This letter was in my newspaper today regarding Breast Cancer Awareness Month and other cancers. The writer stresses it is urgent to follow-up with results.
10 years ago today, I woke up with symptoms that led to my diagnosis and treatment of Stage II colon cancer. It was the day after Thanksgiving or "Black Friday" in the United States. I chose to celebrate by helping out my local Relay for Life. You can read about here: http://coalregionvoic...
I never watch the show but for some dumb reason I watched tonight. The Creasy Family from North Carolina was featured. The mother is a teacher and Stage IV colon cancer patient. What scared me was her out of pocket medical expenses were $1400.00 a month. A telling moment was when the husband and Ty ...
This past Monday, the Central Susquehanna Colorectal Cancer Task Force (Central, PA)conducted our first Colonothon. The Colonothon was similar to a "Tell a Friend" program for breast cancer by the American Cancer Society. When final statistics become available, I will post. We conducted fr...
The main thing I took from the article is the screening rates even at "age eligible" times. I think they are very low for people who need them and would "probably" be covered by insurance.
Courtesy of David Yonki: http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/ HEALTH CARE AND SENIORS Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hosted a town hall meeting with seniors in Silver Spring, MD and released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Medic...
I was at a small college football game over the weekend. Not that I get really upset, but there was a sority collecting in the stands for breast cancer during the 3rd quarter. A sorority member offered me a pink ribbon for awareness. I told her I would make a trade. I gave her my blue wrist band and...
With any event you need to start small and what you could handle. Be creative. Our group also partners with ACS and a few local hospitals for an age specific database.