Empowering Women in Their Gyn Health

Christina (@btrfly12) and I (@womenofteal) had the pleasure of being a part of the #patientchat today lead by @patientchat (intake.me).  The topic was Empowering Women in their Gyn Health. We spoke about starting the #gyncsm chat and what we learned from those chats. We also shared information about the symptoms of gyn cancers, screening tests for cervical cancer and the pelvic exam controversy.

The complete transcript can be found here.

We appreciate the opportunity to share information about gyn cancers with the #patientchat audience.

Resources

Support:

Chemo Angels

http://helpfromhome.org/chemo-angels-supporting-cancer-patients

A fresh Chapter

http://www.afreshchapter.com/ tips for survivorship

Cancer Care @cancercare

LiveSTRONG @livestrong

Cancer Support Community  @cancersupportcm

Book

The Cancer Olympics Robin McGee

Clinical trials:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/

Patient Experience  with clinical trial ( not cancer)

http://yourgoldwatch.blogspot.ca/2013/06/learning-from-clinical-trial.html

HPV information:

http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/gynecologic/basic_info/prevention.htm

Hereditary Cancer Quiz

http://t.co/s7CqL17puo

Gyn Cancer Blog List

http://t.co/s7CqL17puo

Gyn Cancer Symptoms

http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/gynecologic/basic_info/symptoms.htm

Symptom Diary

http://t.co/r5vkPRogvc

Article – More Than 60% of Ovarian Cancer Patients Do Not Receive Recommended Treatment

http://t.co/uIqrWaB2rd

Pelvic Exam Articles:

Doctors Group Advises Against Regular Pelvic Exams via @nytimes http://t.co/joqFFYqc8x

The Dispute Over Annual Pelvic Exams via @nytimes http://t.co/J79Cc3VWf8

What You Need to Know About New Pelvic Exam Guidelines via @TodayShow http://t.co/DiAl0WUly

Healthy Women Do Not Need Routine Pelvic Exams via @washingtonpost http://t.co/ReJiAIpVKL

Most Women Don’t Need Regular Pelvic Exams via @USNews http://t.co/EvQXyyopNK

Hereditary Cancer Signs

https://twitter.com/BRCAresponder/status/492732397562368000/photo/1

intake.me blog

http://www.intake.me/blog/

Dee
Co-moderator