Heart Disease IS the leading cause of death in women!!! I believe that we need to get the word out to ALL women and their families to recognize and prevent Heart Disease and the Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarctions (heart attacks that kill).
These tests are needed at different ponts of time in ones life. No one of the test goes waste, but if done at the appropriate time can povide lot of health benefits.
This is so true. In Illinois, these women can still get the tests she needs to be having through a program called "Well Woman", sponsored by the state.
There are many hospitals across the country who have programs for alot of these tests. The Susan Komen Foundation (sp?) does mammograms for women without insurance, and there are alot of other programs out there for women who dont have access to medical care. Health departments are a good place to start. I have been dealing with two different types of cancer for four years and have had to really dig to find different programs for help since I am no longer insurable. They are hard to find, but they are out there.
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I go every year for a pap (MRI actually), & I was still diagnosed with cervical cancer. Imagaine what would have happened if I didn't go for paps!
May 6, 2011 - 7:40amThis Comment
Hi Laurieroz,
July 19, 2011 - 1:16pmHow was your life impacted after you were diagnosed with cervical cancer?
Heart Disease IS the leading cause of death in women!!! I believe that we need to get the word out to ALL women and their families to recognize and prevent Heart Disease and the Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarctions (heart attacks that kill).
May 12, 2011 - 11:47pmthank you! You are so right! Not enough focus or interest there!!
July 21, 2011 - 5:57pmThese tests are needed at different ponts of time in ones life. No one of the test goes waste, but if done at the appropriate time can povide lot of health benefits.
May 13, 2011 - 8:55pmwe can not neglect any of the previously mentioned tests for women because any of them can happen with detrimental effects on their health.
May 28, 2011 - 1:53amAll the test are important beacsue itss dealin with your body
June 17, 2011 - 9:38amTalking about these tests is right but about great no. of women who are poor and are not able to access such facilities....
July 12, 2011 - 8:30amThis is so true. In Illinois, these women can still get the tests she needs to be having through a program called "Well Woman", sponsored by the state.
November 26, 2011 - 10:38pmThere are many hospitals across the country who have programs for alot of these tests. The Susan Komen Foundation (sp?) does mammograms for women without insurance, and there are alot of other programs out there for women who dont have access to medical care. Health departments are a good place to start. I have been dealing with two different types of cancer for four years and have had to really dig to find different programs for help since I am no longer insurable. They are hard to find, but they are out there.
November 27, 2011 - 2:43pm