""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" November 02, 1995 - Episode 461 - Women of Achievement and Herstory compiled by Irene Stuber """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, which fortunately had not metastasized. While most male doctors tend to offer drastic mastectomy, it has been shown that a lumpectomy, along with radiation or hormonal therapy can be just as effective and does offer a 90% cure rate. "Any women with questions should call the 1-800-4 cancer hot line. These people are very helpful in explaining new clinical trials and other programs for cancer patients. "I had to find out most of this information on my own and feel that until there is more responsibility on the governments part (and doctors?) all women should take the matter into their own hands, because breast cancer is one of the few cancers that if found in its earlier stages can be cured or controlled. "Finally, a woman should not be afraid to ask her doctor as many questions as she feels is needed to answer her questions. I would even suggest that they get a copy of their medical records, to make sure what she is being told is actual facts. Make sure an estrogen essay test is given. Make sure a biopsy of the lymph nodes is done and if there are any doubts always ask for a second opinion. "Breast cancer is one disease where it is better to know than to take the stand that what one doesn't know won't hurt, especially when you are looking at a 90% cure rate in early cases." -- Myrna Brown, 1992 The breast you examine once-a-month is the one you want to save. 11-02 Anniversaries ........................................... B. Nov. 2, 1755, Marie Antoinette refused to accept constitutional reforms and helped bring about the French revolution. She was, contrary to popular stories, a decisive and able politician. Her mother and mentor was the master politician Maria Teresa. Most HIStorians maintain that she was frivolous, imprudent, etc., rather than take time to study her political actions by the standards of the day. B. Nov. 2, 1890, Moa Martinson, Swedish novelist raised in that terrible poverty and misery, wrote about the conditions of the agricultural laborer, the landless worker of the Swedish countryside. B. Nov. 2, 1892, Alice Brady, stage and screen actress, won Academy Awards for supporting roles in _Old Chicago_,1937, and _Young Mr. Lincoln_, 1939. (Wonder how New Orleans' Alice Brady is doing ...) B. Nov. 2, 1896, Constance Winchell, legendary reference librarian of Columbia University 1941-1962, compiled _Guide to Reference Books_ (1951; 1967) B. Nov. 2, 1936, Rose Elizabeth Bird, Chief Justice, California Supreme Court 1977-1978. Her widowed mother installed plexiglass windows on transport planes to support her three children. Quotes du jour ................................................ "Abusive men, whether rapists, batterer, or sexual harasser, can be likened to members of terrorist groups -- their control and power are bolstered by fear of violence created in women. As long as women exist in a state of terror, abusive men feel greater power." -- Gabrielle I. Edwards, _Coping with Discrimination_ (1992) "To share the power of each other's feelings is different from using another's feelings as we would use a Kleenex." --Audre Lorde ....................... * ........................ If you are distributing WOA to others, using it in newsletter, posting on other lists, etc., please let us know - Don't stop; we're just curious. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >>(C) 1995, All Rights Reserved, Irene Stuber, PO Box 6185, Hot Springs National Park, AR 71902, voice mail or fax, 501-624-5262 ID #300, or email irenestuber@delphi.com or istuber@cswnet.com with comments and suggestions. Distribute verbatim copies freely with copyright notice for non-profit use. We are accepting *limited* donations (only what can be spared) to help offset the online costs of posting WOA.<<