I’m here to encourage everyone to not wait until they have a health crisis to take care of themselves. I know all too well how frightening it feels to be told you have to have surgery for breast cancer. My surgen, along with the American Cancer Society and the American Society of Breast Surgeons do not agree with the findings of  the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force. This government supported group said women should get screened every two years beginning at age 50. These so-called new guidelines are not designed to benefit the health of patients, they are designed to cut administrative costs. I had a baseline mammogram at 40 at the suggestion of my doctor. I continued every other year until my 50^th birthday when a shadow was found on my right breast. I was diagnosed twice in my right breast with D.C.I.S. (2000 and again in 2004). I believe early detection saved my life. We must support better health care for everyone in this country. We all benefit from a healthy world.