Too Many Causes, Too Little Time.....

         This week im particularly upset about something, and am going to make this post knowing it will probably upset quite a few people. Im upset about breast cancer, breast cancer awareness in particular. This morning i saw a pink garbage truck going down the street, ive seen pink swifter mops, pink candy bars, pink on the nfl players uniforms, and now that its October there is pink everywhere you look. Now im not saying its not important because it is...but thats the point here. Awareness is important. For everything. Breast cancer became "popular" and its almost fashionable to wear support bracelets or t-shirts and have everything you can be pink and have horrible sayings like "save the boobs!!" on them (which by the way is an insult. forget the boobs and save the person dying from cancer!!!) i can assure you if you were dying from something as terrible as cancer youd be more concerned with your life than the size of your chest. But back on point, there are so many diseases out there that need funding that get forgotten or swept under the rug because why make a necklace for lupus when you can make one for breast cancer and sell triple the amount?? Im not saying its not an awful thing to go through and im not saying you definately will survive it, its a traumatic thing to be diagnosed with for you and your family and friends, but its not the only thing that will do that. Many diseases kill. Many diseases wreck families. For me its frustrating to have to explain cystic fibrosis to everyone i meet because they have no idea what it is because its not out there. There arent billboards to tell people how hard we fight, there are no tv commercials that advertise our support walks, and there are no jars at jewel to collect your spare change for research even though we desperately need it. Cystic fibrosis is fatal. There is no cure, and i feel forgotten. Fundraising shouldnt be a popularity contest thats all im saying. I almost feel jealous sometimes that i have to have this particular disease. I just want a chance. And i want people to know about the 70,000 people around the world suffering from this and i want them to help us too. Like i said this would def upset people with this but i got quite sick the last weekend and have been sitting on oxygen for days now and ive gotten pretty frustrated!! Im just one person but im not the only one upset about lack of funding and awareness and im gonna try and change that.