Beaufort Memorial kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with survivor events, $99 mammograms

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In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Beaufort Memorial is holding both its first-ever Breast Cancer Survivors Wellness Expo and featuring a beauty tutorial for patients at their monthly support group meeting – as well as offering $99 screening mammograms in October.

The wellness expo will be held Saturday, Oct. 5 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. in the Beaufort Medical & Administrative Center’s rear parking lot at 990 Ribaut Road.

“We feel patients and their loved ones don’t celebrate the wins in ‘survivorship’ as much as they should,” said Chimene Heyward, MSN, RN, breast care navigator at the Beaufort Memorial Breast Health Center and expo organizer. “We want to make this a fun event filled with information to help survivors know all the resources available to them at Beaufort Memorial and in our community.”

This new, annual event will bring to Beaufort a morning of education, fun and connection for patients, survivors, family members and caregivers, supporting a successful breast cancer journey and long-term survivorship. The expo will also offer information about genetic testing for those at risk for developing breast cancer. Attendees don’t have to be a Beaufort Memorial patient.

To register for this free event, visit BeaufortMemorial.org/SurvivorWellness.

Breast cancer support group to learn beauty tips, tricks

Beaufort Memorial is working with local professionals to offer a beauty techniques tutorial at October’s breast cancer support group meeting.

The tutorial will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Beaufort Medical Plaza, classroom 350 (989 Ribaut Road, third floor), providing breast cancer survivors with easy techniques for glowing skin and beautiful brows, eyes, cheeks and lips.

Beaufort Memorial support groups are free and open to the public; reservations are required. For more information or to register, visit BeaufortMemorial.org/SupportGroups or call 843-522-7328.

$99 screening mammograms

Beaufort Memorial is encouraging women to get their mammograms by offering 3-D screenings for $99 throughout the month of October.

Patients who purchase the $99 mammogram voucher by the end of October will be able to schedule their screening appointments any time within six months of purchase. Appointments are available in Beaufort, Okatie and Hilton Head Island.

The special pricing is available through MDsave, an online healthcare marketplace designed for patients who have no health insurance or high-deductible health plans.

Patients who wish to take advantage of the $99 offer should:

• Visit BeaufortMemorial.org/SaveOnMammos and select a service and preferred location now through Oct. 31.

• Pay online with a major credit card, debit card, FSA or HAS card and receive a voucher.

• Call (843) 522-5015 or visit BeaufortMemorial.org/MammoAppointment to schedule a screening any time in the next six months.

• Present the voucher at the time of the appointment.