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All of the bra designers applaud after being called up by Traci Mason (behind the podium) to stand behind their creations Oct. 1 during a Business After Hours kickoff event for the annual Western Kentucky Women’s Show atthe James E. Bruce Convention Center.

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“Sock it to Cancer” — Herb Hayes Furniture. “Un-bra-dled Spirit: Just Say Neigh to Breast Cancer” — Planters Bank.

DeeAnna Sova announces two grants — one went to Sanctuary Inc. and the other to the Pink Ribbon Network — during a kickoff event on Oct. 1 for the Western Kentucky Women’s Show.

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A panel of judges, including Christian County Chamber of Commerce President Kelli Pendleton (right), scoresthe various bras entered into the Be My Support bra contest on Oct. 1.


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Amanda Martin, 39, recalled feelingsoreness in her right breast after wak-ing up and rolling over in her bed inJuly.

“I did not notice anything before,” shesaid. Health officials advise women toundergo mammograms beginning atage 40.

She went to see her family doctor inHopkinsville, where she was living atthe time. Suspecting breast cancer, heordered a mammogram and an ultra-sound.

The doctor then ordered a biopsy,which confirmed his speculation, ac-cording to Martin and her mother,Kathy Kenady of Canton. Kenady saidno history of breast cancer exists in thefamily while acknowledging that hermother had pancreatic cancer and died11 years ago at the age of 67.

Martin, who was living with herdaughter, Addison, 8, in an apartment inHopkinsville, quit nursing school andher new job at a doctor’s office, andmoved in with her mother and stepfa-ther, Larry Kenady, so she could havetheir support. Kathy and Larry taketurns driving Addison to and fromschool at Heritage Christian Academyin Hopkinsville.

Martin underwent a mastectomy inearly August, and had her lymph nodesbeneath her right arm removed a weeklater. She soon began a series ofchemotherapy every other week at Bap-tist Hospital in Paducah, and, in Octo-ber, started a series of chemo everyweek. She and her mother expect thechemo to continue through the end ofthe year.

She is undergoing treatment in Padu-cah because her father, Rick, lives therewith her stepmother and a sister-in-lawwho works as a nurse practitioner.

“I don’t have as much energy, and I amnauseated a lot,” Martin said of herchemo treatments. However, she addedshe is in good spirits.

Martin is relying on “prayer and fam-ily support, friends, phone calls, cards”to help her recover, her mother said. Ke-nady said a stranger approached Martinat a medical office in Paducah, offered aprayer and kissed her on the head.

Her mother showed a photo on hersmartphone of Addison kissing hersmiling mother on her head.

“Amanda always has a smile on herface because she gets strength from herdaughter,” Kenady said. “I get strengthfrom my daughter.”

Martin plans to resume her normallife after she fully recovers from breastcancer.

Meanwhile, she urges other women toperform self-exams beginning in theirearly 20s, and to see a doctor “if you no-tice anything out of the ordinary.”

REACH KEN HEDLER at 270-887-3231 or [email protected].

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Breast cancer survivor Amanda Martin gets a kiss (above) from her daughter, Addison. Amanda and Addison (below) pose for a photo.

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Ihave always been defined by my longhair. Was horrified at the thought thatmy stylist would cut it too short. Breast

cancer doesn’t care how you feel aboutyour hair, your nails, your weight, yourfears or your plans for the future. She is anunforgiving friend who will bring you toyour knees and kick you while you’redown. She will test your strength, faith anddetermination.

I was diagnosed in December 2014 andstarted chemo in February 2015. My long,beautiful hair started falling out withinnine days after my first treatment. As each

strand of hair and each tear fell, I couldhear her mocking me. She preyed on everyweakness I’d ever had. Just hearing thewords “breast cancer” sent chills throughme. I have never felt more alone and fre-quently went to that dark place inside my-self. But that little voice in my headwhispered, “You can’t stay here. You can’tbe taken in by how she is humiliating you.If you do, she wins. You have to fight.” So atthat moment, in that scary, dark place, I feltmyself grow stronger. I have fought a lot ofbattles in my life and managed to save my-self. This battle is just one more, and Aleta,you can do this. Take that hard-headed de-termination, and fight with all you’ve got.

