Fw: The World Conference on Breast Cancer

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From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 2:25 PM

Subject: The World Conference on Breast Cancer

> Dear Group ...

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> I know nothng about this Conference ... it was just posted on our

newsgroup

> ... alt.support.breast-implant.

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> If anyone is interested ... here are the comments on reconstruction from

> the site:

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> http://www.vanhosp.bc.ca/html/women_breast_former.html

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> If anyone attends or participates, please let us know.

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> Ilena

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> http://www.worldbreastcancerconf.ca

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> The World Conference on Breast Cancer is taking place in , British

> Columbia, Canada June 4 - 8, 2002. The Conference is dedicated to

providing

> an international and multi-disciplinary forum where all issues surrounding

> breast cancer can be addressed; and, in advancing global action in

response

> to these concerns, to eradicate breast cancer. Its' grass roots beginnings

> continue to guide the Conference, ensuring that the voices of everyone

> affected by the disease will be heard.

>

> Registration is filling up fast! If you or someone you know are interested

> in attending, please visit our web site and download the registration and

> accommodation forms at www.worldbreastcancerconf.ca or contact the

> conference office at wcbcspeakerreg@....

>

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From: " by way of ilena rose " <Jibasmil@...>

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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 5:55 PM

Subject: Judy on: The World Conference on Breast Cancer

> Dear Ilena,

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> I do know about this conference. I will be one of the presenters, as I

> have been at the first two. But I will do this with very little faith

> that it has any meaning at all, and I think this will be the last time I

> do it. Mostly I have found that the general tone of these conferences is

> distrubingly apolitical, that women are afraid to not be nice (can't think

> of another way to say it) and don't want to " offend " anyone, including the

> polluters who cause cancer and the pharmaceutical industry which has

> become wealthy and powerful, in no small part because of the disease.

>

> At the last conference (in Ottawa, two years ago) a few of us barely

> hammered through a resolution calling for the adoption of the

> Precautionary Principle. I can't think of anything more logical or mild,

> but still women seemed afraid of it. It's pretty discouraging. --Judy

>

> Judy San Francisco " If you need to feel hope, you're courting despair,

> and if you court despair you will stop working. So try to wean yourself

> from this need to have hope. Try to have faith instead, to do what you

> can, and stop worrying about whether or not you're effective...Worry about

> what is possible for you to do, which is always greater than you

> imagine. " -- Romero

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> Judy ...

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> should i share your note with our group ... thanks for letting me know

Ilena

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> It's okay with me. --judy

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