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re: Strollerderby Playdate: Blogging Pink

Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:43:28 GMT

Erin, thanks so much for sharing Scarlett's blog and her poignant words.

re: Strollerderby Playdate: Blogging Pink

Erin - ExpectingExecutive.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:31:58 GMT

Oh, won't you please, please, please send so love and support to my friend Scarlett who continues to battles cancer at St. Jude's.

www.bonemarrowpoptarts.blogspot.com.

Scarlett (only 20 years old) recently had a new set of "assets" implanted after making a difficult decision.

An excerpt from one of her posts:

" You have about an 85% chance of developing breast cancer," the doctor told me. I told him to fix it. Because a 15% chance of not developing it is pretty slim. Because the leading cause of death in women 18-24 is breast cancer even though no one seems to realize that it affects young people. I'm only 20 and don't want to be another statistic who died from breast cancer. Because I already have enough damn cancer and my body isn't up to hosting a new one.

So I got the surgery. I got a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction because I had to. And yeah I miss my boobs and it hurts like hell but it sure beats getting breast cancer. Because that would kill me a lot faster than my leukemia ever will. It totally sucks but life sucks and I'll get over it. Plus my new boobs are much hotter than the old ones ever were and I'm from LA so of course I'll fit in. Half my class got implants for their graduation present.. I'm just a few years late.

Breast cancer in young women isn't talked about enough. Because it's scary and no one wants to think about that happening. Being young is about going to college and parties and finding out who you are. Breast cancer isn't supposed to be a part of that plan. But it is. I don't regret getting the surgery because it may have saved my life. And maybe that sounds dumb considering my leukemia has no long term survivors. Maybe my leukemia will become active again tomorrow but at least I don't have to worry about breast cancer. And for me that makes it worth it.