I’m assuming Linda would want you all to know about this so I’m passing this on.
~~Eliza
HI Ladies
Starting Monday I will be kicking off a month long series called Taking Action Against Breast Cancer on ABC Action News at 5. October is breast cancer awareness month and as the health reporter I feel the need to remind women the importance of taking care of themselves. I also lost my mother to breast cancer. She never lived to meet my children. It still breaks my heart today. I hope you all will watch if you can. You can always catch my stories on www.abcactionnews.com/breastcancer
There's a video story posted on the site tonight on my mother's journey.
My other stories will start posting tomorrow. Including the story of a woman who had both healthy breasts, her uterus and both ovaries removed because she tested positive for the BCRA gene. Another woman had no insurance so she didn't get a mammogram for four years. By the time she felt the lump she had stage 2 breast cancer and no way to pay for a mastectomy. We followed her as she searched for a surgeon willing to save
her life for free.
Please share with me any ideas or other stories. As always I appreciate your feedback and your help by visiting the site.
Hope everyone is well and if you haven't had your mammogram this year - go get one. For me. :-) If you can't afford one, email me off line and I'll share with you where you can get one, if you qualify, for free.
Linda Hurtado
Thanks for sharing - this is important!
ReplyDeleteAgree, very important. In fact it's that time of the year for me. My annual mammogram comes around in October. Ladies, do your breast self-exams, and make sure your men do their testicular self exams!
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