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■ KIM JOHNSONCorrespondent

Farragut resident Cecil Presnell is a fighter.Presnell, a Vietnam veteran who returned from his service

with an exposure to Agent Orange, was diagnosed in 2008with service-related small cell lung cancer.

“In Vietnam they used Agent Orange to defoliate vegeta-tion and it has been connected to about 13 chronic diseasesand I wound up having three of those. My wife miscarriedhalf of a set of twins in 1976 with spinal bifida and in 1977she miscarried another set of twins with spinal bifida andthat is Agent Orange connected,” Presnell said.

“Then in 2007 I had sudden cardiac arrest and that hasnow been connected to Agent Orange, and then in December2008 I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and that isservice related too,” he added.

Small cell lung cancer is difficult to detect, but Presnellwas one of the fortunate few to get an early diagnosis.

“I got very lethargic, my vision started changing and I did-n’t know what was going on. One day I just felt awful and Iwent to the hospital and my sodium level had plummeted somuch that I wound up having a seizure,” Presnell said.

An early indicator, in some cases of small cell lung cancer,is a low sodium level.

“As a result mine was found pretty early, which is very rarein this type of cancer. Most people don’t make it two yearsbecause by the time they find it, it is in your brain and allover your body.

“I am a 22-month survivor,” Presnell said.

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Farragut resident Wanda Johnson is nostranger to cancer and the two-timebreast cancer survivor has a message toall women – get your yearly mammo-grams.

Johnson lost her first husband to can-cer more than 20 years ago, and lost hersecond to lymphoma in 2007. Shortlythereafter, at age 87, she was diagnosedwith breast cancer for the first time.

Johnson said, “I had cancelled a mam-mogram just a month before my husbandpassed because he was so sick. After hepassed and I got through the funeral, Ithought, ‘I need to get that mammogramdone.’”

Following her mammogram, Johnsonwas sent to Parkwest Medical Center fora core biopsy because the mammogramshowed a “suspicious spot.”

Doctors were able to remove the cancerduring the biopsy and Johnson’s lifereturned to normal … until December2009.

“When I went in December he said,‘That other spot that we saw in 2007, we

did get it and there is no problem, butyou have another one and it is deeper andfurther embedded,’” Johnson said.

The mammogram revealed suspiciousspots scattered throughout the breast anddoctors recommended a mastectomy.

“I didn’t really have a choice. I hadthree doctors who were telling me theexact same thing, so last January I had itremoved.

“I am a survivor,” she added. “I feelfine. The biggest problem I had was whenI took the bandages off and saw the scar,but I have gotten over that. I went andgot a prosthesis and I am handling itfine.”

When Johnson found out her daughter,Kathy, had rescheduled two mammogramsin the last year, she was adamant that shehave the test done.

“I am here today because I had one. Iwould not advise anybody to do anythingbut to get those mammograms once ayear because it sure did save my life,” shesaid.

When Johnson read that ParkwestComprehensive Breast Center was having

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its inaugural Save the Ta Ta’sMammogram Party, she sent Kathy a notetelling her they would be attending theparty together.

“I told her, ‘Kathy, we are going to go getyour mammogram and we are going to goto a party.’ So I got her there. It was mucheasier for her to go at night, and especial-ly because we knew it was going to be aparty.

“And that was a fantastic party. Theyreally did it up right. They had tables offood and a three-tier chocolate fountainand an open wine bar … it was reallydone up right,” Johnson said.

Jennifer Faddis, marketing coordinatorfor PWMC, said the idea for the partiescame from some research she had done onsimilar parties held on the west coast.

“We wanted to provide that service tothe ladies here in our community,” sheadded.

The parties also offer an opportunity fora free bone density scan and a carotidartery screening.

And if the idea of getting a mammogramcauses stress, don’t worry; free massagesare available as well.

“Massage Envy at Turkey Creek donatestheir time to come out and give 10- to 15-minute massages, which the ladies reallyenjoy,” Faddis said.

“They joke about how you can have amammogram, which is totally unpleasant,and then go let your hair down and relaxwith a massage. They feel like it is a real-ly great way to get pampered while doingsomething they have to do anyway,”Faddis said.

Johnson added it makes the experienceless intimidating when patients are in theparty setting.

“I plan to go to all of them,” she said. To be put on a mailing list to receive

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Treatment for small cell lung cancer isvery aggressive.

“I went through six cycles, which is 18sessions, of chemotherapy. I went through33 sessions of chest radiation. Then afterthat was all clear, they did somethingcalled Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation.That is where they, on a preventativebasis, radiate your brain, because 40 per-cent of the time, it moves to your brain,”Presnell said.

Following his treatment, Presnell wascancer free until July.

“It came back in two of my lymph nodes,which is a very common place for it tocome back,” he said.

Presnell currently is participating in aclinical trial treatment, of which he is veryoptimistic.

“I started it in August and I am halfwaythrough it now. My tumors have shrunk by50 percent and I am incredibly optimisticthat this is going to result in me having aclean scan probably in the mid-Decembertime frame, and then I will go back to amonitoring schedule,” he said.

“If you ask doctors, they will say theprognosis is awful. But I have been veryfortunate that mine has shown up early

both times. As long as we can keep thescans going and are able to find it early,then the next time it comes back, hopeful-ly there will be another drug there thatwill work,” he added.

Presnell said his past experiences inVietnam go a long way toward helping himkeep things in perspective.

“About six months before I went toVietnam I was assigned twice to be theleader of the notification team to go outand tell the people for the first time thattheir loved one [has been killed in action.]So compared to that, what I am goingthrough is nothing.

“Then when I got to Vietnam, we were inthe helicopter and we had to make a littledetour on the way to pick up the body ofthe guy that I was replacing. So those twothings, those are very significant things,that you can compare life events to, andcompared to that, it is easy,” he said.

Presnell attends the Breath of LifeSupport Group at Mercy West once permonth and said he “can’t say enough aboutthe benefits of such a program.”

“You just develop such wonderful rela-tionships and you want to do whatever youcan to help each other,” he said.

The group meets from 6 to 8 p.m., thethird Monday of each month at MercyWest’s Cancer Center.

PresnellFrom page 1D

(Left) Sadie Branch, assistant man-ager at J.P. Coffins in FranklinSquare, is decked out in pink forPink Saturday. David Smith of UTFederal Credit Union also volun-teered time at the event.(Below) The University of TennesseeMedical Center’s MobileMammography bus provides mam-mograms at events such as FranklinSquare’s Pink Saturday, held thisyear Oct. 9.

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