Representing North Carolina’s Ninth District                                                                        

MYRICK SPEAKS ON HOUSE FLOOR ABOUT BREAST CANCER
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Representative Sue Myrick (NC-9) delivered remarks from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives about breast cancer.  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Rep. Myrick is a breast cancer survivor of 5 years.  Her speech focused on the need for both men and women to be vigilant against breast cancer, and the need for doctor checkups and mammograms.  Her remarks on the House floor are below.  You can also visit the main page of her website www.myrick.house.gov and watch the video of the speech.

“October is Breast Cancer Month.  As a breast cancer survivor I am very encouraged by all the research that goes on and continues to find, hopefully, a cure one day.  But I want to encourage everybody to be vigilant because this is a disease that each one of us has to take care of our own bodies to find.  I'm one of those that was seen by five doctors and I had three mammograms and everyone told me I was fine and there was nothing wrong.  But I knew something was wrong because I had pain.  So I persevered, was able to get an ultrasound and they found it.  So my message today is, preventive medicine is so important, but it's especially important for each one of us as individuals to take care of ourselves. I encourage everyone during this month to men and women alike, because men get breast cancer too, to get mammograms.  If you know something's wrong, to persevere until you find the answers.  And one of these days we won't have to stand here because we will have a cure for this bad disease.” - Rep. Sue Myrick remarks on House Floor 10/26/05

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