Using one tweet, like & pin to spread ovarian cancer awareness
One tweet, like & pin to spread ovarian cancer awareness
This post is an update from last year’s Clogs and Conversations where I met Carey from Teal Toes. She is truly one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met. She is battling ovarian and breast cancer for a 2nd time. She had to bear not being on her cancer drug when it was no longer available. So many struggles but yet she is determined to beat it for her 2 small children. I believe she will. We met up again a few weeks ago with Susan from Euro Beads and Diane from Ribbons to Remember. We got together to work on ideas for spreading ovarian cancer awareness through our online stores and with one tweet, like & pin at a time.
From Left to Right: Susan from Euro Beads, Carey from Teal Toes, myself – Fancy Scrubs and Diane from Ribbons to Remember
Carey and Diane (who lost her mom to ovarian cancer) travel around and give talks to others at schools, conferences, etc to spread the word about ovarian cancer. They are trying to help young women to know the symptoms early on. The earlier ovarian cancer is detected the better the odds are for a full recovery. Carey is also part of the The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance’s Survivors Teaching Students® (STS) program which educates medical professionals. You can read more about that on Fancy Scrubs’s blog today. Many patients have not been properly diagnosed in the beginning stages of this cancer. Doctors and nurses could help women detect the cancer earlier with more knowledge.
The American Cancer Society estimates that this year, approximately 22,280 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed and 15,500 women will die of ovarian cancer in the United States. The mortality rates have not improved in 40 years. It is the 9th most common cause of cancer in women and the 5th deadliest. Only 15% of the ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed early. There is a lot of room for improvement. If we all could just send one tweet, like & pin we may be able to save some lives.
The Symptoms Of Ovarian Cancer:
- Bloating
- Pelvic and /or abdominal pain
- Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly
- Urinary urgency or frequency
- Any of the above symptoms that persist daily for a few weeks should be seen by their OBGYN immediately
Susan’s online bead store and my scrub store have collections of teal products. We donate part of the sales to Teal Toes to spread awareness. Ovarian cancer is not a popular cancer. We spread awareness through one tweet, like and pin at a time using our teal products.
Do you know someone who has had ovarian cancer?
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20 Responses to Using one tweet, like & pin to spread ovarian cancer awareness
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This is fabulous Lisa, that ya’ll are getting together to help. Anything I can do? My prayers are going out to Carey and hope she can beat it once again.
Hi Brenda, just sharing the message is good and keeping Carey in your prayers. Thanks.
Hi Lisa!
i read your article and feel how sad for your friend.i will definitely do this task and hope it will spreading in the whole world for the people who are suffered from this danger disease.my heartly prayer to god for Carey.
thanks for sharing Carey pain among us.
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Great article! Raising Ovarian Cancer Awareness is a powerful way to potentially save someone’s life. September is the month and teal is the color. Let’s make some noise and help wipe this cancer out!
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Here is hoping to good weather for this years NOCC walk!
Thanks for spreading the message, I do not know a lot about cancer. We have had some scares in my family and one dear friend that passed away from breast cancer.
Teal toes is very creative way to spread the message.
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I just found out that my ex-employer’s wife died of ovarian cancer. His partner’s wife had breast cancer, which runs in her family. She’s in remission now.
A friend of mine in my local writer’s group wrote a novel in which the protagonist has breast cancer. The author’s mother recently died of breast cancer. The book is terrific. I read it in one sitting. It’s called The Belly of the Whale. She’s re-releasing the book under a different title. I don’t know what the title is.
Getting the word out on both of these horrible diseases saves lives. Thanks for spreading the message.
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Thanks Lauren, good to know about the book. Appreciate that. So sad how many lives it really affects.
Lisa: What an inspiring & touching story! I applaud not only your fundraising efforts but also your dedication to increasing awareness. Ovarian cancer is, most definitely, an insidious cancer. Including the common symptoms within your post will, hopefully, enable women to be more in tune with even the smallest nuances in their body. Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to health issues…knowledge is power! Thanks for sharing this article.
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Hi Lynn. Yes, Carey is so inspiring. Glad you came by and also shared this message Lynn.
Hi Lisa,
I saw your blog post title while commenting on Adrienne Smith’s blog.
I lost a very dear cousin to ovarian cancer 5 years ago. She was only sick for about 2 weeks and passed away before being officially diagnosed. She was scheduled to have surgery but passed away the day before. Her autopsy showed cause of death as Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer.
At the time I did a little research on Ovarian Cancer, and was surprised to find out that we are not routinely tested for this. I seem to recall reading something about the testing being very expensive. Obviously, this is unacceptable.
Thanks for raising awareness about Ovarian Cancer. I think it’s time I got involved and did the same.
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I am so sorry about your cousin Jamella, it is amazing that she sick for 2 weeks prior to her death. I know if we could have routine tests done it may save a lot of lives.
What an inspiration you are Lisa bringing this awareness to help not only a friend in need but all the women who need to be warned about this horrible disease.
I’m sure you know how I feel about cancer but I’m thrilled to hear that all you ladies are stepping up and helping spread the word. I’m so thrilled that Carey is keeping a positive attitude about this and at the same time helping so many women become aware. It’s scary that the mortality rate hasn’t improved in over 40 years. My goodness, that’s ridiculous.
I’ll be more then happy to spread the word as well and hopefully it just reaches one woman in need.
Thank you Lisa for being the wonderful friend you are to these ladies and for inspiring the rest of us as well.
~Adrienne
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Oh I am afraid of the 4th symptoms. “Urinary urgency or frequency”. Well, I am actually experiencing that.
I have never gone a general checkup so that’s quite alarming to me.
I hope you do go for that check-up Donna.
Hi Lisa….
Its really a great way to make people aware about Ovarian Cancer. Hats off to you and your friends.
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Hello Lisa,
I think it’s a wonderful thing you ladies are doing, spreading the word of awareness. It is amazing in this day and age that so many are not aware and those statistics are quite frightening!
Thanks for sharing your story here and I’ll be more than happy to spread the word.
Have a great weekend to all
Julie
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Hi Julie, it sure is amazing that not much has changed. Please do spread the word, thank you!
Hello Lisa…
really beneficial for my younger sister, i am shear your things to my friend circle.
So thanks for sharing this great article…
You are welcome Richa, nice to see you from Squidoo.