The worlds cutest woman and the worlds cutest kitten
Linda and Patches, probably 1991
I am at home today, working on a project for the Marsha
Rivkin Center. Specifically, I am
surfing (?) the Web, looking for ovarian cancer foundations all across the
land, then extracting information from their websites – and transferring it to
a spread sheet. What we are going to do
with all this information is not clear to me; maybe we will try to lay an arm
on them to get some of their money, to use to support our researchers. It is turning sunny outside and I should get
out of the house, and leave this stuff ; it is getting a bit tedious. However, I had my eyelid operated on
yesterday and my appearance would frighten small children and cause their
parents to glance away quickly – so I guess I’ll remain inside.
This “research” has, however, turned up one thing that is
worth blogging about. There is an
organization called FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered) that has
branches all over the country. They
advocate for research and community education concerning ovarian and breast
cancer. They run all manner of fund
raising events, bug politicians, and provide help to cancer
patients/survivors. Their web site is a
source of lots of information. Check
them out at http://www.facingourrisk.org/.
Through another web site you can get a “locator” that will
tell you which local chapters are nearest you.
Use http://www.ovariancancer.org/resources/partner-members/.
So, I don’t expect all of my thousands of readers to immediately
swamp the FORCE web site. Unlike me, you
all have lives – involving things like work.
But if you feel like getting deeper into the battle against cancer personally,
this might be a way.
Isn’t this a neat picture?
No sooner did I post this than I discovered that FORCE is centered around and aimed at BRCA1/2 positive women - in other words, a large subset of breast and ovarian cancer victims. Still worth looking into, I think.
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