March is
Colon Cancer Awareness month. Please take a few moments to remind yourself,
your friends and family, your colleagues, and anyone else that you come in
contact with that it's Colon Cancer Awareness month. This is so important -
only by raising awareness will we eradicate this disease forever.
This disease is preventable. It's treatable. And, it's beatable. PLEASE know that the testing for this isn't difficult. Yes, I will agree that it's not fun. But, you know what's less fun? Chemo. Surgery. Cancer. So, get tested. I did - and, I'm a big baby!
REMEMBER TO DRESS IN BLUE ON FRIDAY! Friday is our (CCAs) first annual Dress in Blue Day - make people ask you why you are wearing blue, then tell them.
This is going to be an amazing year - I get to celebrate simply being alive, and one of the perks of living is having the opportunity to spread the word about this awareness. It's so important. A few statistics to leave you with:
This disease is preventable. It's treatable. And, it's beatable. PLEASE know that the testing for this isn't difficult. Yes, I will agree that it's not fun. But, you know what's less fun? Chemo. Surgery. Cancer. So, get tested. I did - and, I'm a big baby!
REMEMBER TO DRESS IN BLUE ON FRIDAY! Friday is our (CCAs) first annual Dress in Blue Day - make people ask you why you are wearing blue, then tell them.
This is going to be an amazing year - I get to celebrate simply being alive, and one of the perks of living is having the opportunity to spread the word about this awareness. It's so important. A few statistics to leave you with:
- Every
nine minutes, someone dies from colon cancer.
- Colon
cancer kills more people each year than breast cancer and AIDS, combined.
- 150,000
people will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year.
Think about
those things. Then, help me spread the word. Please.
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