Just in time for Christmas

Pat, a caregiver in our support group, set up a wonderful store on cafepress. Now you can purchase a cozy coffee mug, stylish t-shirt, or even postage stamps with our ACC logos. Shop in the name of ACC! All profits benefit the research and treatment of adrenal cancer.

Thank you, Pat, for your creativity and dedication on this project. Also thanks to Kirby and Troy for designing the logos.

Choose from a palette of colors, sizes up to 2x and a variety of graphic designs. Our pictured pooch is wearing our tiger eyes design. Our popular daisy design is also available.

Save $5 off your purchase of $40 or more -- Use the pomotion code: LEAFS. Offer expires November 30, 2005.

Pink ribbons irk me

pink ribbons irk me everything in the stores are pink everything says buy this and we will donate a part of your money to research buy this eyelash curler buy this lipstick buy this eye brow tweezer buy these socks but how much of it is going to their bottom line why cant adrenal cancer have some money yes i know we may benefit from major cancer research but the cells are totally different i wish american cancer society would donate money for adrenal cancer research they admit they do not october is breast cancer awareness month have you felt yourself lately i hope so i got felt up today by dr quinns assistant monica who dug way deep into my armpits feeling me for lumps and bumps ouch what if all doctors formed a network and shared their acc data too bad for egos i wish there were more hours in a day what would happen if i spent every waking hour writing letters to doctors and pharmaceutical companies and oprah and geraldo would it change anything i remember reading about the breast cancer drug herceptin and how the vp of the pharmaceutical company's mom was diagnosed with breast cancer so he supported the breast drug what if the rare cancer community became militant and more demanding like the aids community and the major cancer community would it be different if men all over the world had adrenal cancer instead of impotence problems then maybe viagra could save some lives things need to change is anyone listening does anyone care probably not but if you Do care please write to the american cancer society and demand more money for adrenal cancer and reference this number in your letter as this is my number for the letter i wrote asking to please spare some money for adrenal cancer email them at emailCenter@email.cancer.org and here is the reference number 2098004-2684725-003.

For Kim

For Kim who loved to surf

27 April 1981~ 1 November 2005