Cancer is an Asshole: Another $32.76 for research!

You all totally rock! Thanks to you, I’ve just sent a not insignificant $32.76 to the American Cancer Society to support cancer research! When I started this project a few months ago I had no idea that it would have such longevity. I am enormously touched by the fact that these donations keep coming in.

A little reminder of why I’m doing this: Because cancer was a total asshole to my rockstar Grandma.

Grandma really wanted to meet my daughter, and fought balls-out to stick around long enough. In fact, she fought this stupid disease for years – taking every indignity, every side effect, every inconvenience, and every ounce of pain with determination and a great attitude. She was in chemotherapy for about three years, if you can imagine that. Since the effects are often cumulative, she had at one point or another every side effect on the books, including some that her nurses hadn’t heard of. How’d she do it for so long? She had great doctors. But also her love for life and her will were indomitable. Well, nearly. She didn’t quite make it to meet her great-granddaughter, and that is only one of the things that totally blows about what she went through.

And it’s hardly unique. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been touched by this assaholic disease. I have a friend who said that – for her – the final and incontrovertible proof that God doesn’t exist is the fact that the profession “pediatric oncologist” does. It’s hyperbolic, sure, but I think we all know how she feels.

And now, without further ado – here is this month’s paperwork:

See? Here’s the Amazon.com payment to me from your purchases through the links on this site.

And here – as promised – is my receipt from the American Cancer Society.

How you can tell Cancer that it’s an Asshole:

1. Click through to Amazon from any Amazon link on this site. I have a few links to Amazon products and stuff on this site, including the book club selection on the left side. And This Amazon Link Here.
2. Buy anything, and your transaction will be flagged as coming from here.
3. At no charge to you, Amazon sends a small percentage of your total purchase to me.
4. I donate EVERY CENT of that sweet Amazon cash to the American Cancer Society, and post my receipts here. If anyone wants additional proof, just drop me a note (thea [at] nutgraf dot net) and we’ll figure out how I can satisfy your curiosity.

So, see? You just buy the stuff you’re going to buy online anyway, the ACS gets a little money and cancer gets the finger. It’s like making a donation for free – what’s not to like?