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BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP CHIEF MEDICAL WRITER

A major study finds that taking calciumor vitamin D pills does not help preventgrowths that can lead to colon cancer inpeople who have had at least one in thepast.

It’s the latest setback among many for ef-forts to prevent disease through vitaminsupplements. The calcium finding wasespecially disappointing — threeprevious studies suggestedcalcium would help, but thenew one, a more rigoroustest, found no benefit.“That was a big surprise.We thought we under-stood calcium becausethe data was really quite,quite strong,” said Dr.John Baron of the Universityof North Carolina at ChapelHill.

He led the new study, pub-lished in Thursday’s New Eng-land of Medicine. The National CancerInstitute sponsored it and Pfizer ConsumerHealthcare provided the pills.

It involved 2,259 people recently diag-nosed with polyps, precancerous growthsremoved during colonoscopy. They wereassigned to take either 1,000 international

units of vitamin D3, 1,200 milligrams ofcalcium, both or neither. Women couldchoose to get calcium and then be given ei-ther real or dummy pills of vitamin D.

“We did that so that women concernedabout bone health would feel comfortabletaking part,” because they were ensured ofgetting calcium if they wanted it, Baronexplained.

Followed up three to five years later, 43 to45 percent of all study participants

had developed a new polyp, re-gardless of whether they took cal-cium, vitamin D, both or neither.

Even when researchers tookage, gender and other factors

into account, supplementuse made no difference in

the results.Higher doses of vitamin D

might make a difference, butthis would have to be tested in a

new study, and this one alreadytested a higher level than the

600 IUs a day (800 for peopleover 70) that the Institute of Med-

icine recommends, Baron said.Aspirin is thought to help prevent

polyps and colon cancer with long-termuse, but it also can cause serious bleeding.Anyone considering long-term use is ad-vised to talk with a doctor about the risksand benefits.

Study: Calcium, vitamin D pillsdon’t prevent colon growths

(AP) — Pink is as synonymous with Oc-tober as pumpkins and trick-or-treating.

We see it every Sunday in the socks, tow-els and wristbands of NFL players. Itfloods retail stores in a wave of fuchsia-themed products. It’s on every form of so-cial media in videos, photos and avatars.

The recognition of Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month has become routine, a victimof the commercialization that’s common-place in our society.

But it’s also become routine becausewe’ve been doing it for so long.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month was es-tablished in 1985 by the American Can-cer Society and a pharmaceuticalcompany that produced several anti-cancer drugs. For 30 years, we’vebeen racing, walking, hosting bakesales, washing cars and taking do-nations throughout October to fightthe disease.

And still we have no cure.Every year, more than 200,000

women and 2,000 men in the UnitedStates are diagnosed with breastcancer. And each year, morethan 41,000 Americans losetheir lives to the disease.

It is the most com-mon cancer in womenand the second mostcommon cause ofdeath from canceramong white,black, Asia/PacificIslands and Ameri-can Indian/Alaska

Native women.A woman living in the United States has

a 12.3 percent, or one in eight, lifetime riskof being diagnosed with breast cancer. InIndiana, 118.1 white/non-Hispanic women,117.6 African-American women and 70.9Hispanic women per 100,000 will be diag-nosed with breast cancer.

So we keep fighting … for the nearly 3million U.S. women with a history ofbreast cancer living today and the millionsmore who will be fighting it in the tomor-rows to come.

But the fight can’t be to justpink-wash October. Theribbons, shirts, water bot-tles, earrings and socksare simply reminders.Reminders to ask every

woman you love to conductregular self breast exams and

get a mammogram as recom-mended. Reminders to only pur-chase pink products or

contribute to groups that give asignificant portion of the proceeds

to research and care. Reminders to de-mand that legislative obstacles tobreakthrough treatments be brought

down.So wear your pink and be proudto represent the patients, sur-

vivors and victims. Run, walk,raise funds and buy.But don’t stop there. The

cure is out there. And oneglorious day, we’ll find it.

