The Planned Parenthood Post
This issue is so serious that I used my full name.
I am one of those people that have been helped by Planned Parenthood. As I detail in LUMP, I had no health insurance when I found my lump. The high-tech startup industry wasn't all that stable, what can I say. I was between jobs and pretty screwed.
That's why I almost ignored it. I didn't have the money to deal with something that was most likely just a cyst.
Except I remembered Planned Parenthood. I had never been to one before, but hoped they would be affordable. Or at the very least, not require insurance and/or referrals (because that's all the pushback I was getting from every other health practitioner I called).
Not only could they get me in, they guaranteed a sliding scale. When I got there, they actually used a grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to do all my screenings. I ended up with two free breast exams, a free ultrasound, and a free biopsy. And a free phone call telling me I had cancer.
I cannot stress enough how much PP and Komen saved my life. October's been good to Komen. Most times are. But Planned Parenthood is under more attacks than ever. And it makes me sick. So I recorded this:
Thank You Planned Parenthood – Colleen
Thank you Planned Parenthood.
