Think Pink

There are almost 2,600,000 million people in the United States who are survivors of breast cancer.  Depending on what statistics you follow, that’s roughly one in ten. 

One in ten.

Just based on probability, you know someone who has survived the second most common cancer. 

The first most common cancer is non-melonoma skin cancer.  You probably know someone who has had that too, and I am not discounting the trauma of it, but clipping off a mole is not the same as removing a breast. It’s just not. 

And it’s not epidemic just in the United States, it’s worldwide.  Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the United Kingdom.

And in Norway it’s the most common as well. 

One in ten women can expect to get it, which is slightly less than the one in eight that can expect to get it in the United States.

And this is not even considering the statistics about the people who die from it.

I say "people" because men get it, too. Not as frequently, but they do as well. 

So do something about it.* 

Support a walker.

Save second base.**

Or, if you'd rather spend corporate dollars and not your own, just click. 

*Also, if you have a favorite breast cancer site, put the link in the comments and I'll add it to the post.

**Thanks Cherie.