Carrie's TOUCH African American Breast Cancer Sacramento California

Carrie's TOUCH in the news. Rev. Tammie shares her story of survival on the local Sacramento news.

Faith Leader Urges Black Churches to Support the Sister Study. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the Presiding Prelate for the Thirteenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is encouraging A.M.E. churches to spread the word about the Sister Study, a landmark breast cancer study to learn how environment and genes affect the chances of getting breast cancer.

	My name is MARGIE and I am a survivor of Stage I breast cancer. I am the second of three sisters in my family to be diagnosed. When I was diagnosed in February 2005 ....




	We are pleased to announce that we are the lead sponsors of Senator Rod Wright's chemotherapy parity bill, SB 161. We have joined Senator Wright because we understand the importance of having access to proper cancer treatment after receiving a cancer diagnoses. Imagine going to your doctor and hearing the words, "You have cancer!" To your surprise, your doctor tells you there is great news about your treatment and proceeds to inform you of a chemotherapy treatment that now comes in the form of a pill. Excited that you do not have travel back and forth to a clinic or hospital, you take your prescription to the pharmacy to have it filled only to learn that the medication is not covered under your insurance plan. Puzzled because you have full coverage and have never had problems having prescriptions filled in the past, you return to your doctor to tell her that you can't get your prescription filled and you ask why and what are your options. You may find out that the chemotherapy can be administered intravenously and then your insurance WILL cover the cost of the treatment. Or, you learn that as modern medicine continues to advance, your treatment only comes in the form of a pill and is not offered intravenously. enate Bill 161 was drafted to address this very issue. Find out more and share your thoughts about the bill on our blog at http://passsenatebill161.blogspot.com/


	A Special Invitation to Women... to join a landmark study of breast cancer. The Sister Study will enroll fifty thousand women whose sister had breast cancer. The study is conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Have you helped your sister as she faced breast cancer? Do you wish you could do more to support her struggle...or to honor her life? Sisters share many things - early experiences, environment, and genes. By joining the Sister Study, you can help researchers learn how environment and genes may affect the changes of getting breast cancer.

	It takes less than a minute! Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram."


	Susan G. Komen for the Cure has pledged to do their part to ensure that African American women are empowered with the information and tools they need to take charge of their own health and serve as ambassadors in their local communities. Komen for the Cure's Circle of Promise campaign is designed to engage African American women to help end breast cancer forever by fostering increased awareness, support, empowerment, and action.