Photo with the Proclamation on Pancreatic Cancer Awareness presented to me today
Due to the sequester, the Congress is poised to tragically reduce funding into cancer research; you can contact your Senator and ask that they sign on to a letter to protect such funding, at this link. Simply put, without legislative action the sequester will target and reduce funding for cancer research including into pancreatic cancer. As many know, pancreatic cancer is the #4 cancer in deaths, 910 Massachusetts residents died from this disease, and it remains a 96% killer in under 5 years, with 72% dying in less than a year. My own husband, Marc Aaron Butler died in about 5 months of his diagnosis and it is a terrible way to die.
Today the State Senate read Governor Deval Patrick’s Proclamation that November is Pancreatic Cancer awareness month. here is the Proclamation: 
We get it in Massachusetts – THANK YOU Governor Deval Patrick – please join me in carrying the message that cancer must be fought, fought hard, and cancer funding protected.
Thanks for listening! Deborah Sirotkin Butler aka AmberPaw
self-defeating it is to cut these critical governmental programs. Our leaders in Congress, who are supposedly so concerned about reducing the deficit, expect us to applaud them as they cut cancer research and Food Stamp programs for the poor. Does anyone in Washington really believe that approach is going to work?