If you have 15 minutes this weekend, take a look at this great video series that the filmmakers from Spark Media (of the documentary No Evidence of Disease fame) created for gynecologic cancer awareness.
It features survivors and the N.E.D. Band doctors sharing what they’d like every woman to know about ovarian, cervical, uterine/endometrial, and vaginal/vulvar cancers.
Here’s the full 16-minute video:
Do you know the risk factors or early-warning signs for gynecologic cancers? Didn’t think so. Well, fear not! Here are 2 quick-reference charts to share with all the women in your life.
First, this high-level symptoms chart from the CDC.
I’ve had George Carlin on the brain lately. After finding his classic bit about “too much stuff” on YouTube a couple weeks ago (when I was writing my Year in the Rear-View Mirror post), I was recalling another one of his classic routines today, and yep, it was there on YouTube too—the 7 Words You Can Never Say on Television.
Americans and their euphemisms was a constant treasure trove of great material for Carlin. If a word was too uncomfortable or impolite to say directly on a 1950’s TV show, then gee wiz by golly, we had to come up with a euphemism for it!
Yesterday not only began the month-long #GynCAN Challenge (to blog/post daily to social media for September’s Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month), it also started the other month-long initiative-- the GynCAN100.
This 100-mile walk/run raises funds for the Foundation for Women’s Cancer, the leading non-profit organization dedicated to all (and only) gynecologic cancers (details on how to donate are at the end of this post).
There’s a new purple ribbon displayed on the WinnieViews banner today. Purple is the awareness color for all combined gynecologic cancers, and September is our month to promote Gynecologic Cancer Awareness.
I missed the A-to-Z Blogger Challenge last April due to a cancer diagnosis that turned my world upside down. So, what better way to make up for it than by doing the new #GynCAN Challenge – a post a day during September to raise gynecologic cancer awareness.
Now before faces start to wince, and eyes begin to roll…hear me out on this!
