Breast Cancer, I know less people would have sought help and treatments would be much further behind.

I am truly thankful for all the men and women who endured so much in even the last ten years, when drugs and detection were not as advanced, when side-effects were unbearable, and out-patient treatments were just not possible. Without them, such refinements could not have been made. The quality of my life during my treatment and my prospects for the future have greatly benefitted. Publicity from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, I believe, has been the largest kick-start in awareness for breast cancer. I hope people continue to support it and that through Breast Cancer research, treatment and prevention for all cancer will improve.

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