Fighting Monsters and Debunking Cancer Myths

Prevention.com has an article up called 10 Breast Cancer myths Debunked. Before reading it, I thought, “I’m wasting my time reading this, I don’t believe myths, I’ve got my facts straight.” Uh huh. What is it they say about famous last words? In fact I started not to even read the article - but by myth #3 I knew I didn’t know nearly as much as I thought I knew.

I hate to get on my soap box….no, wait a minute, I don’t really mind it. We’ve got to stop worrying so much about things like money, social standings, clothes, jewelry, furniture, flower gardens (ouch! self-inflicted wound) - and start a more important fight. Rather than always fighting to have the best of everything, we’d be a lot better off fighting the monsters that are slaying us daily. Cancer, AIDS, diabetes, heart disease….

Even if there IS one person in the world whose life none of these beasts touch right now, there’s always tomorrow.

How do you fight a monster?

1. You learn all there is to know about him. The article above’s a good place to start.
2. You finance the efforts of all the Davids in the world who are standing up to the giants.
3. You try to rally troops who will join you in the fight. (Blog posts, ribbons on your clothing, ribbons on your websites and blogs….)
4. The hero of any story doesn’t just fight monsters in his or her own path - they find the ones who are in the paths of others as well.
5. You never quit fighting. As long as the enemy is on the prowl, the fight is on.

Joi