Breast cancer survivor meets the woman she credits with"saving her life" by encouraging her to get re-screened after an abnormal mammogram result.– Wykina Harris has become an advocate for breast cancer screening after a mammogram revealed three tumors in her breast three years ago.
She said she did not want to pay for another mammogram and could not be screened until later that year when she called the Veterans’ Affairs hospital to arrange for the second screening. She said the woman on the other end of the phone told her she had a relative who had cancer and just wanted to make sure that Harris was re-screened as soon as possible.
She credits the woman on the phone for saving her life. In fact, she said she has used that phone conversation to educate other women since her diagnosis about the importance of breast cancer screenings. Stalvey said she called Harris three times trying to encourage her to be re-screened. “She just needed that little push,” she said to Harris.Harris laughed, “It doesn’t take much for me, just a little push.” Stalvey said she does not like to pressure women, she just “nudges them.”