My Cycle Diary

In the 90’s, it seemed that all we wanted was for Maxwell Sheffield to propose. We waited with our faces up against the screen, admiring Fran Drescher’s ability to pull off miniskirts and big hair that would make today’s pouf deflate in shame. We couldn’t help but to admire Fran’s panache and pension for making people love her.

These days The Nanny actress’s main goal is no longer wrangling in Park Avenue Broadway producers, but instead fighting a very different battle.

After she was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2001, Fran turned her tragedy into a war against both the negative connotations of cancer and the lack of information patients were being given to empower themselves. Soon after publishing her memoir, Cancer Schmancer in 2003, Fran created the Cancer Schmancer Movement. Her campaign is dedicated to lowering cancer mortality rates, and educating women about prevention.

We here at MyCycleDiary echo the sentiments of the Cancer Schmancer movement. One in every three women in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in her lifetime. Helping track your cycle and learning to speak up about concerns with your gynecologist is imperative to cancer prevention, endometriosis awareness, and family planning.

The Cancer Schmancer Movement aims to make all women aware, both through their website and political advocacy. Their goals include creating new mandates in healthcare on Federal and State levels for more cancer screenings in basic exams, harsher FDA restrictions on carcinogens in women’s products, more funding for the HHS Women’s Health department. They also seek to eliminate environmental causes of women’s cancer.

 This is a pretty hefty undertaking for the former Nanny star. But, hey, she’s got style—she’s got flare!

She’s got our support, what about yours?

Please visit http://www.cancerschmancer.org/take-action to learn how you can help!

Please visit http://www.cancerschmancer.org/take-action to learn how you can help!