Cancer Sucks
- Posted by Beth on May 26th, 2007 filed in Blogs, General, Support this
Well, duh, right? Cancer does suck. Not to worry, I’m fine, but it wasn’t always that way. I’m sure everyone knows someone who’s had “the big C,” too, whether they survived or not. I’m thankful for every single day–no matter how “bad” things seem with whatever, I know now what’s really important. Cancer survivors know exactly what I mean by that.
Anyway, let’s do something about it. GM Roper, also a cancer survivor, has started An Army of Bloggers:
Cancer is no respecter of race, religion, social status, income or profession. It is an insidious disease that robs people of a quality of life and too often, of life itself. This blog has one purpose, and one purpose only, to enroll as many bloggers in An Army Of Bloggers as possible and to encourage them to make an annual contribution to fighting cancer. The Rules for membership are simple, put the logo and blogroll on your blog, send a donation to a cancer program of any kind and post about it. It would be helpful if you write in the “memo field” of your check the following “Donated By The Army Of Bloggers.” Help spread the word, help beat this s.o.b. into the ground. If you are a blogger, join the blogroll and make a donation. Leave a comment too if you would be so kind as to whom you donated to. Please leave the address and name of the charity in your comment (you don’t need to name the amount). If you are not a blogger, but read blogs you too can help by leaving a comment with a notation of name and address of your cancer charity of choice. Please, if everyone helps this disease can eventually be whipped.
I am SO in. So are these people, so far (hey, it’s a small list because it’s new):
I will be supporting brain and spinal cord tumor research by donating to CORD and The Brain Tumor Society. Compared to many other kinds of cancer, not a lot of attention or money goes toward research because of its relative rarity–believe me, I know. I was just one of the lucky few for whom chemotherapy worked, even though nobody could really tell for sure at the time whether my treatments would work at all.
Anyway, this isn’t about me; this is about those who follow. Please do pick a charity and join us in fighting cancer!
GM Roper says:
Bless you Beth, and thanks for the great post. :clap:
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BobF says:
When a form of cancer strikes someone you care about, you tend to give to that Society. I donate to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society as I lost my first wife to Leukemia. Developments in the fight against one form of cancer will many times help in the fight against other types of cancer.