More to fighting breast cancerthan wearing pink in October

TACKLING BREAST CANCER

ELI PACE | KENTUCKY NEW ERA

Like many other local athletic teams, the Christian County Colonels football squad has been wearing pink inrecognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month. CCHS won the game 43-22 as they beat Apollo Saturday at theStadium of Champions.


BY PAM FUTRELL

May 6, 2015, a routine mam-mogram. That is how mystory begins. Then I re-

ceived a letter in the mail that Ineeded to have follow up proce-dures done. The follow-up proce-dures were scheduled for May 14.I did not tell many people whatwas going on, not even my hus-band. Why worry him. Breastcancer did not run in my family.

The ladies at JSMC Imagingwere so professional, and theycontinually told me there proba-bly was nothing to worry about.They even had trouble findingthe area that was referenced inthe original mammogram. Onceit was found on the sonogram, Iwas told again not to worry. Thearea was small and close to mychest cavity.

I returned to work and talkedwith one coworker I had in-formed what was going on. Sheencouraged me to call my doc-tor’s office to see if I could get theresults as soon as possible. Shedidn’t want me to have to wait allweekend. I received the call acouple hours later that the re-sults showed I needed a biopsyand I had to pick a surgeon. Iquickly gave them Dr. MatthewRobinson because he removedmy gall bladder in 2009. I was inshock. A few minutes later thedoctor’s office called back to askme if I could go to Dr. Robinson’soffice then. It was on the way tothe office that I finally called myhusband to have him meet methere. Needless to say he was nothappy I had not told him whatwas going on.

We met with Dr. Robinson, andwe scheduled a biopsy for the fol-lowing Monday. I received thebiopsy results May 18 at approxi-mately 11:30 a.m. I had an inva-sive ductal carcinoma grade 2 of3, measuring at least 1 cm.

At the time I was calm. I calledmy husband and parents to letthem know. Then I began to tellmy family and friends. I took thecoward’s way out on telling mostpeople. I texted or emailed mostpeople. That way I did not have tosee their reaction. The hardestperson to tell was my 14-year-olddaughter. She was so mad. Thathelped me not to be emotionalabout it. I got mad with her.

That Friday, my husband and Imet with Dr. Robinson to seewhat was next. I had alreadyscheduled an appointment withVanderbilt’s Breast Center for asecond opinion for later in the

month. But I did not want to waitlonger than I had to to see what Ineeded to do. After the appoint-ments my head was spinning. Icould have a lumpectomy, whichis the removal of just the area.Or I could have a mastectomy, afull removal of the breast and re-construction to follow. The oddsof survival would not increasewith either option. After decid-ing to have the lumpectomy, itwas scheduled for June 2.

I was anxious to have the spotremoved. Surgery results showedlevel 1A and no lymph nodeswere involved. I was so thankful.I was told radiation was going tobe done, and possibly chemother-apy. On June 25, I entered the E.C. Green Cancer Center for thefirst time. That day was the hard-est day of all because I was told Iwould need six rounds ofchemotherapy followed by 25rounds of radiation. Until thatday I believed and hopedchemotherapy was not needed.

That is how cancer works. Younever know what will happen.Cancer affects everyone. It doesnot care what age you are,whether you are a mother fathersister or brother. The unknownis the hardest part. I have hadfive rounds of chemotherapy,and I was due to have the lastone Oct. 15.

There have been hard days andgood days. There have been daysI was discouraged and days filledwith joy. I try not to ask why meand ask why not me. There arepeople who have had a harderroad to travel than I. I try to findhumor where I can. I like beingable to sleep longer because I donot have to fix my hair. It is onlyhair. If I am lucky it may comeback straight. I have very curlyhair, and have struggled with itall my life.

I have also discovered what awonderful loving family I have.My husband, Jeff, has been myown Iron Man. My friends arethe best. They have cooked formy family, come to see me, of-fered to sit with me during treat-ments and bought me scarvesand hats. I consider all myfriends family now. I know I amnot fighting this battle alone.Everyone who has prayed for me,texted me, Facebooked me or justgiven me a smile is there fightingthis battle with me.

Because when it comes down toit we are all fighting the battleagainst cancer. And there is al-ways HOPE that one day the bat-tle will be won.

