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facebook post cancer awarness

texas279
texas279
Ok I'm all for cancer awareness my mother in law is fighting it but who the hell thought of this insensitive post "I'm (#) weeks and craving (food). I am about to post something about it because for those of us battling infertility this is not a joke especially after my doctors visit today... Just wondering what others might think. Or if you have seen this and am I wrong for being angry ?
deleted_user
deleted_user
As a breast cancer survivor and someone who has battle IF, it is obvious that the creator of this fb game needs some breast cancer awareness of their own. The chemo and anti-hormone drugs prescribed to treat breast cancer cause IF by damaging your uterine lining, killing your eggs or put you into early menopause.

Making awareness of breast cancer by posting a fake pregnancy announcement that a breast cancer survivor may never be able to post is very insensitive to breast cancer survivors and people with IF. Thanks again Facebook!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Jersey Jen, thank you for sharing. The more I see these posts and the more I read here, the more infuriated I get! It is amazing how many followers will go along with something inane and hurtful without even thinking about it. Maybe we need to raise awareness for complete idiots!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I found a GREAT blog about this. Here it is:

http://infertility.about.com/b/2011/09/03/im-pregnant-just-kidding-new-facebook-meme-for-breast-cancer-awareness.htm
texas279
texas279
Catlover thanks for sharing I added the link to my facebook post I was up all last night trying to find the right words to say to get the point across. I'm sure I'll have some negative comments later on during the day but then I'll just delete those stupid people from my friends list because obviously they aren't worth it!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I just posted this on my facebook.

Dear FB friends,
Soon you may be seeing a FB game where women are posting, "I am __weeks, and craving___". I am begging you NOT to participate. It is a game attempting to raise breast cancer awareness. Many women who faced breast cancer, now struggle with infertility due to the treatments. 1 out of 6 couples deal with infertility. This game is hurtful, and not funny to all those people. Please consider this before participating in this game.