Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Silicon Valley on Breast Cancer Awareness: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - Wellsphere

Today is In 2011, an estimated 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in women in the U.S.

My best friend Sue is one of them.  She’s Stage 3a, which, as anyone with even an iota of awareness of the disease knows, is not good at all.   

As if this weren't enough to worry about, after having a double radical mastectomy, she returned to work,  only to be told "You're disruptive" and handed a pink slip. 

Hello chemo and radiation, goodbye livelihood and health insurance....on the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which also happens to be Halloween.  Have a little irony, it's good for the blood! 

Read the rest of the story here, and who are the heroes and zeroes in the fight to support women with breast cancer from losing their livelihood as well as their breasts.

Silicon Valley on Breast Cancer Awareness: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - Wellsphere