October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Join in the Events

I have known a few women in my circle that are now breast cancer survivors or have had to support a family member who has battled it — and as a care giver of a cancer survivor myself — I have seen firsthand the short term and long term effects of cancer on everyone.   One of the more positive things to consider though is that Breast Cancer awareness and research gets a lot of attention – whereas other cancers do not.  I never lose sight of those that are battling every day —

It is October 1st, and if we did not mention that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Despite the term “national,” the month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities to “increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure.”

Some might call the originator of Breast Cancer Awareness Month “different.” Rather than a charity or research organization, it was drug company AstraZeneca, which manufactures the breast cancer drugs Arimidex and Tamoxifen, who founded the Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the year 1985.

Another great resource:  Susan G Komen for the Cure