The Colors Of Female Cancers

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The Colors Of Female Cancers

By Kaycee Nilson
Aug. 29, 2006

Gynecological cancer, which includes uterine (endometrial), ovarian, cervical, vulvar, vaginal, tubular, and breast cancer, strikes over 82,000 women each year.

Each cancer has it's own color, and it's important for everyone to know what these colors are.

Lavender is the color of the over all cancer color. For many of the gynecological cancers that are being discovered every day do not have a color of their own yet. I recently received an email from a lady that was diagnosed with tubular cancer and on researching womanmatters.com, I was unable to find a certain color for tubular cancer. I now wear a lavender ribbon in her honor.

But the other cancers have color. Why is that? Many are happy colors, like pink for breast cancer and teal for ovarian cancer. Peach is the color for uterine cancer. Teal and white for uterine cancer.

While these colors make beautiful jewelry, is it a badge of honor for the fighter or the survivor that wears them?

Many women, when they are diagnosed with any of these cancers, are at first devastated. i know I was when I was first diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. I probably feel into a depression that many other cancer patients understand and those that haven't had cancer don't understand.

I am now working with a family of an 82 year-old woman that has been recently diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer (or OVCA as it is known to us survivors) and she went into a depression that lasted a month. I reassured her son that this behavior is normal. The "why me?" factor hits everyone.

After her first chemotherapy treatment, her daughter called me with the ecstatic news that her mother had gotten up and made herself breakfast the next day.

My heart soared when I heard this news. For I felt that she had won a mini-battle. A battle within herself to not let the cancer win. So many women give up and decide to just give up to the cancers. So many of us decide that we have to much to live for to let the cancer win.

I decided that I had too much life left to die, so has my new friend.

I recently met a man that has battled testicle cancer and formed a group that pairs cancer patients with cancer survivors. this man has boundless energy and is an inspiration to all that know him. I am proud to say that he is now one of my friends and I admire him greatly.

Listen to your own body, if you think something is wrong, don't be afraid to go to an oncology specialist to get an opinion. What could you lose? What could you gain? What could you find out that your own doctor might miss? Everyday there are new advances that diagnose all types of cancers and catches them in the early stages.

I am living proof that the medical community can catch the cancer in an early stage.

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About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com.

Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge and Speedway Media, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die."

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