Comments on: A Call to Action for Women’s Medical Rights

By: Barbara Jacoby

Barbara Jacoby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:12:59 +0000

Right on. I hope women everywhere are like you and continue to write and blog about this issue. Don’t let this story get buried under the rubble of what is being served for the White House Thanksgiving dinner or under the pile of Black Friday shopping stories. We will all read your blog and please keep writing and sharing everywhere with everyone. It is great to have you on our team. Together we will make a difference.

By: Barbara Jacoby

Barbara Jacoby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:09:01 +0000

You are spot on. We are losing our freedoms by the minute. Can you imagine telling women not to do self-exams as well! Of course the whole point of testing is early detection. It is sounding more and more to me as though women are continuing to be de-valued in this society. We have been ignored in medical research for as long as I can remember and if you look at the fund raising that is being done for breast cancer research, it is being done by women-led organizations to a great extent. So let’s stay united and not give our power away.

By: Barbara Jacoby

Barbara Jacoby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:02:17 +0000

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you so very much for sharing your story and your sister’s story. There is nothing more powerful that you can do than to share your experiences with others in order to drive home the message. You are one fantastic role model for every person who has ever faced cancer in any form. I am also working to help to raise funds to assist others to be able to get the testings that they cannot afford, including gene testing to find out if a woman is a carrier of the gene for breast cancer. And I pray that your daughters and granddaughter will never have to know or experience what you have had to deal with. You are awesome.

By: Brenda Coffee

Brenda Coffee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:21:56 +0000

Amen, sistergirl! Thanks for your blog. My blog this week was about the same topic. I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR IN NUMBERS TOO BIG TO IGNORE!

By: Renee' Stinson

Renee' Stinson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:27:07 +0000

This new suggestion for women and mammograms and pap smears is truly outrageous. This Country is becoming more and more controlled. We are the land of the free, but it seems now we have to be told on when we can get ourselves checked for early detections. The whole point of of these testings is early detection, but if we have to wait then it really isn’t early then now is it?

By: Joyce In NC

Joyce In NC — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:53:55 +0000

My older sister had breast cancer in 1955 at the age of 34. She had the breast removed but she died in 1957 at the age of 36 because the cancer spread to her brain. She left 2 young children, ages 5 and 8. A mammogram could probably have saved her life. What are they trying to do….MOVE BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF FORWARD.
I am a 2-time Breast Cancer Survivor. The first time was in 1994 at the age of 52 and the second was in 2005 at the age of 64. I found the lump myself in 1994 but I would probably NEVER have found the lump in 2005 because my breasts were large and it was in the back center of my breast at the back wall. I had radical mastectomies with chemo both times. The first chemo damaged my heart muscle and put me on disability but I WAS ALIVE. These people should have to experience what we survivors go through.
I have twin daughters who are 33 years old and I am scared to death for them and also my 3 year old granddaughter. THANK GOD for mammograms. We must stop this. What are these people thinking!!!!!!!!

By: Barbara Jacoby

Barbara Jacoby — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:40:56 +0000

Thank you for sharing and thank you for your outrage. I must say that as each day goes by, I get angrier from some of the things that I hear. For instance, I had dinner with a male friend this evening who happens to be an attorney. He knows about my cancer and yet views the whole thing regarding the guidelines as an issue where the Republicans are trying to stir up trouble for the Democrats and their health care program. I was shocked. He didn’t seem to get the fact that the ramifications from these guidelines would be absolutely devastating to women all across this country and would result in so many more deaths. But then if you look how women have been treated with regard to other issues, it isn’t a surprise. Look at heart attacks in women. All the studies are always done on men and the warning signs are those for heart attacks in men. How many women have been studied and how many doctors even know the warning signs of a heart attack in women. This is just one more kick in the health care for women.

By: Barbara Jacoby

Barbara Jacoby — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:19:55 +0000

Thank you so much for your support and help. If all of us do our part in our little corners of the world, I believe that we will have the whole thing covered in no time at all. We can do this. I didn’t even think about the fact that they waited until right after breast cancer awareness month. What a slap in the face.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:03:22 +0000

I’m appalled and at loss for words by these new regulations for womens health. In a time like today with all the technology and doctors that we have, its like we are taking a step back instead of forward. I was 21 when I had missed going and getting my yearly exam. I figured well I’m not sexually active at the moment and hadn’t been for a while. I went back when I was 22 and I had three different spots on my cervix that the doctor told me were all precancerous cells in stage 3, stage 4 being cancer. If I would have went yearly like I was suppose to I would have caught this in the very innocent stage of stage one. And to start at 21, are you kidding me. My gyno always said you should start getting yearly exams when you begin having sex, not at 21. I’m saddened for every young girl and grown woman out there. It scares me to think what our future holds.

The rules for mammograms I have 3 words….ARE YOU JOKING! I have heard many stories of women who have gone yearly for mammograms and were told if they would have waited 6 more months it could have been too late. What if that 2 year were in affect then, that means these women would have died. This is already a terrible disease that attacks and takes so many precious women yearly, and to take risk with such ridiculous regulations and rules, well I’m so angered and pissed. I don’t know if this has to do with the whole government maybe taking control of our health insurance or what, but its absolutely ridiculous and unfair to every women in this country.

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000

I think that everybody has said what I feel. I agree with everybody and will do what I can to voice my feelings. I am so glad that everybody seems to be outraged by this. I think we are all so tired of things that are spinning out of control in this country right now. We are tired of being force fed and we are now speaking out to make a difference. Notice how they waited until RIGHT AFTER Breast Cancer Awareness Month to share this with us. We just came out of a month where we are all raising awareness and campaigning for women to get mamograms ~ and then they slam us with this recommendation. Thanks for sharing Barbara! I completely agree and will do my part in my little corner of the world. Blessings to all!