Friday, February 19, 2010

The Pink Parade

Sissy, with the help of her secretary, Chan, is presenting the Pink Parade to bring attention to the fight against breast cancer.


Morgan is joining.


Morgan knows that breast cancer strikes not only humans, but dogs, too.


Samba knows that human ladies must do monthly breast exams to check for lumps and bumps.


She says be sure your Mom does a check for lumps and bumps when she gives you those great belly rubs.

One day while rubbing my dog Libby's belly, I noticed a little lump, about the size of a baby pea. I took her to the vet the next day and she had a partial mastectomy. Libby lived another six years in good health, so those quick exams are very important for all of us.

My best friend Sue is a breast cancer survivor. Just five months after we moved here, she found a lump and it was malignant. We talked on the phone daily, sometimes several times a day, for two years while she went thru treatment. Now she's been cancer free for eight years and counting.

Call or email the people you love and even those you just kinda like and urge them to get a mammogram.

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