Holding on to

OPE

“I consider all my friends FAMILY now. I know I am not fighting

this battle alone.”

PAM FUTRELL

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Re-searchers are using a modified ver-sion of the herpes virus to fight thedeadliest form of skin cancer,which strikes about 70,000 Ameri-cans a year.

Shari Wells of Ashland, Ken-tucky, recalls sitting with doctors atthe University of Louisville’sJames Graham Brown Cancer Cen-ter and learning that hermelanoma had advanced to thepoint that she probably had lessthan six months to live.

But Wells, 56, told The Courier-Journal the treatment involving

the herpes virus “saved my life.”“I was never so thankful in my

whole life than for that medicine,”said Wells, whose cancer went intoremission. “Without it, I would bedead.”

A study involving 436 late-stagemelanoma patients at 64 centersaround the globe, published in thecurrent issue of the Journal ofClinical Oncology, shows that thoseinjected with a genetically modi-fied version of the herpes simplexvirus known as T-VEC respondedbetter than a control group.

Sixteen percent saw a significant

decrease in tumor sizes within thefirst year of treatment that lastedfor at least six months, comparedwith 2 percent of patients who did-n’t get T-VEC.

Researchers expect the treatmentto yield even better results whencombined with another type of im-munotherapy, which uses thebody’s own immune system to fightcancer.

“It appears for many patientsthat (T-VEC) gives long-term re-mission and in some cases, cure,”said Rob Coffin, who invented thetreatment. “Quite a number of peo-

ple in that study got a complete re-sponse; all their disease went away.I’m a great believer in the conceptof using viruses to treat cancer.”

Over the years, scientists have ex-plored altering various viruses, in-cluding measles and polio, tocombat several types of cancer, in-cluding brain tumors, breast can-cers and others.

A 2013 review in the journal Mo-lecular Cancer concluded that can-cer-fighting viruses armed withgenes that stimulate the immunesystem, “are potent therapeuticcancer vaccines.”

Such viruses, including T-VEC,will be discussed at the annualmeeting of the American Societyof Clinical Oncology, which runsthrough June 2.

Melanoma patient Mary KennaDeddens is currently being injectedwith T-VEC as part of anotherstudy at the Brown Cancer Center.The 66-year-old said she hopes theFDA approves it for wide use, be-cause patients with advancedmelanoma need more options.

“It would help a lot of people,”Deddens said. “It’s another tool inthe toolbox.”

Researchers use altered herpes virus to fight skin cancer

Pink Up!October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, andthere is no better time to make an appointment withyour physician and learn more about the disease.While there is no surefire way to prevent breastcancer, there are ways to reduce your risk of it.Stay on top of your health.

Of course, even with the best of precautions, breast cancer may occur. That is why earlydetection is so important. The earlier the disease isdetected, the better the patients chance of survival.

Stay on stop of your health, women of Kentucky!

Pink Up!

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WHITNEYWESTERFIELD3rd District State Senator

MYRON DOSSETT

9th District State Representative

Congratulations to the

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Help Fight Breast Cancer!

The Kentucky New Era has placed 2 special“Think Pink: newspaper racks at Jennie StuartMedical Center. When you purchase yourKentucky New Era from one of these vendingmachines, the proceeds will be donated to thelocal Pink Ribbon Network, a breast cancersupport group. JSMC has agreed to match thatdonation.

Attention Business OwnersOne additional “Think Pink” news rack isavailable to be placed at your business andcan be a part of this new promotion. Call TonyHenson at 270.887.3284 or Ted Jatczak at270.887.3278 to participate.

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Lung cancer now top cancer killer for women in rich nations(AP) — For the first time, lung cancer has

passed breast cancer as the leading cause of can-cer deaths for women in rich countries.

The reason is smoking, which peaked yearslater for women than it did for men. Lung cancerhas been the top cancer killer for men fordecades.

“We’re seeing the deaths now” from lung can-cer due to a rise in smoking by women threedecades ago, said Lindsey Torre of the AmericanCancer Society. The society released a reportWednesday, based on new numbers from the In-ternational Agency for Research on Cancer.

