In June of 2008 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had the lumpectomy, the lymph nodes taken out and then 6 1/2 weeks of radiation therapy. All was good and then I lost my insurance. I have hit every brick wall there is when it comes to free mammograms. I am supposed to have one every 6 months, along with a breast check, but with no insurance and my husbands' job not producing much work right now I can't get the care I need. I keep getting the same story about free mammograms, until I tell them that I have a history of breast cancer and then the door slams shut. You can only get free mammograms if you have no history of breast cancer. That is the strangest thing I have ever heard. I finally did get a free breast exam, but still no mammogram. They tell me that in one year they will pay for one. What am I to do until then? Pray?
That's my story so far.
Grain Valley, MO