UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED
WE CONTINUE WITH OUR WEEKLY
SERIES ON BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS.LAST WEEK...WE TOOK
A LOOK AT THE SERVICES OFFERED
BY THE YWCA WOMEN'S CANCER
PROGRAM.THE PROGRAM HELPS
WOMEN WHO ARE UN-INSURED AND
UNDER-INSURED.THIS WEEK...
WE'RE INTRODUCING YOU TO JAMIE
DAVIS.A WOMAN WHO WAS
SCREENED, DIAGNOSED AND
TREATED FOR BREAST CANCER
THROUGH THE PROGRAM.SHE SAYS
THE Y IS THE REASON SHE'S HERE
TODAY.#@NAT SOT JAMIE: "SO
WE'RE GOING TO WING IT, RIGHT?
BILL: "ALWAYS!"LIZ:JAMIE
DAVIS IS A LOCAL BEAUTICIAN
AND SALON MANAGER OF SPORTS
CLIPS IN LAFAYETTE.SHE'S ALSO
A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR.
JAMIE: "IN MAY OF 2009, I
WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND I FELT
A REALLY BIG LUMP IN MY BREAST"
LIZ:JAMIE KNEW SHE NEEDED TO
GET CHECKED OUT...BUT THERE
WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM:JAMIE:
"I DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH
INSURANCE."LIZ:JAMIE
MENTIONED THE LUMP TO ONE OF
HER CLIENTS...THAT'S WHEN HIS
WIFE CALLED HER UP AND TOLD
JAMIE ABOUT THE YWCA WOMEN'S
CANCER PROGRAM.JAMIE RECEIVED
A MAMMOGRAM AND A BIOPSY...AND
THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT THE KNEWS
SHE'D BEEN DREADING.JAMIE:
"SHE TOLD ME I TESTED POSITIVE
FOR BREAST CANCER."LIZ:FROM
THEN ON... LIFE MOVED PRETTY
FAST.JAMIE: "ON JUNE 15TH,
2009... I HAD MY BILATERAL
MASTECTOMY. IT WAS THAT QUICK."
LIZ:JAMIE'S STORY HAS A
HAPPY ENDING.SHE'S NOW A
CANCER SURVIVOR AND SHE THANKS
THE YWCA FOR HELPING HER AT
EVERY TURN.JAMIE: "HER NAME
WAS SUE. SUE WENT TO EVERY
DOCTOR'S VISIT, EVERY
SCREENING, SHE WENT TO EVERY
LITTLE THING AND SHE WAS LIKE
MY MENTOR. I COULD'VE NEVER
DONE IT WITHOUT HER."LIZ:NOW
JAMIE IS TAKING STOCK OF ALL
SHE'S THANKFUL FOR.THANKFUL TO
BE AROUND FOR THE BIRTH OF HER
GRANDSON.HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
BE AROUND FOR HER DAUGHTER'S
WEDDING THIS PAST WEEKEND.AND
GRATEFUL THE YWCA WAS AROUND
FOR WOMEN LIKE HER.JAMIE:
"NOW IT'S MY JOB TO LET
EVERYBODY KNOW."LIZ:ONE WAY
SHE'S DOING THAT...IS BY
HOLDING A CUT-A-THON THIS PAST
SUNDAY AT SPORTS CLIPS.
100-PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS GO
TOWARDS THE WOMEN'S CANCER
PROGRAM.JAMIE: "IT WAS
SEPTEMBER AND MY MOM GOT HER
FIRST MAMMOGRAM AT 60.AND SHE
WENT THROUGH THE Y."LIZ:AND
JAMIE HOPES OTHER WOMEN WILL
FOLLOW HER LEAD...SO THERE CAN
BE MORE STORIES WITH HAPPY
ENDINGS LIKE HERS.@# NEXT
WEEK...A CURRENT BREAST CANCER
PATIENT EXPLAINS WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T PUT OFF GETTING YOUR
MAMMOGRAM.A REMINDER...ALL OF
OUR STORIES HIGHLIGHTING
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
MONTH...ALONG WITH HELPFUL
INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH AND
LOCAL PROGRAMS FOR THOSE
