Koby Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I'd like to challenge you to bring awareness that September is Childhood Cancer month.In October we see everyone supporting their Pink. The local newspaper even gets painted pink every Sunday during October. The NFL wears pink socks, Nascar has pink ribbons, etc...However in September, we hear nothing.Thousands are diagnosed with pediatric cancer each year, and it remains the leading cause of death by disease for American children under 15. For those children and their families, and in memory of every child lost to cancer, we should strive to bring more awareness to the cause of finding improved treatments, advancing research, and hopefully finding a cure.All children deserve the chance to dream, discover, and realize their full potential. This month, we extend our support to children everywhere who're fighting for that opportunity.My sister was diagnosed with DSRCT in 2009. She was 17 years old. They told her that it was basically a death sentence as no one has ever survived it. She fought hard for two years, went through two major surgeries, tons of radiation and chemo; but she passed away in March 2011.DSRCT is so rare, the only doctors who could do the surgery in the US were in New York City. Apparently it's an extremely rare and aggressive childhood cancer which they pretty much know nothing about. They did say it's more common among boys though so my sister was even a rarer case.We've since discovered that of all the money donated to finding cures for cancer or helping them with their battle; only a mere 1% is given towards research for Childhood cancers.So I challenge you to hopefully spread the awareness of September being Childhood Cancer awareness month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaticX Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I'm sorry to hear that your sister died at a very young age due to cancer I just found out my uncle has been diagnosed with cancer recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† LimitLess Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 My whole family is cancer prone, all of my family died of cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professa X Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I am sorry to hear that. My heart goes out to all of them. I will relay this information as much as i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNF1 Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 I'm really sorry to here about your sister Koby. I can unfortunately relate in a way - before I was born, my uncle died of cancer when he was only 13 years old. My other uncle is practically scarred for life because of that (they were really close brothers). I'll try and relay this info as much as I can as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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