Throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve highlighted the many ways that people have joined together to raise awareness and take action against this deadly disease. NFL teams from across the country supported our cause, artists and musicians helped us spread the word, and you — our movement members — pledged, made strides, and shared your stories with our community to inspire all of us to take action and create a world with more birthdays.
As this month comes to a close, we want to highlight one more story from our powerful movement. Darryle Pollack is a mother and breast cancer survivor who volunteers her time to blog for more birthdays as part of our Blogger Advisory Council. After being diagnosed 15 years ago, Darryle had both of her breasts removed, leaving her with a new perspective on life, and a unique perspective on breasts.
Darryle likes to say that she thinks “outside the bra,” and it was this thinking that led her to start Boobalas, an artistic project that helps her express her cancer story, create a world with more birthdays, and spread an even larger message — that our breasts and our bodies don’t define who we are.
Click here to read Darryle’s story, then click here to check out the Boobalas gallery on her blog. Art and music can be powerful tools to express our stories and spread the word about creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Do you have art you’d like to share? Post a link to it in the comments below, or post it to our Facebook page here.
Tags: american cancer society, breast cancer, breast cancer awareness month, more birthdays
Darryle, you write magnificently and I hope that our paths cross again one day.
Thinking of you with lot’s of positive energy.
Sheri
Thanks so much for such a sweet comment/compliment!
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Wow great stuff! Thanks for sharing. Very informative. I found out that the longer a women breast feeds, the risk is lower.
Another interesting way is to avoid exposure to polution. There’s
something called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which very
carcinogenic and are typically found in the exhaust in the exhaust of
vehicles.