Christine is like many busy moms with a hundred things on her to-do list. She has two small children to take care of, errands to run and dinner to cook. So when she turned 40 and her doctor told her it was time for her routine mammogram, she put it off because of her busy schedule, figuring she’d get around to it eventually.
A year later, Christine noticed a lump in her breast. She had no insurance and thought maybe she could save up enough money to get a mammogram later. Her friend urged her to go to St. Vincent’s Medical Center and talk to them about her options.
“The first thing they told me at St. Vincent’s was that the mammogram would be taken care of. I had no excuse to put it off. Within a half an hour, I had an appointment.”
Through a grant from the National Breast Cancer Foundation, St. Vincent’s was able to provide Christine the mammogram she needed. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently undergoing treatment.
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