I am a current cancer patient. I have metastatic breast cancer that has gone to the brain and now the liver. I have been battling this for 6 yrs. now and it looks like I might not beat it. I wear one pink bracelet, but not because it's pink, but because it says the word "strength". It's a rubber bracelet so I've been able to wear it for tests and surgeries to remind myself that I'm stronger than I may be feeling right at that moment. As far as the awareness stuff goes, most people are already aware that breast cancer exists and products are allowed to print that on their pink products without donating any proceeds to cancer research. Plus there's a lot of funds going into breast cancer research but hardly any going into metastatic research. The survival rate of a woman who gets breast cancer today is high unless you have metastatic breast cancer which reduces your chance of survival drastically. Most people who are living with breast cancer don't need anything pink to remind them that it exists.

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