IN OTHER NEWS...
came out of surgery a few hours ago. had a moment in the surgery room when i looked around and all the doctors and nurses were women.
am 57 years old and it was the first time in my life i looked around and it was all women, of all ethnicities and races, attending to my health.
#RepresentationMatters and, more than ever, we need to uplift #WomenInMedicine, especially #Surgeons #Radiologists #Anesthesiologists and yes, #Oncologists
won't know for another week (i think) if it's #cancer or not. so am not in the clear yet.
but let me tell you something:
every single doctor (all women, btw) told me had i waited another year to get a mammogram, it most likely would have developed into cancer.
so, for the love of your life and those who love you:
🗣️ GET A MAMMOGRAM
way too many #BlackWomen die of breast cancers, at younger ages, that could have been nipped at the bud had they gotten mammos in their 30s & 40s
BTW
i need someone to re-make "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" to "Mammas, do raise your babies to be feminists" because my sons, THING1 and THING2 just have been amazing.
the people who end with my sons will be immensely blessed with two caring, loving guys.
they are my best contribution to humanity.
health care is radical, revolutionary praxis.
if you want to radicalize your sons, teach them how to take care of the elder women in their lives
also,
🗣️ GO READ AUDRE LORDE's CANCER DIARIES, A RAY OF LIGHT
read it way before this #cancer scare am still in the middle of and let me tell you'nother sumthing:
🗣️ NOW I GET WHY SHE SAID SURVIVING & THRIVING IS POLITICAL WARFARE
if capitalists want to deny us the right to health care, the right to food, the right to shelter, THE RIGHT TO OUR LIFE, then they just want us dead. and that's not just #eugenics and #ClassWar, it's #fascism
Biden wants a 2nd term? then FORCE #MedicareForAll
me, with ice on my operated boob
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
T. Thorn Coyle they/them