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Pink Ribbon Review | Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

September 19th, 2008

Help for Cancer Patients After A Hurricane

A b5media colleague of mine, Hope Wilbanks, recently had to evacuate her home when forecasters told her Hurricane Gustav would be coming dangerously close to her hometown.
Thankfully she’s home now, and back to posting on her weblog, Weighting Line. Here’s a snippet from today’s first post on life ‘Post Gustav’ that I thought I’d share […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

September 17th, 2008

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is Aproaching

There’s a poll in the sidebar asking you what it is that brings you to the Pink Ribbon Review. Please participate so I can better serve you in the future. Thank you!

We’re just a few short weeks away from Breast Cancer Awareness Month … and the news stories relating to breast cancer that I’m becoming […]

By Karen Lynch -- 1 comment

September 12th, 2008

The “Official” Stand Up 2 Cancer T-shirt Site

Don’t forget the current pink ribbon giveaway: a Pure Romance Gift Collection (follow that link to enter)!

There have been a few knock-off sites trying to capitalize on the desire people have for the t-shirts the stars were wearing during last week’s Stand Up 2 Cancer event.
So I thought I’d make sure all MY readers knew […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

September 9th, 2008

Survivors? Get Your Ducks in a Row

Don’t forget the current pink ribbon giveaway: a Pure Romance Gift Collection (follow that link to enter)!

It’s theme day at the b5media health and wellness channel — a day during the month that we are encouraged to write about a particular topic — and today is all about back to school.
Ironically, it’s the first full […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

September 8th, 2008

Pink Ribbon Giveaway: Pure Romance Gift Collection

As I mentioned in my post earlier today (about breast cancer and your sex life if you didn’t read it or click on that link), Pure Romance is an in-home direct sales company specializing in romance and intimacy products; the company has 95 full-time employees operating from a 47,000 square-foot office and warehouse located in […]

By Karen Lynch -- 238 comments

September 8th, 2008

How Breast Cancer Affects Your Sex Life (and what you can do about it)

So I’ve got one thing on my mind today (oh, wouldn’t my husband love to know that). What is that thing? Sex. Well, and a great giveaway.
But first, let me give you some background on breast cancer’s impact on a women’s sexual health and her sex life. I’ll start with some basics:

While there […]

By Karen Lynch -- 1 comment

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 5th, 2008

Popular Posts on the Pink Ribbon Review

At the beginning of each month I study my traffic/usage statistics to see what kind of posts the Pink Ribbon Readers seem to gravitate towards.
Yes, you like the contests. But you also like the personal essays I’ve written, the newsworthy stories I explain to you and the blog post round ups I do for you.
With […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

August 4th, 2008

Download the Susan G. Komen Toolbar for Firefox

I wasn’t even sure how I did it at first, but I downloaded the Susan G. Komen for the Cure toolbar for Firefox. Truth be told now, I discovered it via facebook … but that’s another story.
Back to the toolbar: Now I’m in a whole new world of Internet browsing.
I poked around a bit […]

By Karen Lynch -- 1 comment

July 25th, 2008

New to the Pink Ribbon Review?

My readership grows every day … with that in mind, I thought I’d personally welcome any newcomers to the Pink Ribbon Review, a blog dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness. I hope you are enjoying your visits to the site. (Please leave any feedback you have for me in the comment section below!)
Want me to […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments