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I also feel the way you do. I am proud of being a survivor but I am ready to move forward in the everyday setting. I do volunteer at a local suport center and I think this is important. When people give me things that relate to BC I just thank them.
I was wandering if you could have a certain place that you put these articles and let people know that you will bring them out on special events. You could also have a survivorship birthday on a seperate day where they could only give you pink related gifts, this may get it out of there system and anounce at that party that you are puting the BC behind you and moving on and will always be thankful for their suport. Another idea that my sister had, which partains to the last post, was to ask people that if they were going to give you a gift, could they make it in the form of a donation to another cancer that does not get as much recognition as BC such as ovarian cancer. Last christmas I did that for her. It may give some people out there something to think about other than giving pink.
Alice
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