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Chandra
Welcome to LiveStrong 2011
Dear Supporters,
Last year we initiated a LiveStrong event paw in paw with Zoolatry on the CB which snowballed, and many of you joined us by going yellow on your blogs to support LiveStrong Day on October 2nd 2010. It was a wonderful day and we cannot thank you, our supporters, enough.
Below: Milo, the Zoolatry girls, and Alfie working paw in paw to support LiveStrong in 2010!
Well October 2nd 2011 is LiveStrong Day again ~ and we would like to stage another CB event to show our continuing solidarity and support for ALL our friends who are still currently battling cancer and all the other 28 million cancer survivors, and their families, worldwide. We would also like to honour the humans and pets who have lost their lives to this horrible disease ~ including many of our beloved furry friends from the CB.
Would you join us and go YELLOW again?
All you have to do to take part is:
- Put a predominately YELLOW image on your blog and FB page (if you have one) on October 2nd 2011
- Or turn the blog background YELLOW on that day
- Or post about those members of your family, or friends, (human or furries) whom you wish to honour who have lost their lives to cancer, or who are currently fighting the disease, or who are survivors (You may want to re-cycle last year's post ~ or prepare a new one)
- Or do any cancer related post
- Or just post a fun pic of yourself playing with something YELLOW!
THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for joining in, and supporting us for LIVESTRONG 2010.
We hope you will all join us in supporting LiveStrong Day 2011!
We believe in the Power of the Purr.
We hope you will all join us in supporting LiveStrong Day 2011!
We believe in the Power of the Purr.
Love Milo and Alfie xx & Maggy and Zoey xx
PS: Don't forget to visit us both on Sunday October 2nd 2011 ~ oh ~ and in the meantime, LIVESTRONG!
PS: Don't forget to visit us both on Sunday October 2nd 2011 ~ oh ~ and in the meantime, LIVESTRONG!
Dear Friends,
A few words from the Zoolatry Girls:
to all bloggers, those who blog lovingly of their cats and dogs,
but others who have a story to tell ~ you are invited and encouraged to post here
with us, anytime on or before October 2, 2011 and of course,
post to your own blog on the event date.
You may wish to re-post from last year [so many of you had such
amazing postings, we think revisiting them would be wonderful]
or post new if you prefer.
_________________________________________
For details on posting, and sign in information and to receive
sidebar tags to show you are part of this event, you can email
either of us, The Cat's Meow or Zoolatry.
Email addresses are noted on our sidebar.
In closing I would like to extend a huge thank you, and many
paws up to Life From A Cat's Perspective,
who last year created for us our heartwarming slide show.
Thank You.
Milo and Alfie: LiveStrong Day 2011 posts start here ...
Hello friends!
Milo & Alfie and Jan & Peter support the Lance Armstrong Foundation LiveStrong in helping to raise awareness about this terrible disease, cancer.
- About 12 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer each year. That figure is expected to reach 27 million by 2030
- The cost of new cancer cases in humans is already estimated to be about £185bn ($286bn) a year
- According to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Cancer accounts for almost half of the deaths of pets over 10 years of age, and early diagnosis is a key to successful treatment.
- Cancer also occurs in wild animals. Some well documented examples of cancer in wild animals include facial tumors in Tasmanian devils, fibropapillomatosis in sea turtles, and genital carcinoma in sea lions.
- Remember: Treatment Plans and Cures that are found for cancer in humans, benefit animals in the long term too as the knowledge cascades ~ and that is VERY impawtant to us.
The Lance Armstrong Foundation unites, inspires and empowers people affected by cancer.
Find them here: http://www.livestrong.org/
This post is dedicated to all the beloved family and dear friends (both fur and human) that we have lost over the years to this terrible disease ~ and to those still valiantly fighting cancer. We love you all.
We PURR they find a cure one day ...
Love Milo and Alfie xx
LiveStrong 2011 from Amber DaWeenie
Let us join together with crossed paws and stamp out the "C" Monster Forever!!!
In Loving Memory of our Canine family taken by this
terrible disease!
Also in Loving Memory of some of our friends
lost this year.
***
Peace to All!
Pawhugs..
Amber and Max
DaWeenies of Florida
LiveStrong 2011 with Samantha, Clementine & Maverick
Today we pray for a cure to cancer in all humans, cats, dogs and other animals!! We also pray for all our furiends who have or have had experience with cancer!!