Some highlights:

THE CANCER BURDENGlobally, there were about 14 million new can-

cer cases and 8 million cancer deaths in 2012,the most recent year for which numbers areavailable.

“Developing countries account for 57 percentof cancer cases and 65 percent of cancer deaths,”Torre said.

MEN VS. WOMEN, RICH VS. POOR COUNTRIESFor men, lung cancer has been the leading

cause of cancer death globally for severaldecades. In poor countries, breast cancer re-mains the top cancer killer for women. Coloncancer has grown as a cause of death worldwide.

As for the number of cases diagnosed, prostateand breast are the most common cancers in menand women, respectively, in rich countries.

THE U.S. PICTURELung cancer became the top cancer killer for

men in the 1950s, and for women in the late 1980s,reflecting trends in smoking rates.

LOOKING AHEADSmoking rates have leveled off or dropped in

rich countries. In the United States, “we are al-ready seeing lung cancer death rates decline,”Torre said.

HOW TO LOWER RISKThe American Institute for Cancer Research

says half of all cancers are preventable. Healthydiets and getting enough exercise cut risk. Thehepatitis vaccine helps prevent liver cancer; theHPV vaccine lowers the risk of getting cervicalcancer.

The biggest factor: Stop smoking, or don’t start.Quitting by middle age can avoid 60 percent ofthe risk of dying of lung cancer, Torre said.

“It’s never too late to quit.”

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Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths of women in rich countries for the first time.


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BY REBECCA WALTERNEW ERA STAFF WRITER

Even when strength seemed out ofgrasp, Kay Nave has found a way tofight and maintain a positive spirit.

After a routine mammogram inDecember 2009, Nave was diagnosedwith breast cancer. She underwent adouble mastectomy in January 2010.

“No one in my family had ever hadcancer. Some things you want to bethe first in, and others you reallydon’t,” she said with a laugh that il-lustrates her positive outlook.

Nave, 68, said the support fromfamily, friends, doctors and herchurch family has pushed her for-ward and helps her get through thedifficult times.

After the double mastectomy, Naveparticipated in a few clinical studies.She said the side effects were toohard on her body and she had towithdraw.

Nave underwent chemotherapyand did not have to undergo any ra-diation. Doctors said there was onlya 7 percent chance of the cancer com-ing back.

“I never thought I would have toworry about cancer again,” she said.“And with that, I thought I was free.”

That freedom was suddenly takenaway in August 2014.

“My back was hurting in variousspots, and it would move around,”she said. Nave went to several doc-tors, including a chiropractor, to tryand figure out what was causing herpain.

“No one seemed to put togetherwhat was going on.”

Nave contacted her doctor at Van-derbilt Hospital in Nashville, Dr. In-grid Mayer.

A bone scan revealed Nave had

stage 4 bone cancer.It had been more than four and a

half years since Nave’s procedureand original diagnosis. It takes fiveyears for a patient to go into remis-sion.

“I had half a year to go and I wasgoing to be free, I thought,” Navesaid. “I was devastated, probablymore so than in the beginning whenI was just in total shock. But this justcaught me so off guard. I thought I’ddone everything I was supposed to.I’d taken my pills, everything. But itwas back.”

The cancer is in Nave’s ribs and afew others spots on her body.

Luckily, with the treatment Navehas received for the past year she hasnot had any new growth in her can-cer and she continues to fight.

Finding strength Nave mainly attributes her

strength and optimistic outlook to

her Christian faith. “I know without a doubt that God

has got this,” she said. “He just wantsme to trust him.”

Another fountain of hope comesfrom the Pink Ribbon Network, alocal breast cancer support group.

“Hopkinsville is very blessed tohave Pink Ribbon,” she said.

The blessing for Nave comes in thesupport and encouragement thegroup provides to her, and how itpushes her to do the same for othersgoing through the same journey.

“I just want to be a beacon, I wantto be an encourager for people thatare going through this,” she said.

Nave emphasized how crucial sup-port is when battling cancer.

