Be Aware!

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

I will confess that the word “awareness” is quite often a switch that turns off my attention. The plethora of awareness days, weeks, and months becomes so overwhelming that most of us are inclined to ignore anything but the causes that most directly affect us. On top of that, the concept of “awareness” as it’s most often applied seems virtually useless to me. It doesn’t do much good to be “aware” of something, especially a disease, if you don’t know anything else about it.

So, in the spirit of true “awareness,” I’m going to try to get some information out there about colorectal cancer this month. We’ll start simple, as I’m dealing with some other minor practical issues including a neuropathy-related foot problem – but more on that later.

Let’s begin with this. Tomorrow – Friday, March 2 – is Dress in Blue Day. You can get more information on the Colon Cancer Alliance’s web site here. If you can find something blue to wear tomorrow, please do it. And tell people why. We’ll take it from there.