Hugs,
Hugs,
Samantha, Clementine & Maverick 
To Those Who Have Fought And To Those Who Continue to Fight, LIVESTRONG 2011, We Love You
To Dad's Mom
We Love You
And Miss You
Thank you to Milo and Alfie and Zoolatry
for originally posting about this
most important day and for
helping us all to be a part of it.
To read more about LiveStrong click here
Gracie~Livestrong 2011
In Memory
My uncle and mom Ca. 1950
What Cancer Cannot Do:
It cannot invade the soul,
suppress memories,
kill friendships,
destroy peace,
conquer the spirit,
shatter hope,
cripple love,
corrode faith,
steal eternal life,
silence courage.
Dedicated to:
IN LOVING MEMORY
Mom's family:
Raymond Young Little 1915-1992 Father
Elgie "Pat" Boise 1880-1956 Grandfather
Naomi Gruber 1915-1990 Aunt
William Gruber 1934-1993 Cousin
Betty Gruber 1932-1995 Cousin
Luetta Buerher 1910-1992 Aunt
LaNatte Wood 1928-1992 Cousin
Photo by Zoolatry
Our family thinks of you each and every day.
We miss you.
Jans Funny Farm LiveStrong
We have sometimes felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of people we are aware of who are suffering with some form of cancer. And each year we lose a large number of blogging furry friends to lymphoma or another type of this illness.
We post this in memory of all those we have lost and in honor of all those currently fighting to win.
Today we join our pals throughout the blogosphere who are participating in LiveStrong Day. Our Pals Milo and Alfie and the Zoolatry girls first posted about this day and you can read more about it HERE. We've seen way too much cancer over the last year and we are purring and praying for a world without cancer.
We celebrate Auntie El who has been through a rough time in the last year. We know she still suffers from the effects of her chemo and we hope that things improve a lot soon. Her scans have been good and she goes for another PET scan in October. We're purring and praying for her continued improvement. Auntie El LivesStrong every day!
On September 21, 2010 we lost our sweet sisfur Sniffie to cancer. We miss her very much and hope that she and our pal Sweet Praline and Little Beignet (who also went to the Bridge because of cancer) are having a good time together at the Bridge.
Eric and Flynn LIVESTRONG.
This time last year along with many others wedid our first ever LIVESTRONG post. We would like to thank Milo and Alfie, and Ann of Zoolatry for all the work they put into it to enable us to take part again.
It gives us the time to stop and remember all our friends who lost their brave battle and have gone to The Rainbow Bridge. We also are thinking of those who are still fighting against cancer and send our purrs to all those affected to give them the strength to win through. Then there are those who have won against all the odds, the cancer survivors. We all know of many of our friends who were taken by the evil C and we are purring for all the furries, be they cat, dog, bunny or guinea pig and of course all those not mentioned.
Last year we put up this graphic in memory of our mum's mum and dad. Little did we know then that our mum would also be a cancer survivor. She first noticed something was wrong at the beginning of the year and made an appointment to see her doctor. She could have seen a practice doctor the next day but she thought it was just "Women's Troubles" so when told she couldn't get an appointment with her own doctor for a month , she wasn't worried. From when she saw her doctor, she saw the gynaecologist, had a biopsy, was diagnosed with cancer and had her operation all within two months. She was lucky, it was caught early and had not had chance to spread. She still has to go for check ups every three months, but that is good because if it does return it will be found right away.So what we want to say is if any of your family think something is not right, DON'T IGNORE IT!! DON'T BE EMBARRASSED!! Go and get checked without any delay.
We are sending our purrs to all our friends who have family or friends who are bravely battling the disease. With all our support we can help them beat it.
We Livestrong and pay tribute to family and friends loved, survived and lost ...
Mum a survivor for many years, Grandad who lost his fight, nephew Steven who lost his fight at 5 years old. Many family members. Friend Jan who is a survivor, Friend Vic who is fighting now. Many fur friends who are fighting now or have lost the fight far too early. Our dear friend Jackie who very recently fought the fight and WON.. We pay tribute to all and we LIVESTRONG...
Thank you to Ann ( Zoolatry) and to Jan ( Milo and Alfie )for once again organising this great event to bring us all together and unite.. GJ
We LiveStrong at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life
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| Our Angel Cats Maggie, Lady Madonna and Graphite. All succumbed to cancer. |
Sammy, Moosey, Mom Tracey and Dad Kevin at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life join in love and support of all those whose lives have been touched by cancer, and remember our friends and family who have passed on. We LiveStrong!
* LiveStrong images courtesy of LiveStrong (www.livestrong.org)
Cat's Cats LIVESTRONG!
Casper, Benjamin, Archie and Jimmy want a world without cancer!
