The Sewing Mom

I feel very fortunate right now to have health insurance, there have been times over the years when we didn’t. This year alone, we’re dealing with my daughter’s orthodontia work on her teeth, my eyes and my husbands digestive issues. Having health insurance allows us to get these issues worked on and tested without the stress of how we’re going to pay for it.

As I’ve said, there have been years that we’ve not had health insurance. Thank goodness we didn’t have any major medical issues during those times. Others are not so fortunate. I just read a website, www.hollysfund.com, created to explain the situation of one such person.

Breast Cancer No Insurance

Holly has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but has no insurance. I have a very dear friend who has been battling breast cancer for a number of years now. Without insurance, I’m not sure what she would have done. With insurance, she’s been able to stay on a treatment regimen that includes daily medications, monthly radiation and/or chemo treatments, plastic surgery, wigs to cover hair loss among other things.

Holly is not fortunate enough to have health insurance to cover the cost of all these treatments and tests. By visiting her site, you may want to choose to donate to her fund which will help her to cover these costs. Or, you may want to go directly to The National Breast Cancer Foundation which supports research and helps those fighting this cancer, and make a donation.

Whatever you do, please consider helping. Holly could be someone you know.

Tags: breast cancer, National Breast Cancer Foundation

A blogging friend of mine is planning and preparing to walk in the 2008 Dallas Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk and I want to support her. In her quest, she and her sister, who is walking with her, are trying to raise $6,000 to help fund breast cancer research and treatments. In an attempt to garner donation support, they are hosting a contest and the prize is a pink iPod Nano.To enter the contest, click here to leave a comment on their 3-Day blog and earn 1 entry. If you write a post on your own blog and link to their contest, you can earn more entries. And finally, if you make a donation you will earn 50 entries into the contest! That’s right, I said 50.This is a phenomenal cause. Chances are that you know someone who has been affected by breast cancer, I know I do. We need to support the research and fight this disease.

Tags: breast cancer, Dallas Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, ipod nano

I received this in an email and wanted to share it. The link is always located in my sidebar, but as a reminder, I’m placing it here too.  Please click!

Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on ‘donating a mammogram’ for free (pink window in the middle).
This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Tags: breast cancer, mammograms

I was reading blogs this afternoon when I ran across one in particular that I ready fairly regularly. I was heart broken to find out that its author has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, for the third time.

A very close friend of mine has experienced this same unfortunate occurrence. She first discovered her breast cancer 6 years ago. She went through chemo and radiation treatments. She followed all the doctor recommended courses of treatment. She even had a mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery to receive silicone breast implants by a plastic surgeon. Finally, she was deemed cancer free after 5 years. Then, in her sixth year, the cancer returned. It was bigger and badder than ever and she has been fighting ever since. Thankfully, she is winning, not the cancer.

I want to ask my readers to please scroll down my right side bar to the pink and white breast cancer button. Clicking on this button helps to fund free mammograms to those who cannot afford them. Mammograms allow for early detection and early detection allows women to defeat this disease. So please, click.

Tags: breast cancer, breast implants, implants, silicone breast implants