wake me up when September ends....
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in the US.
Although designating a month for awareness of ovca is a step in the right direction, it is my hope that someday women will be taught to be aware of the symptoms of this disease as they are taught about breast cancer. I hope that someday there will be adequate funding for research for a cure of the most deadly cancer a woman can get.
I hope that someday, ovca will not be the 5th leading cause of death in women..
Raising awareness is as simple as sharing information with each other...
Please tell someone....
You can learn more about this disease by reading here- http://cancer.about.com/od/ovariancancer/a/ovarianawarenes.htm or here... http://64.132.170.241/newnocc/updateie.asp
or you can read our story in my archives........
September 26 will be one year since my mother passed away...
I'll never forget the words she said to me..
"If just one person is helped by what is learned from my illness, then everything will be alright.."
posted by jsdaughter at 9:28 PM
51 Comments:
Hi DeeDee,
I'm here from Michelle's.
Amazing cocidence, that I'm here, reading your post.
The nurse at my son's school was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer before the Holidays last year. Thankyou for more information.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Michele sent me......You really are doing your part in raising awareness. I know your mom would be proud of you.
My condolences on your mother's death. I'm sure she'd be really proud of you for posting this.
Michele sent me. Hope you have a great day!
Dee-Dee, I read this post and the one below. You are doing a wonderful service to women and I hope your message is getting out far and wide. Your mom would be proud of you - and you are making her wish come true.
Michele sent me.
What a great idea to promote it here. I'm a big supporter of anything that goes towards women and children..ah the men are on their own..lol, just kidding. here via michele today
Wonderful blog. One gets a sense of your love for your mother. My condolences. I applaud you for honoring her memory in such a constructive way.
Sorry to hear about your mum, it's hard to get the docs to listen.
bless you - michele sent me
Michele sent me your way, Dee-Dee.
I wasn't aware it was Ovarian Cancer Month. You'd think what with my being in cancer research that I'd know that. I guess I spend all my time with breast cancer and don't pay enough attention to the public efforts in other areas of cancer.
It's great that you're raising awareness of ovarian cancer, Dee-Dee. It doesn't get nearly the coverage that some other types of cancer do.
Hi Dee-Dee. I am here from Michele`s as well. I am truly sorry for your loss and I think you are very brave to be trying to raise awareness as much as you can. I am definitely going to take some time to read through your blog, I hope you don`t mind.
We all hope that more progress is made in research really soon.
Michele sent me here.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I did not know that this is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. I think what you are doing is really wonderful and such a terrific way to honor the memory of your mother.
I'm always encouraged when I see people making an effort to spread awareness. It's one of the best things about blogs.
Michele says hello!
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Thanks for the link, and I'm so sorry about your mom. You have spread the word about ovarian cancer through your blog, and your mom would be proud of you.
Here via Michele's, glad I stopped by.
Hello, Michele sent me. I'm sorry about your mom, but you're doing such a wonderful thing raising awareness and helping others.
hey DeeDee, here from Michele's. I am sorry about your mother and hope you find comfort from others as the anniversay approaches and I wish you well in taking the message to as many people as possible that ovarian cancer is deadly.
I think there should be more people to drum the need of this cancer into the public's awareness. Thanks for sharing the link for the symptoms. I'm emailing that to my friends and family.
Here from Michele... *waves*
Michele sent me, Dee-Dee.
You're right about the mortality and incidence differences between ovarian and breast cancer. Breast cancer for a variety of reasons has done extraordinarily well with funding and so there's a lot of research done in that area resulting in more advances in treatment. Raising awareness, as you are doing, can go a long ways towards correcting this.
Dee-dee, Michele sent me but I'll be back. I just lost my husband to leukemia. He was twenty-four.
I write about Health and Wellness for BlogHer, can I write a piece about you and September Ovarian Cancer month?
Dee-Dee - what a brave and wonderful blog this is... as a new mother it now effects me profoundly to know that I can prevent leaving my daughter alone without her mother.
Your mom be proud of you and your blog.
Blessings from Michele's
I think its wonderful that you are raising awareness about this issue.
Here from Michele's
What a wonderful journey you are on. You are a very powerful women to undertake your mother's wish. Through that, you can keep her memory alive, but more importantly her spirit.
I will check out the links.
Michele says hi.
You have already helped far more than one person. I know you were your mom's hero. Now you're a hero to everyone who visits here as well.
And to Michele, who sent me here tonight.