“Support helps you realize it’s notthe end of the world,” she said. “It isamazing the people you come in con-tact with, some you don’t even knowthat offer support, and that is so im-portant,” Nave said. “Whether youare going through cancer or any-

thing else, encouraging each other issomething everyone needs on a dailybasis.”

Nave believes the continued moti-vation she receives will push her tokeep fighting. She encourages othersto accept the same support.

“Don’t try to carry it alone, it’s tooheavy. It will weight you down. Justtrust to let someone in,” she said.

Living with cancerNave doesn’t allow her cancer to

keep her from living life and enjoy-ing all it has to offer.

She is close to her sisters, threegrandchildren, daughter and hus-band, Joe, who she has been marriedto for 47 years.

Nave describes herself as a peopleperson and finds joy in being aroundothers.

She is also an avid reader, and MaxLucado is her favorite writer. Travel-ing is another hobby, along with col-lecting Candlewick glassware.

But her favorite way to pass time isspending it in her backyard, sur-rounded by the flowers her grand-children planted for her.

“My therapy is going outside andsitting on the back swing and lookingat the flowers,” she said.

Although the cancer makes hertired, it is important to Nave to keeppushing through and working. Shehas worked at York Neel and Com-pany for 45 years.

Nave’s doctor has given her a threeto ten year time frame. Her doctor ispositive though, and one of Nave’smain encouragers.

“I don’t know what is ahead, but Ikeep my faith and remain positive,”she said.

REACH REBECCA WALTER at 270-887-3241 or [email protected].

Nave finds strength through cancer

A POSITIVE SPIRIT

PHOTOS BY MEREDITH WILLSE | KENTUCKY NEW ERA

Out of all her hobbies, spending time in her backyard with her flowers is Kay Nave’s favorite hobby. Her three grandchildren planted the flowers out back for her.

Kay Nave reads a book by her favorite author, Max Lucado.


SusanBoggess

You continue toinspire us with your strength,

determination and positive attitude.

We love you.

Mom, Dad, Sheryl,Kenny, Colton &

your biggestsupporter inHeaven Steve

“Courage isthe art ofbeing theonly one

who knows you’rescared

to death!”

KayNave

We love,support and pray for you.

Your Family

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StarnesWith legs numb to

her knees andchemo - she ran a

marathon insupport of breast

cancer. 600+students honoredher wearing shirts

with her name.

BethLathamCaseyYou are ourinspiration.

We love you.

Your Family

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“We loveyou!”

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Keeping faith through the journeyBY KAREN MORRIS

September 25, 2014. Just 386days ago, I woke up at 4a.m., walked out to my

garage, turned on the treadmilland started my 4-mile run. I dothis every day, and I have donethis every day for forever. It’sjust what I do. It energizes mefor the day, it’s my prayer timeand it keeps me fit.

Three days prior, I had under-gone a breast biopsy following asecond mammogram and ultra-sound. It was a simple surgery toremove the 4 mm cyst that hadbeen discovered during themammograms. My physician,Dr. James Carter, had sharedthat he felt confident it wasn’tcancerous, so I wasn’t worried. Itrusted him completely, as he is awell-known breast cancer spe-cialist at the Murfreesboro Med-ical Center, where my sister,Amy, works as an office manager.

Around lunchtime on that day,I received a call from Dr. Carter. Ianswered the phone while stand-ing in my classroom. When Iheard him say, “Karen, this is Dr.Carter,” his tone of voice told meI needed to step out of my class-room to take his call. I knewwhat he was about to say. “I justgot your biopsy results, and it iscancer.” I sat silent on the otherend of the line. He continuedwith, “I felt so confident that itwas benign that I told the techni-cian that I was going to hang up,and they were going to call meback and tell me different.”

He continued by asking, “Areyou OK?” I told him I was fine.He advised me to call Kahle. Be-fore calling my husband of 26years, I stood by myself in thehallway by my classroom, cryinguntil a teacher friend ap-proached me. She took my stu-dents so I could pull myselftogether and call Kahle.

We hadn’t really discussed thepossible next steps of a positivediagnosis. We had never ad-dressed the question, “what if ?”He reassured me that everythingwould be OK, and that he wouldsoon be on his way. Within min-utes, he picked me up, took me tomy parent’s home, and one byone, we contacted my closestfriends and family members.The initial news was such a

shock to many because I wasnow the first in my family toever be diagnosed with breastcancer.

