On Saturday, October 7th, there was an hour-long twitterstorm – #BreastCancerRealityCheck – dedicated to the following:
- Move beyond superficial “raising awareness” to focus on more education and research that will SAVE LIVES
- Dispel the myths about prevention and early detection
- Reveal the candid realities of people (women and men) living with ALL stages of breast cancer
- Provide less-known, harsh facts about secondary/metastatic breast cancer
- One of Breast Cancer Awareness Month’s favorite ‘pink fairy tale’ messages is that early detection saves lives. But what most people still don’t know is 20-30% of all early stage breast cancer will become metastatic breast cancer. THAT is the killer.
If you missed it, here are some of the reality-infused tweets.
“The pink ribbon gives a false sense of security that we as a society are winning against breast cancer” #breastcancerrealitycheck https://t.co/mmSrzoayGs
— Tasha Gandamihardja (@DrTashaG) October 7, 2017
The surgery, chemo, radiotherapy, drugs, menopause – the lasting side effects & never ending fear of it returning. #Breastcancerrealitycheck
— Jo Taylor (@abcdiagnosis) October 7, 2017
I’m dying. That’s my reality. #BreastCancerRealityCheck
— Beth Caldwell (@CultPerfectMoms) October 7, 2017
Facing death numerous ways / having frequent flyer status at hospital… and telling everybody you are “just fine”#BreastCancerRealityCheck
— Linz (@linzmcintosh) October 10, 2017
When you are afraid to get on social media because you don’t want to see which of your metastatic friends died #breastcancerrealitycheck
— Dr. Kelly Shanahan (@stage4kelly) October 7, 2017
T3: #FearlessFriends tweet the reality of breast cancer with #breastcancerrealitycheck and share #KissThis4MBC #bcsm
— Alicia C. Staley (@stales) October 10, 2017
