Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
Two young mothers with breast cancer make the news on Wednesday and the universe shouted two lessons my way. They were reminders of what my mother taught me. Be grateful for what we have. All we have is now.
Wednesday started with a healthy dose of outrage. It always does; I read the news. But this story was personal. You likely heard, OHIP is denying crucial drug therapy to a woman with breast cancer. Jill Anzarut, a mother of my age, with two kids my kids’ ages, has a tumour too small to qualify for OHIP coverage of the drug Herceptin. The cost is $40, 000 for treatment at a private clinic. The benefit more than pays back. The drug cuts the chance of re-occurrence within four years by half for the type of cancer Anzarut has. Odds a young mother needs, since Anzarut’s cancer is, unfortunately, aggressive.
