The website has been transformed with accents of pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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Amonette reccomends women 40 and over receive annual mammograms and screenings as well as those considered “at risk” or those with special circumstances. I had my mammogram on Monday, I had my biopsy on Friday and I got my results Monday. But that wasn’t the case seven years ago.
“Women tend to put it off, put themselves off but they need to go get checked”.
In addition, Breast Cancer Awareness (year round) has helped provide support for those who have been diagnosed, creates new treatment options, and improves the recovery time for treatment.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States and it is also the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women after lung cancer.
People with late stage cancer and uncommon cancers are justified in feeling angry and bitter.
What she wants to come out of her story is for people to start talking about cancer, to know they’re not alone, and to ultimately know that they can get through it and beat it.
“It feels wonderful. Just wonderful”.
Breast cancer affects one in seven women in their lifetime.
Many women face barriers in taking care of their own health and partaking in necessary cancer preventive screenings.
“Mammography is breast compression”, Hayes said. This year, we’re aiming higher.
As for all the pink on the outside of the Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging building, “We couldn’t be prouder”.
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But that’s about the extent of it. We’re never told how many lives could be saved by more regular screening, nor how those benefits stack up against growing concerns related to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. “No woman in Wyoming should be blocked from getting a recommended mammogram because she doesn’t have insurance”. During these games attendees are encouraged to wear pink and to have their picture taken with fun awareness signs.
