A beautiful late winter snow day…tons of unexpected snow and I am in my flannel pajamas at 5pm. Delicious. Also delicious: today I made real Mexican hot chocolate concocted with a bar of real dark chocolate, cream and hot red peppers. And my new toy: a battery operated wisk. (Almost as much fun as other battery operated devices.)
But a soft drum beat in the distance: cancer, cancer, cancer. An old friend has breast cancer, a new friend has bone marrow cancer, a coworker’s child has brain cancer. In today’s paper a reminder that while we oooh and ahh over breast cancer and even colon cancer it will be lung cancer that will kill the most. Lung cancer kills seven times more than all other cancers put together.
Why no ribbons or races or fashion shows for Lung Cancer?
Because we think it is deserved by smokers and their families. A subtle shaming and discrimination. But get this: 80% of all lung cancer diagnoses are in folks who never smoked or who quit decades ago.
What color should the ribbons be?
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