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Pink Ribbon Review | Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

Archive for August 2008

August 31st, 2008

Last Day to Enter to Win 1 of 25 Boxes of Replens

Today is the last day to throw your name into the hat to win 1 or 25 boxes of Replens Vaginal Moisturizer.
Reader response to this contest has been fantastic — 79 entries as of today (and we still have one more day to go). If you peruse the comment thread and you’ll see how important […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

August 29th, 2008

Vote for PinkRibbonReview in the 2008 Bloggies

By clicking the link attached to this badge (if you haven’t signed up to vote, you can, it’s free):

Let’s be clear … this is a way to vote for your favorite blogs, including this one, if it is among your favorites!

“You can cast a vote because you think the blog is pretty or well-written, or […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

August 29th, 2008

Stand Up To Cancer: One Week From Tonight

Next Friday night, September 5, 2008, at 8:00 PM (EST), stars from film, television, sports, journalism and music will come together in an unprecedented evening of philanthropy.
NBC, ABC and CBS are each donating one hour of simultaneous, commercial-free prime-time for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) — a nationally televised fundraising event.
This special broadcast will feature […]

By Karen Lynch -- 2 comments

August 28th, 2008

Pink Ribbon Coins in Canada

Hey all you Pink Ribbon Review readers — have you seen the Royal Canadian Mint’s 25-Cent Breast Cancer Circulation Coin?
Thirty million of these coins entered into circulation beginning on April 1, 2006. Seriously … does anyone have one? Does anyone want to send me one??
I did some research. This is an award winning coin:

It recently […]

By Karen Lynch -- 2 comments

August 27th, 2008

Reconstructed Nipples Vs. Tattoo Artistry

Meg Gaffney is a nurse, and when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to skip chemotherapy and radiation, and go right to a bilateral mastectomy.
But when her plastic surgeon recommended a skin graft surgery to build up new nipples, she decided to incorporate art into her own personal healing process.
For Meg, that meant […]

By Karen Lynch -- 3 comments

August 25th, 2008

Pink Ribbon Giveaway: Win 1 of 25 Boxes of Replens

On May 12 (geesh, time flies) I gave you all A Menopause Primer and promised you I’d have some resources for the women reading this blog battling menopausal symptoms as a result of your breast cancer treatment.
First, let’s review the symptoms of menopause, whether natural, chemical or induced:

Hot flashes and night sweats
Vaginal discharge or spotting
Vaginal […]

By Karen Lynch -- 86 comments

August 23rd, 2008

Now THAT’S the ticket — Biden is for breast cancer causes

I’m not terribly interested in politics. I’m registered to vote as an independent — never aligning with a party because I haven’t wanted a political affiliation to skew my take on who the best person for the job is. I wasn’t even sure who Joe Biden was until Barack Obama named him as his running […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

August 22nd, 2008

Try Wordle, Just For Fun

So either I have too much time on my hands or I’m bored to tears on a Friday night while my husband is at the movies and I’m home with all the kids (you can probably guess which one is more likely).
Either way … look what I created on a cool website called “Wordle” — […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2008

A Pink Ribbon Riffle — Seriously

Larry Correia at FBMG is raffling off a gun to benefit breast cancer research. Seriously. It’s a riffle. Check it out:

Here’s what Larry explained to me recently:
“My mother in law recently finished up chemo. Turns out my gunsmith’s mother went through the same thing. So we decided to do something different to try and help […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2008

Send someone with breast cancer a pillowcasegram

See this? This is where I lay my head each night.

That pillow case came to me as a pillowcasegram.
It’s a custom-made pillowcase that is not only a comfort to me, but so whimsical and fun it just makes me smile.
The company makes dozens of different themes and designs for their pillowcasegrams, but this one is […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments