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beievesthe cadillac news
in a cure www.cadillacnews.com Vol. 143 No. 99 Cadillac, Michigan October 8, 2014 75 cents
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Special Breast Cancer Awareness Section
BY JEFF BRODDLE
CADILLAC NEWS
CADILLAC WhenKathy Andrews was diag-
nosed, it had already been
more than 10 years since
her sister, Deanna Berry,had successfully fought
breast cancer.
It was March of 2012
when Kathy was told thebiopsy showed breast can-
cer. Now Kathy and her
sister are both cancer free.
Together they recently
ran in the Sept. 11 5K HeroRun/Walk in Lansing.
Andrews, 66, said the
disease took her by sur-prise, especially since a
test comparing Andrews
genes with her sisters
did not indicate a vulner-ability to cancer. On top
of that, Andrews said, she
had always made sure she
had her annual physicals,
had been getting regularmammograms, and was
doing self exams. It was
the mammogram that firstdetected the cancer.
All of a sudden, there it
was, Andrews said.
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JEFF BRODDLE | CADILLAC NEWS
Kathy Andrews,66, was diagnosedwith breast cancerin the spring of2012. Today, shegives credit to faithand her family inbecoming cancerfree.
Lake City woman foundstrength to ask for help
in cancer fight
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The Mercy Cancer Center, located at Mercy
Hospital Cadillac, offers comprehensive
cancer treatment. Our staff of highly skilled
experts work with you to provide the very
best care when and where you need it most.
We understand fighting cancer is never easy,
so we do all we can to support you and your
family during treatment.
Our services include:
Cancer treatment education
Chemotherapy
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About a month later, she hadsurgery at Butterworth Hospital
in Grand Rapids, and lost bothbreasts in a bilateral mastectomy.
Although Andrews did not gothrough chemotherapy, she did
have radiation therapy. For six
weeks, every Monday to Friday,
Andrews visited the Susan P.Wheatlake Regional Cancer Cen-
ter in Reed City.
Since then, she also has had re-
constructive surgery.That was more than two years
ago. Andrews was tested and
learned she was cancer free inMarch.
I praise the Lord every day,
Andrews said.
But when she was first diag-nosed, her initial response, after
the tears, was to not let anyoneknow. In time, she learned to reach
out for support.Throughout the experience, An-
drews said she sometimes found
herself giving pep talks to familymembers. She told her grand-
daughter, who was in her 20s, that
she had some unhappy informa-
tion, but she needed her to helpgrandma be strong.
Andrews advice for others
comes from that experience: be
strong, help your family be strong,and believe in the power of love
and prayer.
Andrews is retired from the
Wexford County clerks office, andlives in Lake City with husband,
Roger Andrews.
He was a great nurse for me. Hewas wonderful, Andrews said.
Roger enjoys doing the DAL-
MAC camping bicycle tour from
East Lansing to the Straits ofMackinac. Kathy said she would
like to be able to join him, but is
unable to as a side effect of her
medicine.But she still is able to get mov-
ing. She runs and jogs, and has
been able to work her way back to
doing 5K races with her sister.My sister and I both are each
others heroes, Andrews said.
COURTESY PHOTO
Kathy Andrews, and her sister, Deanna Berry, both have won the fight against breast cancer. They ran in the 5K Hero Run/Walk on Sept. 11 in Lansing.
Be strong ... believe in the power of love and prayer
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Dont delay.Call to schedule
your mammogramtoday.
Find out what your risk factors
are for breast cancer and
schedule a mammogram. Early
detection is key. The sooner the
disease is caught, the easier it can
be treated and the higher
the survival rate.
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(1)Mammograms can detect lumpsin the breast long before they are
discernible any other way. (2)Properly
performed by trained technicians, it
takes only minutes from your day. (3)Its covered by most insurance plans,
but if yours doesnt, special nancial
arrangements can usually be made.
(4)It can save your life.
We can think of several more reasonswhy women 35 and older should
have regular mammograms. But we
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She did it for her. She did it for them. She did it forlife.The Cadillac News wentPinktoday in an
effort to raise awareness regarding this deadly
disease. Encourage the women in your life to
get mammograms on a regular basis.
Early detection is key to saving lives.More and more women are getting mammograms to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages.
As a result, breast cancer deaths are on the decline. 231-775-6565
BY CHRIS LAMPHERE
CADILLAC NEWS
Sometimes, a woman go-ing through the fears andpain of breast cancer justneeds someone to talk tothat has been in the samesituation.
Thats what RobinMosher said about her ex-perience as an eight-yearbreast cancer survivor.
It upsets our families tosee us cry, Mosher said.To our families, we haveto be strong and not showweakness. So I turned tomy friends with my fears.And to those who havebeen through the experi-ence before. Friends madesuch a difference in mestaying positive.
Mosher said the impor-tance of having someoneto talk to is essential to see-ing the light at the end ofthe tunnel.