What a shock to come upon your site tonight.. I have been sitting here all day upset and sad as I lost a person very close to me yesterday to this horrible disease. I have been having trouble coming to terms with the loss as it is so fresh. Thank you for your words and for all you are doing. Your mom would be so proud.
Here from Michele's
hi dee-dee, here from michele's. thanks for this post. it's great to try and spread the word!
Your mother's legacy continues with you. How wonderful.
hi again from michele's.
Raising awareness? You are surely doing that. Hang in there.
Here from Michele's today...
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my dad a long time ago too, and one never really gets over something like that. Its very touching to hear that you are trying to fulfil your mother's last wish, so to speak. You've definitely generated awareness, alright.
Michele sent me.
Here from Michele.
The loss of a mother is overwhelming; not something a person can "get over" nor should we try.
A lovely woman I worked with lost her battle with ovarian cancer meny years ago now. Diagnostic tests are better, treatment is better, and yet women still die. Back then she was one of the early ones who underwent bone marrow transplantation for ovca. While it wasn't successful for her, she was the type to meet the disease head on with the same hope of helping others.
My wish is that someday for breast and ovarian cancer, we will have a blood test as simple as testing blood sugar that will specifically screen all of us for these diseases.
Michele sent me today, Dee-Dee...I know that by writing about ovca you are contributing in an incredible way to making lots and lots of people aware of this disease who might not have been before.
And now, September is half over....so, soon, you will be able to awaken! (lol)
Hey Dee Dee,
me again. I am going to post the OvCa post to BlogHer tomorrow (Monday). Was going to post it on Friday, but I had a bit of a bad day on Wednesday that kind of knocked me for a loop.
Michele sent me, Dee-Dee.
You're over half way through the vigil you're standing for your Mother, Dee-Dee. I hoppe it's helped raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer. I did a post a few days ago about cancer but it was oriented towards Breast Cancer, not Ovarian.
Cancer's too complicated and multivariate for a quick cure but just having better awareness and detection tests would go a long ways toward saving lives. Better treatments are on the horizon...
You are certainly carrying on your mother's wishes! She would be proud. michele says hi.
Here from Michele.
Keep on getting the word out there. You do a great job informing women everywhere.
This is a beautiful blog.
Michele sent me back, Dee-Dee. I am spreading your word.
hi dee-dee,
you are a living testament to your mother's legacy...and yes, one person can make a difference.
hello from michele
I'm back here Dee-Dee from Michele's... Not long until September is over. Not long now...
Here from Michele's today. Coincidentally, I will be posting a poem about my mother for Poetry Thursday. She didn't have ovarian cancer, she had an abdominal tumour of a fairly rare sort and died at 52. You will always remember your mother, but you will remember the good times as well as the bad times.
Michele sent me back, Dee-Dee. I will help spread the word for you. Yesterday I received in email a video from a news program about inflammatory breast cancer, which I had not heard of before. All women need to be aware of this, as well as ovarian cancer symptoms. Keep up the good work.
Well, look at this! Would you believe that Michele sent me back yet again? She did - and I am here.
Hi. Michele /sent me. My father passed away from lung cancer, three years ago on 9/27. I am sorry for the pain of this anniversary...
I will check out the links. Thank you for remembering your mom this way.
Dee-Dee, you do so much by highlighting this illness to those who are unaware.
Michele sent me here.
"If just one person is helped by what is learned from my illness, then everything will be alright.."
i love your mother for this. not only selfless in her desire to help others, but giving you positive life lessons to the end. I can assure you that although the cancer hasnt been beaten yet, just you sharing your mothers words, and putting the information out there for women like me, everything will be alright.
thank you.
michele sent me.
Ten years ago this year I had surgery and path tests for uterine and ovarian cancer.
I thank Him Upstairs every day that the results were clear.
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Here via Michele, DeeDee
wow,now I need to read your archives, i will come back after church. Glad I found you at michele's
God bless you.
At our house, it's October that's hard. My son's dad passed away three years ago October 30th, when my son was only 8 years old.
He is a MILITANT activist against smoking, having had his life torn apart by lung cancer.
Hugs to you.
Here via michele.
I admire your courage to speak out about your situation. My mom was diagnosed 8 months ago with stage 4b cervical cancer. I know one day probly not too far in the future I will be where you are, but how did you deal with things when you were where I am?
your mom would be so proud of you continuing to speak to those who have this aweful disease and spreading awareness to those who don't. an amazing daughter you are!
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