The battle of the 1 in 1900 is somewhat like the battle of the 300!

Ok first I am going to own up to two things

1. I am affectionately (most of the time) by those who love me regarded as someone with a flair for the dramatic. In fact I am a director and actor.

2. I have no objective detachment on this subject. This is personal for me. This is something that happened to me and I am completely emotionally immersed in it so don't expect me to have perspective if you have never had cancer or have had a biopsy that was negative because frankly, you are lucky and should be grateful every day.

That being said....

The battle of Thermopolae and the sacrifice of the lives of the 300 Spartans has been described by some historians as the the defining moment that enabled western civilization to develop. (It is far more complicated than that and I am not going to get into a history lesson) But basically the Spartans faced down a horrific number of warriors to defend the pass at Thermopolae. Even though this was a defeat it was the turning point in the war that ended up resulting in the Persians being driven from Greece and the Greeks eventually winning the war. So their sacrifice was not in vain.

I feel like the woman under 50 who's lives have been saved by mammograms need to band together and become the army of the 1 in 1900. If we fight and march and bombard our congress people with our stories of success and survival, maybe even get statements from our doctors as to whether or not our cancer's would have advanced to being fatal if we waited until we were 50 to be diagnosed we can make a difference.

I pray with all my heart we don't have to have hundreds and thousands of dead woman who die in order for this point to be made. Because in time I am sure this study will prove to be faulty but it will be too late for many many women.

So lets start the army of the 1 in 1900 not just with the survivors but the husbands and children and sisters and friends of the survivors of the 1 in 1900 so we can turn the tide of this disastrous attack on women's health.

I am begging you to keep this going.

I am not speaking against finding new detection methods just not dissuading women for getting mammograms or giving insurance companies an excuse for denying women coverage for getting mammograms.