Johanna's Law was introduced to the Senate on June 15th 2010 by Senators Spector, Stabenow and Menendez. This law would allow the CDC and Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase resources allocated to raise awareness and education of gynecological cancers, such as Ovarian Cancer.
This is great news! I've never seen a pamplet or handout about Ovarian Cancer in any doctor's office. You never see public service announcements or commercials about the horrid disease. Health education classes certainly don't talk about it. I never had a gynecologist talk to me about the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer (except to say I was too young to have it).
Cancer is so scary, especially a gynecological cancer. We as females are so dependent on our health care providers to be the eyes and ears of diagnosis. Especially since anyone would want to minimize symptoms as a natural defense, we need our doctors to be more aggressive at looking for the early signs of ovarian cancer. We as patients cannot do it alone.
Be love,
Denise
I go by #Servivorgirl. Celebrating almost 14 years since diagnosis of stage IIIC ovarian cancer, recently restaged to IVB. My blog is called Nobody Has Ovarian Cancer because I felt like a nobody upon the eventual correct diagnosis. Being told multiple times that I was too young to have ovarian cancer, I did not receive the proper testing. I am so grateful to Him for all those who allow me to share my love, to those who love me and those who treat my illness. I praise Him always.
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