Comments for Cover Your Butt http://coveryourbutt.org Congress is covering their butts. What about yours? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Big Day for Colorectal Cancer on Capitol Hill! by Christine LeGrant http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/06/25/big-day-for-colorectal-cancer-on-capitol-hill/#comment-83 Christine LeGrant Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:45:53 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-83 It's nice to know all those "Cover Your Butt" tee shirts on the Hill made an impression! It’s nice to know all those “Cover Your Butt” tee shirts on the Hill made an impression!

]]> Comment on Thousands of Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Colorectal Cancer Legislation by Christine LeGrant http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/03/20/thousands-of-advocates-urge-congress-to-pass-colorectal-cancer-legislation/#comment-69 Christine LeGrant Sun, 11 May 2008 18:41:26 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/?p=56#comment-69 The calls were great, but it's not over yet. You can still send e-mails. Make your voice heard on Capitol Hill and in your own communities. Whenever you can, remind your friends and neighbors that they all have butts. Use the link above to send an e-mail to your reps on the Hill, and use whatever creative devices you have at your disposal to spread the word at home. We don't want our "movement" to get sluggish now, do we? Before Congress breaks for the summer, send off some e-mails to get things moving! Cyber-fiber? The calls were great, but it’s not over yet. You can still send e-mails. Make your voice heard on Capitol Hill and in your own communities. Whenever you can, remind your friends and neighbors that they all have butts. Use the link above to send an e-mail to your reps on the Hill, and use whatever creative devices you have at your disposal to spread the word at home. We don’t want our “movement” to get sluggish now, do we? Before Congress breaks for the summer, send off some e-mails to get things moving! Cyber-fiber?

]]> Comment on March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Take action! by pricillia http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/02/29/awareness-without-action-is-meaningless/#comment-65 pricillia Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:56:37 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-65 i think that the screening age for rectal cancer should be changed to age 35 years. heres why im 39 years old and was just diagnoised with stage IV colorectal cancer that spread to my liver. i was missed diagnoised so many times for almost a year before they finally did a rectal exam. by then it already spread to my liver. they need to screen for rectal cancer a lot earlier. it will help a lot of young people like me. i think that the screening age for rectal cancer should be changed to age 35 years. heres why im 39 years old and was just diagnoised with stage IV colorectal cancer that spread to my liver. i was missed diagnoised so many times for almost a year before they finally did a rectal exam. by then it already spread to my liver. they need to screen for rectal cancer a lot earlier. it will help a lot of young people like me.

]]> Comment on Thousands of Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Colorectal Cancer Legislation by Paska http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/03/20/thousands-of-advocates-urge-congress-to-pass-colorectal-cancer-legislation/#comment-61 Paska Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:29:19 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/?p=56#comment-61 C-3, thank you for the easy technology to make those calls. I know I passed your note around and increased awareness of the issue and whenever possible I personally talk about the importance of screening as being a potential curing vehicle as well as early identification of cancer. Keep up the good work -- we are right behind you to do what we can!! C-3, thank you for the easy technology to make those calls. I know I passed your note around and increased awareness of the issue and whenever possible I personally talk about the importance of screening as being a potential curing vehicle as well as early identification of cancer. Keep up the good work — we are right behind you to do what we can!!

]]> Comment on Thousands of Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Colorectal Cancer Legislation by Winona Hollins Hauge http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/03/20/thousands-of-advocates-urge-congress-to-pass-colorectal-cancer-legislation/#comment-56 Winona Hollins Hauge Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:22:38 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/?p=56#comment-56 Great opportunity to bring a voice of awareness to the seriousness of colorectal cancer screening advocacy. It just makes sense to Save Lives when the life you save may be your's or one of your loved ones. Go! C-3 You make us proud! Together we are a force nationwide to be reckoned with! Let's keep it alive and real out there with our legislators and the public in general. Go team! Thanks! To everyone who went on the HIll this year! I will be there next year ! Great opportunity to bring a voice of awareness to the seriousness of colorectal cancer screening advocacy. It just makes sense to Save Lives when the life you save may be your’s or one of your loved ones. Go! C-3 You make us proud! Together we are a force nationwide to be reckoned with! Let’s keep it alive and real out there with our legislators and the public in general. Go team! Thanks! To everyone who went on the HIll this year! I will be there next year !