You want to be with pos-
itive women and see theyhave come through it suc-cessfully, Mosher said. Ithelped me tremendously. Itmade me not so fearful.
Just the simple but es-sential act of crying canbe difficult among familymembers, who dont likeseeing their mother, grand-mother, wife or sister inpain, Mosher said.
But among women inthe support group, it wasmuch easier.
Crying is a great way torelease fears and anxiet-ies, Mosher said. But alot of times, I felt guiltyabout crying in front offamily. I felt like nobodyshould feel sorry for me. Atthe support groups, I didntfeel the need to apologizefor crying.
Another advantage toattending support groups,Mosher said, is being ableto talk about treatmentsymptoms with women
who have been there.Also, Mosher said losing
a breast can be a traumaticexperience. Getting somereassurance of woman-hood is important to stay-ing strong.
But the support groupsarent just about sheddingtears, Mosher said, theyalso are about seeing the
joy in life.You dont want to be
sad and sick all the time,Mosher said. You canlaugh and cry at the sametime.
On the second Mondayof every month at MercyHospital in Cadillac, Mosh-er leads a support groupfor women who have gonethrough, or currently arestruggling with a breastcancer diagnosis. Thegroup meets at 5:30 p.m.
Mosher welcomes anywoman struggling with abreast cancer diagnosis tocall her at (231) 429-7717.
In this Cadillac News file photo from 2010, the Breast Friends support group and Love INC held awalk around Lake Cadillac to raise funds for breast cancer patients who are struggling to pay bills orother expenses that arent covered by insurance or social service agencies.
No need to
apologize for crying
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A mammogram can see morethan meets the eye.Early detection saves lives.
Despite recent improvements in testing and treatment, breast
cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among women
in this country between the ages of 40 and 55. One out of nine
women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime and more than
44,000 of them will die this year.
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BY MARDI SUHS
CADILLAC NEWS
CADILLAC Youre
tired. Youve lost your ap-petite. And nothing tastes
good anymore.Oncology Nurse Rhonda
Neverth of Mercy Hospital
said that women undergo-
ing chemotherapy oftenvoice these complaints
about treatment side ef-
fects.
But good nutrition playsa vital role in achieving
treatment goals.
A woman undergoingchemotherapy needs to
stay as healthy as possible.
Neverth pointed out that
chemotherapy targets rap-idly reproducing cancer
cells. In the process, it alsogoes after cells that are
healthy. Therefore thebody needs extra calories
to heal.
Women need to replen-
ish their body throughtheir intake, she ex-
plained. During our
chemo education processwe reinforce the idea that
now is not the time to be
concerned about gaining
weight. We want you to eat.If you want ice cream,
have it and put chocolate
on it. Enjoy. You need
calories during this treat-ment.
Many women hesitate to
consume a high amount ofcalories, and it takes some
gentle coaxing by trained,
oncology nurses as they
explain the bodys needs.In todays society, its all
about appearance, contin-
ued Neverth. They are un-
dergoing enough physicalchanges as it is; they might
be puffy and retaining wa-
ter. So its hard to get themto eat more. They are hesi-
tant to take in that many
more calories. And loss of
appetite is tremendous for
some of our patients.
At the new Multidisci-
plinary Breast Clinic atMercy Hospital Cadillac,
Neverth and other certified
oncology nurses provide
encouragement and re-sources for proper nutri-
tion, including cook books
and brochures.
There are some simple
things a person can do to
improve their appetite,
she explained. For in-stance, rinsing your mouth
with baking soda and wa-
ter four or five times a daykeeps the taste buds nice
and clean.
There are also ways to
combat the metallic taste
that often results from
treatment.
Patients dont have tofigure it out on their own,
she said. The staff here
is amazing. We talk a lot
about the fact that nutri-ents provide the fuel for
the body for cellular repair.
Everything will be affectedif you dont take in the
right amount of calories.
Because the immune sys-
tem is compromised dur-ing cancer treatment, she
recommends that patients
dont eat off salad bars andconsume products that are
unpasteurized.
Other foods to avoid in-
clude: raw or undercookedmeat; cold, smoked fish;
cold cuts; cured hard sa-
lami; cheeses with molds,like blue cheese; unwashed
raw vegetables; all raw,
vegetable sprouts; raw
grains and raw or nonheat-treated honey.
A book on nutrition is
provided for every patientwith cancer during treat-
ment.
MARDI SUHS | CADILLAC NEWS
Mercy Oncology Nurse, Rhonda Neverth, stresses the importance of good nutrition during chemotherapy treatment.
You need calories during this treatment
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REED CITY Eachmorning, breast cancersurvivor Marian Bird, ap-plied makeup to her cheek-bones and foundation toher face to ease the physi-cal strain of undergoingcancer treatments.
