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Take care of your "sister",
and she will take care of "you"....
Breast Cancer Awareness
| This issue is one that hits close to home for many women, either
personally, or because a loved one is diagnosed. I have been fortunate enough to be
spared, but with the statistics of breast cancer on the rise, it is only a matter of time
until it effects me. Due to Breast Cancer Awareness week, thankfully we here are not the
only ones bringing the issue forth. Things can be done, and early detection is a life
saver. There are measures in place, and pledges you can sign online to insure that your
"sister" even if not medically insured, can get a breast exam and mammogram.
Many companies are supporting the cause, and I feel we should show them our love, and
buying power for their concern.
Below, you will find links to a true story, resource links, and places where you can
show your support. Take a few moments to help a sister, one day it may be yours who
needing the help.
If you, or someone you know would like to share their experiences, and battle with
breast cancer, please have them contact me at issues@goddessinthegroove.com.
Thank you, and BLESS all you brave women out there! |
| Breast cancer does not only affect "older" women, or those
with hereditary traits, it can hit any one of us. While researching recently, I
found the brave story of Lauren Brower, a Suite101 Contributing Editor, who is telling
here story online, from the intial detection, through the treatments, and on. Reading her
story made me remember how what a blessing health is, and that we should cherish it. Hell,
I quit smoking again after I read her story... Out of the
Zone, and ongoing experience in living with Breast Cancer...a story by Lauren Brower
"By and large I believe we are creatures of habit. While searching for a way to
express my current situation, I began to notice my driving habits. I know where I'm going
and when I'm going to turn. So I move in to the appropriate lane. Even if it is miles
before I make that left turn, I stay in the left lane. Preparing, "in the zone",
for my eventual split off the main road. I am most uncomfortable when someone forces me
out of my comfort zone. I don't want to be in the other lane, I have plans. Well breast
cancer found me just like that and forced me into another lane, another zone. I'm 34 and
was planning on children. Sure my career had drifted off track, but I was once again
pursuing music and promotions, my husband was comfortable at IBM. I wasn't ready for
cancer, not now, not just yet. " Read more.... |
RESOURCES & ACTIVISM
| National Breast Cancer Coalition The
National Breast Cancer Coalition is a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to
fighting breast cancer. NBCC was formed in 1991 with one mission: to eradicate breast
cancer through action and advocacy. Breast cancer.
It’s a health issue, a family issue, a women’s issue.
And, breast cancer is a political issue. Why? Because every
day elected officials across the country make decisions about breast cancer detection,
treatment, prevention and cure. Every day politicians make important decisions about
breast cancer including how much funding will be devoted to breast cancer research, what
resources will be allocated to determine how to prevent this disease, who will be able to
afford treatment and what quality of care will be acceptable. These are not theoretical
decisions.
Breast cancer policies debated in the White House, both
Houses of Congress and state houses can mean life or death to someone in your house.
There are three million women who are struggling with
breast cancer in America today- including the million women who have it and haven't been
diagnosed yet. More than 40,000 women died last year because we have not yet made breast
cancer history.
The National Breast Cancer Coalition has identified
specific legislative priorities that are critical in the fight to "Make Breast Cancer
History.” These include laws that will:
- Increase federal funding for quality breast cancer research;
- Guarantee access to breast cancer detection and treatment
for all women; and
- Enhance the involvement and influence of trained breast
cancer consumer advocates in all aspects of breast cancer policy and research. Read more..
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www.breasthealthcancerprevention.com
This website is a virtual
journey through Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way by Susun
S. Weed. This invaluable book is for women who want to maintain breast
health and for women diagnosed with breast cancer. This information is
shared with understanding that you accept complete responsibility for your
own health and well-being. Explore and enjoy!
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| The Breast Cancer Site
The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it
daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an
underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site & click on
"donating a mammogram" for free - their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the
number of daily visits to donate a mammogram in exchange for advertising. Here's the
website! Pass it along to all your women (and gentlemen!) friends!! Click here to help donate a Mammogram
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| Lifetime TV
There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require
insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a
mastectomy. It's about eliminating the "drive-through mastectomy" where
women are forced to go home hours after surgery against the wishes of their doctor, still
groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached. Lifetime
Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your
support.Last year over half the House signed on. PLEASE!!!! Sign the petition and
help women living with breast cancer get the care they need and deserve!!
Click here
to go to Lifetime TV and sign the petition.
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| Look Good...Feel Better® Cancer
can rob you of yor energy, your appetite and your strenght. But it doesn't have to rob you
of your self-confidence. Look Good...Feel Better® is a free program that teaches
cancer patients beauty techniques that help combat the appearance-related side effects of
cancer treatment. In looking better, women experience renewed self-confidence and
self-esteem. It's like a makeover for the spirit. And that's a beautiful thing. If
you or someone you love has been touched by cancer, please call Look Good...Feel Better®
at 1-800-395-LOOK or your local American Cancer Society office, or visit the website at www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org |
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