[Sca-cooks] OT: cook for a cure

[Olwen the Odd]

Well...since this *is* a foodie list...
my mom calls them 'titty sandwiches'
Olwen, single, looking, from a crazy family

>*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

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gorgeous Muiredach" <muiredach at bmee.net>
> >
> > >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


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