Carol Marie Geddes Memorial

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CAROL'S STORY IS ONE OF an uninsured waiting for treatment, compassion and care.
For at least five years Carol got by without seeing a doctor. She was healthy. One day she had pain in her legs and needed to be seen in the emergency room. Nothing was found wrong, she was offered a diagnostic blood test for $1,000. Making little above minimum wage, this simple life saving test was out of reach.
Days later, she couldn't breathe and was admitted to the hospital. Emboli had traveled to her lungs. She received tests and a second chance. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer and was given an appointment with an oncologist two months in the future! Carol would have started treatment late this October.
More complications and no treatment put Carol back into the hospital with the promise of the urgently needed treatment by the oncology specialist "tomorrow" if not today. Insurance coverage was needed so she had to wait for the County Medical Service Program to authorize her transfer to UCSF. The UCSF oncology department has some of the best specialists in the country for cervical cancer. Every day she was told that "today" she would be transferred to the UCSF oncology department. Carol maintained her hope. At the end of each day, she was told it would happen tomorrow. The hospital said they were just waiting for CMSP to authorize the transfer. On the third day, Carol suffered an emboli, and died with the promise.
NO ONE should die waiting for the speed of State or Federal bureaucracy.
Its time for health care reform. No more lost lives while waiting, no more broken hearts.
Making Cancer Issues a National Priority
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is leading the way in making cancer issues a national priority. From making cities and states smoke-free to ensuring that all women have access to mammograms, ACS CAN is building the grassroots movement that will help eradicate this terrible disease.
ACS CAN is a grassroots membership organization that will give cancer advocates the opportunity to shape legislators' and candidates’ agendas to ensure that they include important cancer-related issues and to hold our officials publicly accountable for the votes they take on cancer-related legislation.
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