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Lung Cancer (aka "Breath Cancer") on Beliefnet

lorihope
  • By lorihope
  • Posted October 14, 2009 at 10:33 am · 2 replies
  • In Lung cancer
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  • Edited October 15, 2009 at 10:15 am
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Hi, All. I write for Beliefnet.com, and yesterday they posted my guest blog, "A Breast Cancer Awareness Month Plea from a 'Breath Cancer' Survivor". http://blog.beliefnet.com/freshliving/2009/10/a-breast-cancer-awareness-mon th-plea-from-a-breath-cancer-survivor.html

Please pass this along and, if you are inspired to, comment so that the editors will be encouraged to assign more pieces about lung cancer. We already have 21 comments!

Thanks to advocate Thomas Cappiello for suggesting we call Lung Cancer "Breath Cancer"; it's catchy and attractive to media! (I'll also be forwarding this to people in the news media.) He also suggests we call our ribbon "invisible" instead of "clear."

Lori

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Dear Lori,

I can't get on the website. It keeps saying Website can't be found.

Several years ago, the ribbon ALCASE use to make was referred to as the "Invisible" ribbon. I just went to a part for a lung cancer survivor friend of mine who just celebrated 10 years of being a survivor, and several people were wearing those invisible ribbons that ALCASE use to make. They got those ribbons when we did our Lung Cancer Awareness Events back in 2001 and 2002. I have no idea why they stopped making those ribbons, but I sure wish SOMEONE would start making them again.

Best wishes,
Connie

lorihope

Thanks, Connie, and I've fixed the link. Other orgs have offered up colors for lung cancer - the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation uses bright pink and green. We can use the invisible ribbon to point out our invisibility, though, so I like that as well. In any event, we must keep speaking out to make the invisible cancer visible!
Best,
Lori

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