[Sca-cooks] OT: cook for a cure

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

*tell* me about it.

at the time i had my last mammogram i was still unable to stand well for
long.  the ordeal of standing fastened to that machine by a *sensitive*
anatomical part was .. memorable.
not to mention that apparently if you are on B.C. meds they have to squish
you harder to get a good picture.
Kirsten
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
http://www.fabricdragon.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gorgeous Muiredach" <muiredach at bmee.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT: cook for a cure


>
> >To tell the truth, i didn't go myself. But Crosston sponsors a
> >medical fund raising mini-war every year, and i do believe this
> >year's was for breast cancer. Also a number of Crosstonians took part
> >in one of those walks to raise money for breast cancer research.
>
> While we're on the topic of breast cancer, allow me to interject my usual
> bit of disability advocacy on the topic...
>
> There are no studies actually showing this, but according to a group that
> focuses on health of women with disabilities (name of such group at
office,
> can't remember now), there is less than 10% of all mammogram machines that
> are accessible to women with disabilities.  That is, traditional machines
> can't be adjusted for a woman in a wheelchair, or a woman with another
type
> of physical disability that won't allow her to stand, or stand for long
> (such as say, arthritis).
>
> Many, many women with disabilities won't even bother with the hassle of
> trying to get checked, as a lot of the doctors are ill educated on the
topic.
>
> I know a lady who had radical double mastectomy because of it.  I knew two
> other ladies that died because of it.
>
> That's all I had to say about that.
>
>
>
> Gorgeous Muiredach the Odd
> Clan of Odds
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> mka
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>
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