Ahhh, the Pink Ribbon

And the ranting continues... the pink ribbon. Not only do I have cancer, but they picked pink to represent it, and I absolutely HATE pink. As you can probably guess I do not have any pink ribbon accessories for that reason and for another reason I want to share with you here.

What I have noticed when I am with many people who have been stricken with cancer in general is that there is more focus on the disease than people. Meaning, many times when I ride to and from the CTCA I am in the car with folks who have cancer, which makes sense that is the focus of this hospital. More times than not the conversations start by talking about what someone has, and how they got to the CTCA. That's fine and certainly a common topic when at the CTCA, like most people talk weather, we all talk cancer. But this is what I hate about the focus of the pink ribbon and the disease, the people get lost. We talk so much about the disease and what harm it has caused, that sometimes I don't find out someone's name or they don't find out mine. That is why I stopped going to the Susan Komen runs because most folks identify themselves in the pink ribbon cancer society exclusive club. In case I haven't said it enough, I hate the cancer, my goal is to live without giving it the focus of my life, to live in a way to enjoy my life with or without cancer, and be identified separately, not by a pin or a disease.