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| Jan 13, 2009 - Does color really matter? |
In this electrically charged inaugural season there has been a lot written about color: blues and reds and blacks and whites—but I had a different set of color issues: teals and pinks, reds and greens and brunettes and blonds!
As many of you were watching the ball drop to issue in this new year of hope and change, you may not have been aware of new laws going into effect for drug representatives by their own governing association to prevent them from providing giveaways deemed inappropriate for educational purposes. Okay, so pens with drug logos on them aren’t educational unless you are using them to write notes on a lecture about drug therapy, but I think there are many educational uses for a teal ribbon or bracelet on a card identifying the warning signs of ovarian cancer * (Can you name them—answers revealed in part 2).
That is why I must applaud the Komen Foundation. What a fantastic job they have done to make learning about and testing for breast cancer sexy. Twenty years ago I remember whispering about mammograms and self-examination and then only in adult conversation. Then major women’s organizations, like Hadassah started printing self-exam shower cards. But the successful marketing campaigns of the geniuses at the Komen Foundation have us marching for cures (in Savannah by the way the Race for the Cure is April 18th, 2009) and trying to “Save the Ta-Tas” by buying T-shirts and paraphernalia. And yes they have all types of ribbons and bows—there was a pink ribbon on my cream cheese tub this morning—and even on yesterday’s yogurt and M&Ms!
But what about the teal—and all those other terrifying cancer colors? Maybe we need anew marketing agent to make ovarian cancer sexy too. But cancer isn’t sexy, nor a joke, but something definitely to be learned about so you can understand your risk and that of your loved ones. Then understand and pay attention to your body, seek a doctor’s advice when thingy’s in your body don’t feel or function correctly and then get those diagnostic tests—even if insurance companies do not see the need for them!
I have to be in my chemo chair in a half hour—but by the week’s end I hope to reveal the answers to my quiz, and explain about the battle of red and green (no not the December holiday season vs. Valentine’s) and the brunettes and blonds!
Check back and hope to hear from you soon as well! Thanks for your words of encouragement... they help!
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Posted by morningstar on 2009-01-13 09:35:34 | Rating: | Views: 101
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