...And my first thought was, "Are you fucking serious?"
So, among my usual weekly website reading is PostSecret. Y'all have probably heard of this or seen it because I'm certain I've bitched about it here before. Anyway, I have a look on Sundays because that's when the new secrets get uploaded, and in the Classic Secret section I was greeted by THIS
Just in case the link doesn't work, this is what it says:
I am resentful towards Breast Cancer Awareness. More children are diagnosed with cancer and die because of it. It is underfunded and deserves more funding and awarenessYou have GOT to be fucking kidding me! Underfunded?? When was the last time anything to do with kids has ever been underfunded?? I apologise if I'm showing my ignorance here, but this shit pisses me off! My best friend died of osteosarcoma at 27 after fighting it for seven fucking years, but she wasn't a kid so no one gave a shit.
By the time she got a diagnosis it was too late, the cancer had gone metastatic and basically travelled around her body, leading to numerous operations to remove tumours, endless rounds of chemo and radiotherapy, and absolutely no help from any charity or foundation when she was diagnosed terminal and wanted to go on one final holiday - because she was an adult.
Cancer kills people of ALL ages, not just kids FFS. Maybe I'm a moron and childhood cancer research IS underfunded, but to actively RESENT one measly month being dedicated to awareness to a specific type of cancer (that happens to NOT be kid-related) is a shitty fucking attitude to have. An attitude, by the way, you just know she'll drop like a hot turd if she ever gets diagnosed with it.