Beyond Boobs

Don’t worry, this is not X-rated. Maybe PG at the most.

When my friend Mary Beth learned that she had breast cancer a few years ago at about age 40, she went through a lot – chemotherapy, double-mastectomy, and radiation. She could have adopted a negative, crappy attitude but far from it – not Mary Beth. Instead she stayed strong and positive, and resolved to make a difference. She formed a new organization, Beyond Boobs.

If you are interested in breast health, check out her web site and organization. Right now they are selling their wonderful and tastefully done 2009 calendar, which is really a breast health manual disguised as a calendar. This is very reasonably priced, helps to support what her non-profit organization does, and most importantly, contains a wealth of educational, inspirational, and just plain fun information. I encourage you to look into this amazing calendar, which is far more than just a calendar.

So who cares about breast health? Well, if you are a woman reading this, then I hope that you do. If you are a man, like the person writing this, should you care? After all, men only very rarely get breast cancer. Well, if you have a wife, sister, mother, girlfriend, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter, granddaughter, daughter-in-law, grandmother, or female friend, then I submit that you, too, should care about breast health. In fact, you should also care about the way that women are treated, violence against women, exploitation of women, equal educational and economic opportunities world-wide for women, and so forth, but I digress.

Check out Mary Beth’s great organization, Beyond Boobs! And check out her “calendar to live by”. It would make a great Christmas gift. And it is a gift that could help save your life or the life of a woman that you love.

To see other posts in my blog related to breast cancer, search the breast cancer label.