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Breast cancer is extremely treatable if caught early
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Which is why Kimberly Weidel is determined to do her part to make sure every woman is screened
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Whether it's financial burden or accessibility, millions of women pass on annual mammograms
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We'll see women who will come in for their mammogram and then they have issues with coming back for their diagnostic
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They thought that was one and done. And then when I start talking about them having to come back, they weren't expecting that
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And so all of a sudden it becomes, oh my gosh, I had to get that. It took me forever to get a screening
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Wydell says despite the reasons, women should make the testing a priority
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It's something that is preventable and it's something that should not take women's and men's lives anymore
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With the resources that we have, there's really no reason that somebody is going years without getting their mammogram
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Wydell adds that many cancers are also preventable. The biggest mode of prevention? Keeping weight in check
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I know that's kind of like a hard subject for people to hear, but it is very easy to see the correlation with not being healthy
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and having the extra weight on you when it comes to breast cancer
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So being physically active is a way to avoid it. Also, eat fruits and vegetables, avoid alcohol, and stop smoking
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Smoking actually causes at least 15 types of cancers, and breast cancer is one of them
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Wydell says if you're 35 and above, you don't even need a doctor's order
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If you have 20 minutes out of your day that you can spare to keep yourself healthy and to make sure there's nothing going on, then we can get it done for you
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry
