An Open Statement to the Lung Cancer Alliance

To Whom it May Concern:

I had bone cancer (Sarcoma) in my youth and now as a senior citizen I presently am dealing with Leukemia. I am also a Cat Lover whose beloved cat just died of Liver Cancer. I am ashamed, embarrassed and cringing at your recent ad campaign to bring awareness to lung cancer. 

ARE YOU THAT DESPERATE? 

Both the cancers I have suffered from are extremely rare, as is Liver Cancer in cats. There are awareness campaigns for them often trying to raise funding for research. It's admirable to want to raise awareness and funding. But you certainly have the money to spend on this expensive, outrageous, DISGUSTING method of manipulating the public. HOW DARE YOU? 

I already know that Lung Cancer exists. Two of my friends have died from two different forms of Lung Cancer. (RIP Linda and Mrs. Sandstrom)

Do you understand how offensive this is? I know my two friends who had Lung Cancer would have also found this campaign revolting, too.

Not only is this degrading to those who "DESERVE TO DIE" but I would not donate a penny to support Lung Cancer unless there is a PUBLIC APOLOGY for this campaign.

SHAME ON YOU!

From: Elizabeth Munroz, on behalf of Queen Bambi, Timmy, Buffy, Pinky and Shadow

In memory of Ninja, Jeffery and Keli

RIP Keli 1989 ~ 2008

RIP Jeffery 1992 ~ 2008

RIP Ninja 2001 ~ 2012

How Cats Live Strong

Ninja tell me ta be serious and think about Live Strong!

Queen Bambi say I gots ta purray fur Live Strong!

Me? I just wants ta CELEBRATE another day of LIVING!!! 

What YOO gonna do about LiveStrong Day?

Go see our friend's Milo and Alfie's blog ta finds wot they doin.

They gots effurrybody else's LiveStrong links there, too!

This is emportant! Do it fur me. Huh?

Bambi's Lament

I know our dear readers like to follow our blog because of the fun and interesting things we do. And of course, to adore your Queen... me!

I know no one wants to think of disturbing things willingly. Sometimes it can bring on such sadness to contemplate. As Queen, it's a big responsibility to take care of my realm and the sadness is overwhelming for me. But, I have to stop and take a moment to consider  if I am going to allow myself to continue being depressed by the sufferings of the world.

Ninja says life has a balance of both disturbing things and wonderful things. If we ignore the disturbing, we aren't fully experiencing life. I think he is correct because by ignoring cancer, which has been on my mind a lot lately, we will do nothing to stop it. So it is important to shine light onto it.

I've been thinking about the upcoming LIVESTRONG event and decided to do my part by wrapping up in my yellow blanket today. I want to support the effort to rid the world of Cancer. Yellow is a great color. Don't you think? Yellow represents hope, warmth, victory, and so many things.

One may think that cancer fund raising by humans would not affect cancer in Cats, but it does. As mentioned in our previous posting cats and dogs do get cancer. All animals get cancer. Did you know that? Many of them volunteer their lives to helping researchers discover new ways of understanding and treating cancer, including cats!

The other day I told you about Miss E's dog and cat friends who had cancer. Many of you wanted to know more about the bone cancers we can get, so here is a link that tells all about it.

Cancer in Cats

Did you know that Cats can get cancer? They can get different kinds of cancer. They can get bone cancer. They can even get the rarest bone cancer called Chondrosarcoma. Miss E knows about that. She once met a cat named Gabe who had Chondrosarcoma.

That's Gabe's picture before he got the cancer. Isn't he an intelligent looking fellow?

There was no chemo or radiation that could help Gabe. So, his foreleg had to be amputated. But, you know what? That took care of the cancer. It never came back.

Unfortunately, that is not always the outcome for every cat with cancer, I'm sure you know.

Miss E also knew some dogs with the Chondrosarcoma. They didn't do so well.

There was Shoob, a well loved Golden Retriever from Pennsylvania. Shoob loved to go geocaching right up until the week before he left. That's Shoob in the picture with his girlfriend, Sheeb. Shoob had Chondrosarcoma in the skull right under his eye and it had to be removed. He went to the best Vets at Cornell University, too. But they couldn't save him. Wouldn't it be nice if we could kill cancer instead of cancer killing us?



Then there was Ling-Ling a four year old Shi Tzu.

Ninja says one of his Spiritual Training Masters was a Shi Tzu. He is sad to know that Ling Ling had to leave this world in the prime of her doggie life.

She had Chondrosarcoma in her head like Shoob, but hers did not affect her eye. Ling Ling was not able to have surgery and had to be Euthanized. At least Ling Ling's purrson was there to hold her as she went to sleep. I'm sure that comforted them both. I'm glad Ling Ling did not have to suffer needlessly.

There is something good to say about euthanasia, isn't there?

We wish there were a cure for Chondrosarcoma. We wish there were a cure for all cancers, in animals as well as humans!

We are joining our friends Milo and Alfie who live in England, in the event held on October 2 by the LIVESTRONG Foundation. We are going to wear yellow to bring awareness. Ninja already wears yellow on his collar tag. Plus he an I both have amber eyes. That counts as yellow, of course. Spyder only has one yellow eye. The other is blue. But, I'm sure Miss E will help us all have lots of yellow to help the LIVESTRONG event.

Check it out and decide what you would like to do.