We want to thank Milo & Alfie and Maggie & Zoey for once again organizing this forum for all of us to come together and support Livestrong.
We pray that in our lifetime cancer will be beaten!!!
LIVESTRONG & LOVESTRONG
Maggy and Zoey support LiveStrong Day 2011
Maggy & Zoey and Ann & Poppy support the Lance Armstrong Foundation LiveStrong in helping to raise awareness about this terrible disease, cancer.
Love Maggy and Zoey xx
LiveStrong Day ~ October 2, 2010
Dear Supporters,When we first heard that LIVESTRONG were hosting a global awareness day on October 2nd 2010, and were encouraging everyone to show their support by wearing YELLOW that day ~ we knew we had to join in. And since we are Cat Bloggers ~ we thought the best way to do this was by going YELLOW on our blog and asking our fellow bloggers to do the same. We had no idea that we would get so much enthusiastic support ~ and we cannot thank you all enough. Ann at Zoolatry kindly created the wonderful LiveStrong cat-image for us ~ and quite quickly after our first post about our intentions, we noticed the image appearing in blog after blog in the sidebars. We cannot thank yoo all enough.
Why?
Yoo may be wondering why we got involved? Well we were greatly saddened when we heard that "Poppy" (Ann's beloved husband Vic) was fighting cancer ~ and we felt helpless and wanted to show our suppport to Vic and the whole family. Our involvement in LIVESTRONG has always been about Vic. We also became aware that some of our other dear blogging friends were fighting cancer, or had died of cancer (MaxDog, and later Sniffie) and this broke our hearts too.
We should also point out that cancer (we always spell it with a small c as we don't want to give it more power) is a subject very close to our hearts as many members of our hooman family and friends have had cancer.
Mom is a survivor, she was diagnosed with CHONDROSARCOMA (primary bone cancer) in 1995 ~ and had her most recent surgery (a bone graft) in 2009. Dad was diagnosed with skin cancer this year ~ and had to have surgery this summer. Mom's first ever kitten (a beautiful beloved grey boy called Confucious) died of Feline Leukemia. Mom's beloved father died of prostrate cancer. Dad's beloved mother died of pancreatic cancer. Mom's dear and best friends, Gilly and Rod, both died of cancer (malignant melanoma, and liver cancer). Mom's uncle is currently terminally ill with prostrate cancer, and mom's daughter-in-law's father has prostrate cancer. We know all about cancer and the sufferings it can bring.
Of course Mom knows many SURVIVORS too; as a member of a cancer support group she came to know many fine people who have survived cancer, and many decades later still live healthy, full lives. Cancer is not the kiss of death that many people fear ~ mom has survived 17 years so far ~ and her prognosis is excellent.
So we thought that by going YELLOW we would be showing our SUPPORT ~ and help raise AWARENESS ~ and maybe some people would DONATE to LIVESTRONG ~ and what better way could there be than by joining in a global awareness campaign that brings people together to push for better treatment, more cancer funding, and access to care for everyone? That's the idea behind LIVESTRONG ACTION. And in the process we could be showing our love and support for Vic ~ and every other hooman and animal out there who is fighting cancer. (Treatment Plans and Cures that are found for cancer in hoomans benefit animals in the long term too as the knowledge cascades ~ and that is equally impawtant to us).
So THANK YOO from the bottom of our hearts for joining in, and supporting us in supporting LIVESTRONG. We believe in the Power of the Purr.
Love Milo and Alfie xx
http://milocat.wordpress.com/
PS: Don't forget to visit us on Saturday October 2nd 2010 ~ oh ~ and in the meantime, LIVESTRONG!
Go Yellow for Livestrong Day!
Our grandma and great-grandma beat cancer, but many others in our family did not. We are thankful every day for the advances in science that allow many cancer patients the hope of remission.
In honor of those who are fighting the battle against cancer, or who have beaten it, and in memory of those who lost their lives to cancer, Freya is wearing her yellow sundress. We also would like to remember those who lost their lives to feline cancers, including our Skylar and Lydia.
Love from the PDX pride.
Love from the PDX pride.
We LIVESTRONG @ Home of Team Beaglebratz
Here are Shasta and Shiloh modeling their YELLOW raincoats to show their support for LIVESTRONG! I wish they had been a part of my family years before when I lost my mom to colon cancer and then my dad about 10 and a half years later to lung cancer. My mom battled the cancer beast for almost 5 years before the beast won at last even though my mom fought a very tough battle. My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer less than 2 months before he died - when it was found, the cancer beast had already spread to several areas of his body and was told treatment - radiation or chemo (surgery was not an option due to how widespread the cancer was) - would only prolong his life a few short months and his quality of life would be compromised. Years before he watched helplessly as my mom went through countless treatments, surgeries and pain - he made the determination that he did not want that and us kids wholly supported his decision even though we knew what it meant.
