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May

Women in Ohio Need Your Help!

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I just sent a letter to Ohio legislators expressing my support of breast health services for the state’s low-income and uninsured women.  I think this is important, and I hope you agree.

Funding cuts to the state’s breast cancer screening program, Ohio Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP), are being considered by the Ohio House of Representatives now. 

I understand policymakers face difficult choices. Yet, I also know many of our friends and neighbors rely on BCCP.  In today’s economy, thousands of women have nowhere else to turn for the cancer screenings that may save their lives.  How can we let a lost job and lost insurance result in a lost life?

Early detection is a key to surviving breast cancer.  When breast cancer is detected early, before it spreads beyond the breast, the 5-year relative survival rate is 98 percent.  Once the cancer spreads to other parts of the body, survival rates plummet to 23 percent.

We can make a huge impact for the women of Ohio IF we make our voices heard!  I just took action, writing a letter to members of the Ohio House of Representatives.  Will you join me? 

It’s easy to do, just click on the link below.

Thanks for joining me in this fight!

https://secure.info-komen.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=918

Please take the time to be heard and help support the fight.


CATEGORIES: boobs, breast cancer, cancer awareness, government, guidelines, healthy, real life, support

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17
Nov

New Mammogram Guidelines… WTF?

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Today an article was brought to my attention concerning the new mammogram guidelines. Being that we’re all about breast health here, of course I was interested, but what I read I found just a little bit ridiculous and a lot absolutely stupid.

The article, published on the AOL news site, states that

A government task force said Monday that most women don’t need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50 — a stunning reversal and a break with the American Cancer Society’s long-standing position. What’s more, the panel said breast self-exams do no good, and women shouldn’t be taught to do them.

And all this in the interest of reducing stress levels? I guess the government is pushing for a “what you don’t know, can’t hurt you” plan.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I would rather go in to have a biopsy and be told I was ok, than get my first mammogram at 50 and be told the cancer had spread so far there was little to no chance of survival.
And saying that breast self exams are useless? I would love to see the numbers on how many women have had their lives saved because of a BSE…
It seems to me the government is encouraging the population to be ignorant of their own health.
There is no history of breast cancer in my family, but all jokes aside, I love my boobs, and I couldn’t imagine having them taken away from me, or having my LIFE taken away from me.
So I say SCREW the government. Early detection saves lives (and boobies), so please do your BSE every month. It could save your life.
Leave us a comment. We’d love to know what you think of this.


CATEGORIES: boobies, breast cancer, BSE, government, guidelines, mammogram

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