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Where's our consideration?

Weight, hormone levels, cholesterol--these are just a few of the things that the American Medical Association has placed their standards on.  The problem for black people,  like most things developed in the United states that set certain standards,  this is not created with us in mind.

What makes one person healthy is not going to ring true for everyone.  Let's take as an example Native Americans. They are lactose intolerant. It's in their genes, their bodies are unable to process dairy products. We all know there are standards that have been set forth for the daily requirement of dairy intake; this can't apply to them. 

As a race, black people have certain strands of genetics that no other race has.  We have sickle cell,  diabetes and sarcoidosis to name a few disorders.  Of course this isn't to say that other races are not able to carry these diseases it's just that in black people it is more aggressive and more likely to kill.

The numbers are disproportionate among blacks and other races.  The new research says that women don't need to have a mammogram at 40 years of age anymore.  Well,  as black women, we are susceptible to the most aggressive types of breast cancer at younger ages.  Where are we taken into consideration?  I have a history of breast cancer in my family so medically,  I have a reason and my daughter and my sister and my cousins have reason to have a mammogram earlier.  But where are we considered as a race of women? 80% of new breast cancer patients have no family history.  I am angered by this because our women are among the smartest,  most innovative,  interesting beautiful women of the world and the governing powers have yet to take us into consideration.

My sisters,  we have to be proactive.  We can't live by others standards,we have to know ourselves well enough to know when something isn't right.  It may be just a twinge, but if that's abnormal for your then go to the doctor.  If that one doesn't want to check it out because you are under the standards set forth by others,  then find another doctor.  We have to take this part of our lives into our own hands also.  We have to speak up for ourselvesand for those who have yet to find their voices.

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  1. AnonymousApril 14, 2018 at 6:11 AM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have inspired me to figure out what is really wrong with me. I keep going tp the doctors and supposedly I am fine. However I feel something is wrong. I am always tired, no matter how much sleep I get and I constantly get pains in my chest. My prayer is I figure out the issue before its too late and my family have to attend my funeral way too soon.

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