I wish I could say losing both of my parents was the only connection I had with cancer but it isn't. Many years ago, when I was still in my late teens, one of my uncles who lived in Colorado at the time, was diagnosed with lung cancer. Since we were living in Kansas, we were not around much but I remember when during one summer we visited them and he was showing us the pattern that the radiology techs followed during his radiation treatment. It wasn't long until we visited again only it was only my aunt (his widow) and her two children we visited. Then several years later, but only a few months before my mom died that I lost another uncle to lung cancer. He also struggled and fought hard but it was shortly before Christmas that the cancer beast won. About 3 years before that, one of my aunts died from breast cancer. In 1976, while I was in the hospital for surgery to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor, my aunt was having a mastectomy. After her surgery, she fought hard to live to see her youngest son graduate high school - she made it but not much longer. Then, just about two years ago, one of my cousins, although the cancer diagnosis was never firmly established but suspected and so many other possible diagnosis were ruled out - it was not surprising when she passed away shortly after she entered the hospice and I felt fortunate that Shiloh and I were welcomed there during this difficult time for the family.
Then there are the co-workers - the ones who have fought the good fight but eventually, could fight no more. Now, one of those co-workers is also a close friend of mine who was diagnosed with breast cancer and has gone through the usual treatments and surgery - she is doing well now. Several people who attend the same church I do have been forced, in some way, to have been touched by the cancer beast. We have lost members of the church due to cancer or their spouse or son or daughter - there are members living and surviving with it.
Finally, I have a very personal connection with cancer - melanoma to be more specific. It was almost 11 years ago when I got that diagnosis after a large mole on my face was removed. The thing that is the scariest about melanoma - one never realizes unless they have done the research - just how serious a melanoma diagnosis can be. True, in it's simplest form - the mole - most people think that when melanoma is discovered early and removed then that's the end of it. While this might be true in some cases and so far it is with me, like with all cancers, it only takes that one cancer cell to spread internally. There are so many people, especially young adults who think "Oh, that's just skin cancer" - cancer of any kind is still cancer; it can affect any and all areas of the body, inside and out. Melanoma does NOT confine itself to just the skin although the name may change - like adenocarcinoma of a certain major organ of the body. People need to be educated - made aware and that is the mission of
LIVESTRONG!
Meowing for LiveStrong, from The OC in SoCal!
Just call me Old Yeller, um, I mean "Yellow"!
Hi there, Nikita Cat, here!
Today is a special day among the humans, and among us Cats, and other Animals, as well.
You see, we can get Cancer, too.
The LiveStrong Charity, and all its related programs fights to improve the lives of all who are affected by cancer, and have been doing so, alongside Lance Armstrong, and many others, since about 1997.
The Cat Blogging Community, around the world, has joined together to show our support as only we know how. ;-D
Daddy Kiril had an Aunt & Uncle, he was born in the first decade of the 20th century, she 10 years after that.
They met, and married, in the 1930's, but could never have children of their own, so they adopted a baby boy they named Lawrence.
The 40's saw them leave Kentucky, and by the 50's they were living in Ca..
In the late 60's they made a friend who raised purebred Boxers for show, and they soon adopted one from a litter, in about 1969, and they named her BabyGirl.
Pat, and Pop, were life long smokers, however, and they smoked a lot.
It all finally caught up with them, and he died in 1978, and she died in 1980.
Daddy, and I are doing this post, for them, and for their precious BabyGirl, with whom they re-united in Rainbow Bridge.
Thank you, one, and all! From those who made this all possible with the blog, slideshow, badges, special photos, & more, to those who have posted their stories, here, and on their own blogs!
From Daddy Kiril, Elvira Mistress of Pussydom,
and me!
Nikita Cat
Professor of the Nikita Institute of Pussydom Studies (NIPS): The Most Opinionated Cat in America, With Talent on Loan from THE CEILING CAT!
Livestrong Day
We join with our friends Milo and Alfie in dedicating our blog post today to Vic of Zoolatry who is currently battling cancer, and to all who have won their battle, who are currently waging the cancer war, as well as to those who have bravely fought and lost the battle. We have lost many human and furry friends over the years and have cried many a tear in their memory.
Support those with cancer. Visit the official LiveStrong site here..
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