This drives me crazy. It is an issue that makes me furious and sad. And long before my cancer diagnosis. I am happy to see President Biden address it with his $12 billion initiative for women’s health—if it can get funded.
It was surreal looking through the data. Looking at medicine through a male frame, however, makes it somehow more understandable although not acceptable. I am hopeful for that as well. I am learning more about funding and I almost wish science was funded like the military. In science, researchers propose what they want to work on and the NCI/NIH says yes or no. In the DOD, they decide what they want and then pay companies/universities to develop that thing. Like what if we said, Duke- you've got colon cancer. Kansas- you've got renal cell. Something like that. I wonder if we would make progress faster?
I would guess looking at it through a male frame is the only way you could make sense of it - it makes no sense as women. It would be so infuriating and frustrating I would imagine to do otherwise.
An avalanche of sobering statistics. Appreciate you putting this all together. A redundant sting seeing America spend leagues more as privatized healthcare is continually propped up to eat away at patients and providers alike— all while people, and clearly women especially, slip through the cracks.
It is nuts how much profit seeps into our healthcare system. I find its helpful to look at the system in order to better understand the rewards that are present. It's easy to ascribe motives but ultimately in a "free market" system, healthcare organizations will move toward the profit. If only we could just pause healthcare for a year in order to rebuild a better system. I'm afraid we're stuck with the jalopy for the time being.
Thank you for this. My daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, at age 35. Due to her age, lack of family history, and the pandemic, she wasn’t screened until the lump was the size of a walnut. She’s on Medicaid and is desperately struggling financially and emotionally. My heart breaks for her. She tries so incredibly hard to live with dignity. The system makes it impossible.
Oh, Mary. That is so unfair. Wildfire magazine is specifically for young women with breast cancer. The founder, April, is a lovely human who has collected a community of women who speak to this experience.
I will have to check it out. Thank you. I can only tell her story from the perspective of a mother. But it breaks my heart to think of anyone going through this. It does go back to a patriarchal system. My daughter’s oncologist is a woman who advocates for her. It’s a great blessing. I don’t normally use religious terms, but you are an angel, and a righteous one.🙏
This drives me crazy. It is an issue that makes me furious and sad. And long before my cancer diagnosis. I am happy to see President Biden address it with his $12 billion initiative for women’s health—if it can get funded.
It was surreal looking through the data. Looking at medicine through a male frame, however, makes it somehow more understandable although not acceptable. I am hopeful for that as well. I am learning more about funding and I almost wish science was funded like the military. In science, researchers propose what they want to work on and the NCI/NIH says yes or no. In the DOD, they decide what they want and then pay companies/universities to develop that thing. Like what if we said, Duke- you've got colon cancer. Kansas- you've got renal cell. Something like that. I wonder if we would make progress faster?
I would guess looking at it through a male frame is the only way you could make sense of it - it makes no sense as women. It would be so infuriating and frustrating I would imagine to do otherwise.
Sure seems like it. That makes so much sense.
An avalanche of sobering statistics. Appreciate you putting this all together. A redundant sting seeing America spend leagues more as privatized healthcare is continually propped up to eat away at patients and providers alike— all while people, and clearly women especially, slip through the cracks.
It is nuts how much profit seeps into our healthcare system. I find its helpful to look at the system in order to better understand the rewards that are present. It's easy to ascribe motives but ultimately in a "free market" system, healthcare organizations will move toward the profit. If only we could just pause healthcare for a year in order to rebuild a better system. I'm afraid we're stuck with the jalopy for the time being.
Thank you for this. My daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, at age 35. Due to her age, lack of family history, and the pandemic, she wasn’t screened until the lump was the size of a walnut. She’s on Medicaid and is desperately struggling financially and emotionally. My heart breaks for her. She tries so incredibly hard to live with dignity. The system makes it impossible.
Oh, Mary. That is so unfair. Wildfire magazine is specifically for young women with breast cancer. The founder, April, is a lovely human who has collected a community of women who speak to this experience.
I will have to check it out. Thank you. I can only tell her story from the perspective of a mother. But it breaks my heart to think of anyone going through this. It does go back to a patriarchal system. My daughter’s oncologist is a woman who advocates for her. It’s a great blessing. I don’t normally use religious terms, but you are an angel, and a righteous one.🙏