Man wears pink tutu to amuse wife fighting cancer

Man wears pink tutu to amuse wife fighting cancer

The project was started in 2003.

Bob Carey a slightly overweight photographer and people could see him around the world taking photos of himself wearing nothing but a pink tutu, reports The Telegraph.  Bob Carey has created some beautiful photos on these adventures, but his real reason for doing this is to put a smile on Linda’s face.  Linda is his wife of 27 years and was fighting breast cancer.

According to the Mirror, Bob is now better known as Ballerina Bob.  Deciding laughter was the best medicine, and knowing his wife’s sense of humor, he knew just how to keep her spirits up.  Linda stated that she would laugh seeing the photos and that would make her feel more positive.  She also shared the photos with others in the hospital who were similarly uplifted by the humorous images.

The project was started in 2003 and now, Bob has built up a large collection.  He has collected the images in a book called Ballerina.  Proceeds from the book sale will go to the Carey Foundation.  Bob set up the foundation in 2012 to benefit women that are suffering from breast cancer.

The pink tutu photography efforts have also morphed into a bigger mission with the Tutu Project.  According to their website, the Tutu Project’s mission is to support the fundraising efforts of The Carey Foundation for women with breast cancer.  The Tutu Project is striving to bring laughter and understanding to a community that has endured far too much.  They offer limited edition prints from Bob’s work as a way to raise money.

In addition to laughter, exercise is also a good remedy.   A recent study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, examined the relationship between exercise and cancer.  Existing literature supports an inverse association between physical activity and postmenopausal breast cancer.  The researchers studied associations with moderate physical activity, which includes walking, and if those associations were impacted by other factors such as body mass index, postmenopausal hormones, adult weight gain, and estrogen receptor status.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), breast cancer is the most common cancer in women across all ethnicities.  Among Hispanic women, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death.  In 2010, 206,966 women and 2,039 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer.  Of these, 40,996 women and 439 men in the United States died from the disease.

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