I couldn't agree more about the importance of a mammogram, since one caught my cancer early and saved my life. But if the patient doesn't have insurance, who pays for treatment?!
Check this link for a list of resources providing free/low-coast mammograms for underserved women. Free mammograms are out there - you just need to know where to find them. PJH
I don't have insurance so I don't want to get a free mammogram. If it comes back and says I'm healthy, great. Otherwise, it just tells me that I'm going to die a horrible death that will likely ruin my family financially because I do not have insurance for treatment AND that I will be prevented from ever getting insurance in the future as I will have a documented 'pre-existing condition' on my record. So what's the point?
Hi - There's a federal program that might fit your situation just perfectly. Please read our post on mammograms and breast cancer treatment for underserved women. Good luck - PJH
Hi PJ: I added your link to my site on Examiner. I decided to read some of your articles, and comments others have made. I really enjoy this site, as you and I have been there. Yes, I am a breast Cancer Survivor too! Anyone can stop by my site and read what I've written, and thank you PJ you have a beautiful site. God Bless! Joyce Geyer
May I also take this one step further?
I hope this doesn't happen but if the tests detect a cancerous lump, please go to a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Go to this site for a complete list, state by state: http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/cancer-centers-list.html )
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago. I did my research, jumped into the net, asked professionals, and read everything I could in order that I could find the best and the brightest doctors.
Believe it or not, I also researched where the rich and famous are treated if they are diagnosed with cancer.
All of them - from foreign kings to American celebrities - are treated here at the Comprehensive Cancer Centers here in the U-S.
The CCC at Yale Hospital (part of Yale University) saved my wife's life - our life.
I will always be grateful.
With best wishes,
There are, I believe 39 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States. I, too, was lucky enough to be reated at one - just 2 miles from my home. I'm glad your wife is doing well - and that she was fortunate enough to have a husband who researched the best treatment options, and was then able to access them. Best wishes to you both - PJH
Thank you.
Our best to you, too.
Sincerely,
Kathy & Sean
Columbia, CT