Notes from a bitch…

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, y’all!
Each year in the United States, more than 11,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and close to 4,000 die as a result of the disease. As you probably know, certain types of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) are linked to cervical cancer. Vaccines such as Gardasil® and Cervarix™, which are designed to prevent infection with high-risk types of HPV, have the potential to greatly reduce the occurrence of cervical cancer.
Despite the amazing medical advances made, cervical cancer remains a serious threat to women’s health…
…but 11% of women in the United States report that they do not have yearly pap tests which are crucial to early detection and treatment.
Blink.
I encourage everyone to remind a friend to schedule their yearly Pap test and health screening now…today…sooner rather than later, damn it!
Encourage each other to make the time to get to the doctor and help each other problem solve if y’all find that there are financial or logistical obstacles preventing screening.
Let’s take our awareness and partner with our sisters – vaccinate early, Pap test regularly and HPV test when recommended!
Pause…consider…continue.
Confession – in my circle “tell-a-friend” turns into “fuss-at-a-friend” more often than not.
But what the hell, if cervical cancer screening isn’t fuss worthy nothing is!

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