What Katie Couric Can Teach Us About Breast Cancer Screenings

Plus, does diet really matter with rheumatoid arthritis? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Health Central]() Dear Friend, Some people have all the luck. After losing her husband to colon cancer and her sister to pancreatic cancer, journalist and media personality [Katie Couric announced last week that she has breast cancer](). As she has done for more than two decades, Couric is turning her personal health drama into a platform for raising awareness (so appropriate, given it's now Breast Cancer Awareness month). It's a message for all women out there to get their mammograms, something Couric admits to skipping during the pandemic. Speaking of using your health crisis as a platform for bigger things, meet Greg Hasberry. After a lifelong passion for weightlifting was cut short by an unexpected diagnosis of stage 3 kidney failure, [Hasberry spent the next five years enduring daily dialysis before finding a kidney donor match.](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=)Today, he's back in the fitness game, using his story as a way to encourage others through challenging diseases and medical procedures. [Breast cancer]() Share this on [Pinterest]() And finally, we have a new column from our favorite rheumatoid arthritis advocate Lene Andersen. This week, Andersen talks about the growing interest in [the role food may play in easing or inflaming RA symptoms.](=/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=) She recalls, as a 13-year-old, being told by her doctor that she should consider becoming a vegetarian. "I thought about it for a moment, then replied that I had already lost so much and didn’t want to lose steak, too," she writes. For anyone who has faced the dilemma of tending to a disease or living your life, you'll love Andersen's fresh take. Chronically yours, [Health Central signature] P.S. We've got more great reads this week: - [What breast bruises have to do with breast cancer](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=). - [Whether you should worry about chest pain when you're lying down.](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=) - [Smart ways to fight Crohn's fatigue](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=). Follow us! [Facebook](=/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=) [Pinterest]() [Instagram]() [Twitter](/NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGHTMttAFFW3DK_cYtq_5yC8IDzuGgq_7CERF5chedDV1YvzOYYXCxw6oeLreCtvNvS-MGPbFU=) You are receiving this message because you subscribed to Health Central's My Chronic Life newsletter. [Share with a friend]() ‌ ‌ ‌ [Unsubscribe]() ‌ ‌ ‌ [View in Browser]( © 2022 Remedy Health Media, LLC All Rights Reserved.