Didn't know where I'd go with today's post. Certainly the countdown to Noelle & Zac's wedding would make for a fitting entry..... one week from this minute we will be in the car and headed east to Annapolis & the mere thought of the festivities that await is sufficient to bring a big smile.
BUT..... opening my email moments ago I received a notice from Dr. Love & her Campaign to enlist one million women in research about breast cancer. There is an amazing cinematic competition for the 'best' PSA (public service announcement) being hosted over at Glamour magazine. All four of the one minute finalists are there for your viewing and voting. Click on http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/2009/09/vote-now-and-help-find-a-cure.html add your vote. (Sorry I don't know how to 'hide' all the gobble-di-gook of the address. If someone can teach me how, please post a comment, or email me.)
I think their server's not quite strong enough for the interest. Be patient. They're not quite tracking perfectly. Please take four minutes of your world and go and see and vote.
My recommendation is to have some tissues handy if this is a personal campaign for you. Sharing this info seems fitting for this day. As soon as I hit the publish-post button I need to head out to my oncologist appointment. Oh yeah. This is personal for me. This is my regularly scheduled 6 month appointment and I have no new concerns, but driving into that parking lot reminds me of my mortality all over again. We have just lost our Mena to this disease and we are in a vigil for dear young Heidi-Ho whose family stands together round her and waits. Heidi was initially diagnosed at Stage Four just over six months ago and will be leaving her young children so very prematurely. Our current technology failed her utterly, despite her youth & fitness & all the intervention following her diagnosis we have been helpless in her journey. The speed of Heidi's descent has us all reeling. "There but for the grace of God go I." Literally.
I know too many stories. There is too much sorrow. Please vote for your PSA and then consider joining the army of women who are depending on your involvement to move beyond a cure.
BUT..... opening my email moments ago I received a notice from Dr. Love & her Campaign to enlist one million women in research about breast cancer. There is an amazing cinematic competition for the 'best' PSA (public service announcement) being hosted over at Glamour magazine. All four of the one minute finalists are there for your viewing and voting. Click on http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/2009/09/vote-now-and-help-find-a-cure.html add your vote. (Sorry I don't know how to 'hide' all the gobble-di-gook of the address. If someone can teach me how, please post a comment, or email me.)
I think their server's not quite strong enough for the interest. Be patient. They're not quite tracking perfectly. Please take four minutes of your world and go and see and vote.
My recommendation is to have some tissues handy if this is a personal campaign for you. Sharing this info seems fitting for this day. As soon as I hit the publish-post button I need to head out to my oncologist appointment. Oh yeah. This is personal for me. This is my regularly scheduled 6 month appointment and I have no new concerns, but driving into that parking lot reminds me of my mortality all over again. We have just lost our Mena to this disease and we are in a vigil for dear young Heidi-Ho whose family stands together round her and waits. Heidi was initially diagnosed at Stage Four just over six months ago and will be leaving her young children so very prematurely. Our current technology failed her utterly, despite her youth & fitness & all the intervention following her diagnosis we have been helpless in her journey. The speed of Heidi's descent has us all reeling. "There but for the grace of God go I." Literally.
I know too many stories. There is too much sorrow. Please vote for your PSA and then consider joining the army of women who are depending on your involvement to move beyond a cure.
Edited to add a picture. This is the t-shirt that I'm wearing today. The caption below says: "Many Strong and Beautiful Women." We play a little game about these necessary appointments, we tease that we'll climb in each other's purses etc to keep each other company, today I have my own army with me -- on my back. Again, literally. [The artwork on the shirt was created by one of my faves: the artist known as Kiki.]
Edited a second time, at the end of the day. My onc appointment was uneventful: whoohoooo! My bloodwork has all come back normal & now I go another 6 months before I see him again.
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