Bird said maintainingher physical beauty withmakeup and hair carehelped to positively influ-ence her mood as she un-
derwent chemotherapy.Bird, a resident of White
Cloud, was diagnosed withbreast cancer in June of2013 after noticing a lumpin her breast. She said thediagnosis left her with feel-ings of frustration, angerand fear.
I remember the first daywalking through the doorsof the Susan P. WheatlakeCenter and I was scaredto death, Bird said. Youhave no idea how chemo-therapy is going to affectyou and all you can thinkabout are the bad stories.
Bird began chemother-apy last year in late Julyand said the treatmentsleft both physical and emo-tional hardships for herand her family. The chemo-therapy treatments causedBird to lose much of her
hair causing her to oftengo out in public wearinghead coverings.
However, she said it wasalways important to staypositive and keep a smileon her face.
I said to myself, as longas I am well enough, I amgoing to put on my makeupand keep a smile on myface, Bird said. That wasa personal goal I set for my-self to keep my spirits up.
Amy McPherson, a vol-unteer for the Look BetterFeel Better program, hasbeen working with cancerpatients similar to Birdwho have had to embracethe physical and emotionalchanges associated withchemotherapy and radia-tion.
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ANTONIO COLEMAN | CADILLAC NEWS
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BY RICK CHARMOLI
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CADILLAC When itcomes to cancer, time canbe the worst enemy.
Once a person has beendiagnosed with the dis-ease, it typically can takeseveral weeks before aplan of attack is deter-mined. Its not due to thelack of urgency by thedoctors and other medicalstaff but the need to seeseveral different physi-cians. A pilot program inCadillacs Mercy Cancer
Center is helping to cutdown on that wait.
The MultidisciplinaryBreast Clinic delivers in-dividual care for patientsby bringing togetherphysicians from medicaloncology, radiation oncol-ogy, surgery, pathology,radiology and plastic sur-gery. In addition, a clinicalnurse navigator is part ofthe team. Heading the newclinic is Dr. David Gordon,director of the MunsonRegional Cancer Program.The program started inApril and has helped 12patients so far.
Oncology nurse Kathi
Kohler said, one of theuphill battles the CancerCenter has had to fight isthe notion that you have togo to a big city for can-cer treatment. While it istrue that for certain treat-ments, such as radiation, apatient will have to travel,a majority of the treat-ments can be done locallyand by the same doctors.
She also said the centeroffers very personal care
to all of its patients.A lot of people are sur-
prised we are here. Theythought they had to go toTraverse City or GrandRapids, Kohler said. Ra-diation is not somethingwe have here but we dohave chemotherapy. Mostthings can be done here.
The piloted breast clinicsare held at the Mercy Can-cer Center, and patientsfirst meet with Kohler and
oncologist Gordon. Next,patients have a follow-upwith their surgeon.
During a lunch break,the physicians meet inconference with specialistsin pathology, radiology,radiation oncology and/orplastic surgery to discussand develop a personalizedtreatment plan.
After lunch, the patientmeets again with Kohlerand/or any physicians
necessary while the treat-ment plan is outlined.Kohler follows up witheach patient as the nursenavigator to answer ques-tions, facilitate care, andbe available throughouttreatment.
It saves the patient fromhaving multiple appoint-ments and it gets everyoneon the same page from dayone, Kohler said. Thisis the future. It is all about
patient care and what isbest for the patient. It takesfour to six weeks of ap-pointments into one day.
Mercy Hospital Cadillacis the first hospital of theeight hospitals within theMunson Regional CancerProgram to initiate thebreast clinic.
For information aboutthe breast clinic or the can-cer center, contact Kohlerat (231) 876-6434.
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Mercy Cancer Center Oncology nurse Kathi Kohler pulls out anti-nausea medication for a patient who just completed a chemotherapy treatment at the Mercy CancerCenter. In April, the cancer center started its Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic. It delivers individual care for patients by bringing together physicians from medical oncology,
radiation oncology, surgery, pathology, radiology and plastic surgery.
It is all about patient
care and what is best
for the patient. It takes
four to six weeks of
appointments into one
day.
Kathi Kohler
Oncology nursen
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McPherson, a licensedcosmetologist for 14 years,has worked to improvethe self-esteem of cancerpatients by providing com-plimentary beauty ses-sions and skin care tips.McPherson said losingyour hair can be one of themost noticeable physicalchanges a cancer patientmay endure. She saidmany patients struggle tocope with the loss of theireyebrows and other notice-able facial hair.
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Your face is the onlyface that you have so youwant to take care of it,McPherson said.
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I told her that I didntthink I could go throughthis alone and she said,youre not going to gothrough this alone, youare going to come live withus, Bird said.
She said the best adviceshe can give to anyoneundergoing cancer treat-ments is to always staypositive, keep a smile onyour face and love in yourheart.
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Amy McPherson, a cosmetologist and volunteer for the Look Better Feel Better program, said a posi-tive outlook on the inside helps one stay beautiful on the outside.
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