]]> Comment on Thousands of Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Colorectal Cancer Legislation by Kate Murphy http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/03/20/thousands-of-advocates-urge-congress-to-pass-colorectal-cancer-legislation/#comment-55 Kate Murphy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:38:22 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/?p=56#comment-55 Besides the thousands of calls made to Congress, thousands more individuals were contacted by C3 advocates with the message that we're tough on colorectal cancer screening. Even if all those folks didn't make calls, they heard the message. Besides the thousands of calls made to Congress, thousands more individuals were contacted by C3 advocates with the message that we’re tough on colorectal cancer screening. Even if all those folks didn’t make calls, they heard the message.

]]> Comment on Uncovered Butts: Nancy alive and well, and buried in medical bills by Jeff http://coveryourbutt.org/2007/11/19/uncovered-butts-nancy-alive-and-well-and-buried-in-medical-bills/#comment-54 Jeff Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:15:56 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/2007/11/19/uncovered-butts-nancy-alive-and-well-and-buried-in-medical-bills/#comment-54 I am curious why if the polyps were only precancerous why they couldn't just remove them when they performed the colonoscopy? Adenocarcinoma is cancer so I am guessing you meant Adenoma with is a type of polyp with a high probability of turning cancerous. The unnerving part is the missed polyps from the first Dr.I just paid alot of money for a colonoscopy and am a little concerned he missed something because I now have mucus in my stool which I didn't have prior to the tesst.I originally had just pain. I am curious why if the polyps were only precancerous
why they couldn’t just remove them when they performed the colonoscopy?
Adenocarcinoma is cancer so I am guessing you
meant Adenoma with is a type of polyp with a high probability of turning cancerous. The unnerving part
is the missed polyps from the first Dr.I just
paid alot of money for a colonoscopy and am a little
concerned he missed something because I now have
mucus in my stool which I didn’t have prior to the tesst.I originally had just pain.

]]> Comment on Get ready for the Congressional Butt-In, March 19th by Theresa Giacobbi http://coveryourbutt.org/2008/02/21/get-ready-for-the-congressional-butt-in-march-19th/#comment-52 Theresa Giacobbi Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:49:20 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-52 Please make colon cancer acts a priority. Thank you. Please make colon cancer acts a priority. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Welcome to CoverYourButt.org by Christine LeGrant http://coveryourbutt.org/2007/10/02/welcome-to-coveryourbuttorg/#comment-48 Christine LeGrant Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:32:20 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/2007/10/02/welcome-to-coveryourbuttorg/#comment-48 Thank you, Kate, for your excellent responses. Thank you, Kate, for your excellent responses.

]]> Comment on Welcome to CoverYourButt.org by Kate Murphy http://coveryourbutt.org/2007/10/02/welcome-to-coveryourbuttorg/#comment-47 Kate Murphy Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:01:41 +0000 http://coveryourbutt.org/2007/10/02/welcome-to-coveryourbuttorg/#comment-47 To answer Quentin's question about what the Cover Your Butt Campaign means by screening -- we believe that everyone, despite their financial means or insurance, should have access to the full range of recommended tests to find precancerous polyps or cancer. While it is true there are inexpensive fecal blood tests that will find some cancers, those tests are not very sensitive and will miss many cancers and almost all polyps. Patients should know that and be able to choose the test that is best for them. If you would like to know more about the latest screening recommendations for detecting precancerous colorectal polyps and cancer you can find information at: http://tinyurl.com/3xggmu To answer Quentin’s question about what the Cover Your Butt Campaign means by screening — we believe that everyone, despite their financial means or insurance, should have access to the full range of recommended tests to find precancerous polyps or cancer.

While it is true there are inexpensive fecal blood tests that will find some cancers, those tests are not very sensitive and will miss many cancers and almost all polyps. Patients should know that and be able to choose the test that is best for them.

If you would like to know more about the latest screening recommendations for detecting precancerous colorectal polyps and cancer you can find information at: http://tinyurl.com/3xggmu

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