so you don't have breasts? please explain. where did I say it was not a male issue? .01 of the breast cancer deaths are male.

I don't wanna fight with you. Apparently I'm not the only one that "misread" your post. YOU said it was a boob obsession, and most recently said most men only support it because its boobs. The word you used doesn't matter...boob, breast, tata...whatever, YOU called it an obsession. I know several men who's wives have had their breasts removed and could not give a damn about the "breast", it's their wife they are concerned with. Again, I think YOU have the boob issue. And I return: Shame on you!

sigh! again I repeat what is it about boob obsession that means any of the things you have assumed? and yes I said men get behind it because they like breasts, so? it is true. it means it is something they can get behind because they are familiar with breasts. if you called it vagina cancer they would be squeamish to be involved. I won't argue that point it takes honesty to admit it and those here that would deny it do so only to argue.And if you say that those same men whose wives had to go through the pain and anguish associated with breast cancer never were attracted by or stimulated by their wives breasts you are living in fantasyland.I stand by my statements.

What color goes with prostate cancer month?

You have sexualized breast cancer. I have no words for that. Suffice it to say, I am shocked and feel badly for you. I can't imagine your outlook on so many other issues if this is how you look at breast cancer. Clearly we will never agree, so stand by your statements, it's your right, and I will bow out of this thread. I sincerely hope this never hits home for you or any of yours.

I know you mean well. I think I understand what you are saying.


When cancer strikes it devastates anyone associated with it. So breast cancer badly harms men who love women who get it and lung cancer tears apart the lives of family members who don't have it. Cancer SUCKS. All kinds.


It is all as scary as hell. It all can kill and does kill and anyone dealing with the diagnosis, either hearing they have it or someone they love has it are rendered frightened to death and hopeless for awhile. Some cancers almost always kill and others kill too often. I don't think we should be arguing about where our money goes.


Just give your support and prayers to all affected and your money to what ever one feels right for you. It all will help. Someone.


Sending my caring thoughts to anyone fighting cancer right now and to the people who love them. Helene and I are survivors. 13 people in my family have survived cancer.

as yours is unimaginative. and that is correct if you don't care that is your prerogative.

Gracie, you proved what a good person you are by trying to explain the actions of a lunatic, I mean looneycat. Unfortunately LCs responses proved over and over the reality that the responding posters did not misread the OP.

what I offered was perspective. what I found, astonishingly, was people affronted because their cancer issue was far from the most deadly. I did not and would never say that any form of cancer is not an awful experience. I have lost several female relatives to cancer, my sister has had breast cancer so yes I'm very familiar with the anxiety and fear it produces.

Nevermind.

It's not hate, It's facts.

I lost a good friend to breast cancer. He was 49 years old. He had been in remission for about 5 yrs, that horrible thing came back and took him. About 400-500 men die each year of breast cancer. Sounds like a small number, until you’re one of them. RIP EJ.

LC, I do understand the point you're trying to make. My father died from bladder cancer, my mother from a brain tumor, my brother had been diagnosed with stomach cancer although he died in a diving accident shortly after his diagnosis, I somehow survived melanoma. Any cancer diagnosis is devastating.

I agree that more money needs to be spent on other cancers. However, if breast cancer had not come to the public's attention, it would still be one of the deadliest cancers like it was in the fifties and sixties. Public awareness has made a huge difference. Little by little, other cancers are coming into the limelight. Hopefully, they will reach the low statistics that breast cancer has today. In the meantime, I'll wear my pink if, for no other reason, than to celebrate the declining numbers for breast cancer deaths. But I'll donate to ACS for cancer research rather than for a specific form of cancer.

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Until almost three years ago I had not really given any type of cancer much thought. My parents (and my father smoked for 80 years!), aunts, uncles and cousins had not, to my knowledge, suffered any cancers although some friends had. Then my daughter developed stage IV GBM, the brain cancer that killed Ted Kennedy. So far so good but some of the patients we have gotten to know in a monthly support group have passed away. Several of them had initially been hit by breast or other cancers which "migrated" and presented as brain tumors.

We do the brain tumor walks and contribute to that cause.

One just really never knows. I got hit with an early stage melanoma less than a year ago, had a Mohs procedure, and so far so good.

Much of today's cancer research which seems promising is directed toward developing immune system stimulation. Many times research can lead to different results than those sought. Corning glass and Viagra are two such examples. One just never knows. I support research for ALL cancers.

[QUOTE=looneycat;1122579]while I understand the popularity of breast cancer events, everybody is obsessed with boobs, they draw the public awareness away from the truly deadly cancers.

It makes me sad to see in the oncologist's office all the pink ribbons, the fundraiser posters, upcoming events, etc. while my husband waits for his grueling prostate cancer treatment there. Only breast cancer matters.