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arpie
8 years agoMember
BCNA go in to bat for us getting subsidised or free MRIs ... Sunday Paper
Talk about sexism!! Men get it cheap - but not women! TOTALLY UNFAIR! WELL DONE to BCNA for going in to bat on our behalf - especially women with dense breasts who may need the more expensive op...
arpie
8 years agoMember
CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO GET A DECENT 'readable' SIZE!!
If it isn't being rude, @kezmusc - what age are you now?
There are SO many inconsistencies in the whole BC thing, to be honest - from not being advised that you have dense breast tissue & are therefore more likely for it not to be found - to this blatantly sexist decision to allow men's MRI's to be subsidised but not Women's Breast Cancer. :(
How lucky were you that some of your MRIs WERE covered ..... what a bonus.
It is good to know that BCNA and Professor Christobel Saunders are on our side, in trying to get the funding thru. Apparently, it is not the first time that Christobel Saunders has applied for funding for women with BC. :(
If it isn't being rude, @kezmusc - what age are you now?
There are SO many inconsistencies in the whole BC thing, to be honest - from not being advised that you have dense breast tissue & are therefore more likely for it not to be found - to this blatantly sexist decision to allow men's MRI's to be subsidised but not Women's Breast Cancer. :(
How lucky were you that some of your MRIs WERE covered ..... what a bonus.
It is good to know that BCNA and Professor Christobel Saunders are on our side, in trying to get the funding thru. Apparently, it is not the first time that Christobel Saunders has applied for funding for women with BC. :(