Question about Cancer Awareness Ribbons!!!!!

Shew, I'm glad I'm not the only one confused about this!

I did more research on this today. The hospital that I'm going to has a "Cancer Education Center" Where they have all kinds of books, information, models that show what cancer looks like--even internet access that has alot of cancer websites bookmarked.

They also have a gift shop.

I asked the lady that was working--she said lavendar.

Well, I guess it just doesn't matter!!!!! BUT-I did buy a lavendar robe and slippers to wear in the hospital

Hi ya'll
I have cervical cancer too. I found the color was teal. Lavander is for GYN cancers in general. I wear a teal pin most everyday now to spread awareness. The color is confusing. One friend told me I should onlly wear grey for Diabetes. She sorta ignores that I have (or had?) cancer. It may be gone it may not. But cancer is now a part of our lives.

By the way , January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness month

I am still not sure about this whole thing. Not that the color actually matters anyhow but, as I posted before, my oncologist, did give me the teal ribbon and said that it was for ovarian cancer.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Rosalie

Hi Liz,
Hope this chart helps.

Colour Chart
Cancer Awareness Colors Other Awareness Colors
Type Color Type Color
Brain Gray Alzheimer's White
Breast Pink Violence Against Women White
Childhood Gold (Amber) Diabetes Green
Colon Brown Heart Disease Ruby
Leukemia Orange Multiple Sclerosis Red and Gray
Lung Clear Teenage Suicide Amber
Ovarian, Cervical & Uterine
Teal (Aqua) Organ Donor Green
Pancreatic Purple Aids Red
Prostate Blue Right to Life White
Other Lavender* Eating Disorders Dark Blue & Yellow
Child Abuse Dark Blue

* Lavender - represents those cancers that are not represented by a specific color
including Lymphoma, Kidney, Testicular, Bone, and all other types.

There we have it!!

Teal is the color.


Rosalie

Thats interesting. I saw a site that said Diabetes color ribbon is gray. Graywith silver lilning. This color because every cloud has a silver lining. And it has a tiny drop of red representing all the blood tests an , goloucose monitorilng we have to do.

Yeah, like I said, it seems as though every site has their own opinion! Sad, isn't it!