Over the next few days, I re-mained very quiet. Kahle wouldsay, “Talk to me, talk to me. Whatare you thinking?” I really didn’tknow what I was thinking. Iknew that everything was inGod’s hands and that I would beOK with the outcome. “Whyme?” was a question I neverwanted to ask myself, becausebeing a Christian, I knew Ishould be asking the inevitable… “Why not me?” Knowing thatGod is an A.W.E.S.O.M.E. God,and that he would never let go ofmy hand, I tried not to be scared.

But, even though my faith was

strong, questions did flowthrough my mind:

“Who will take my place atschool?,” “Will I be able to exer-cise?,” “Will I lose my hair?” Atthis point I knew that, at my age,I wanted to get rid of the cancerand never worry about it againduring my lifetime. My appear-ance was no longer a priority.Saving my life was first.

At my next visit to Dr. Carter’soffice, I received more details re-garding my diagnosis of Stage 1breast cancer. He told me the op-tions: a mastectomy, a bilateralmastectomy, or a lumpectomy. Heleft the decision totally up to me,and I was determined to do thebilateral mastectomy to rid my-self of the chance of recurring

breast cancer. He agreed with mydecision, and I had peace thatGod would take care of me. I leftthe clinic that day, though, withstrong anxiety regarding thisnext surgery.

Almost a month would passuntil Oct. 31 when I had the bilat-eral total mastectomy. The nightbefore, Kahle and I stayed in ahotel near the hospital. I feltnumb. Kahle would say, “I needyou to talk to me. Tell me whatyou’re thinking. I want to be ableto help.” Considering what thenext morning would bring, Islept well. I don’t even know ifKahle slept.

When we woke up, we arrivedat the hospital before 6 a.m. tobegin pre-op. We sat in the sur-gery waiting room for severalminutes. I was able to see mygirls, my parents, my sister andclose friends for just a few min-utes until they called my name.As I walked to the double-doorsthat would lead to the pre-oproom, reality hit me. It also hitmy family and friends, becausethey rushed to me and gave meone last hug of encouragement.

My doctor and pastor prayedwith me before the surgerybegan. The last thing I remem-ber is being rolled into the oper-ating room, and Dr. Cartertelling the staff to “turn themusic down.”

After almost five hours of sur-gery, I woke up in recovery. I wasvery groggy, but I was ready tosee my family. I was not in agreat deal of pain over the nextfew hours; I was able to walk thehallways of the hospital laterthat evening. I wasn’t able to eatmuch, though, as the pain medswere making me nauseous.

The next day, I received thegreat news that the SentinelNode test was negative. This is adye test that informs the doctorif cancer has spread to thelymph nodes. Three days later, Iwas released from the hospital,but with many restrictions. Nodriving, no exercise and no lift-ing. I wasn’t even allowed toraise my arms. Daily routineswere very different from thenorm. Even putting dishes up ona shelf or washing my hair wasoff limits.

At my next appointment, Dr.Carter shared his collaboration

with local Tennessee oncologists.They had determined I wouldnot have to have radiation orchemotherapy. Again, God is anA.W.E.S.O.M.E. God!

I can’t say that my journey waseasy, but with Jesus Christ by myside, the events that occurredduring those six monthsstrengthened my relationshipwith Him. He has been by myside during each and every chap-ter, and my journey has turnedout to be one filled with manyblessings. I had a wonderful sup-port system of prayer warriorslifting me up daily. This made foran easier journey as well. Thoseprayers gave me an overwhelm-ing sense of peace during thisdifficult time.

My rock, Kahle, showedtremendous faith during this“bump” in our road. I can’t re-ally say what his thoughts werebecause he was consumed withmy well-being, but the compas-sion he showed me during thosesix months was possibly greaterthan any he had ever shown me.

My daughters, Karlee andPaige, have surrounded me withunfailing love. From waiting onme, washing my hair, drainingmy tubes and taking over house-hold chores, their bond witheach other grew strongerthrough the process.

Dedicated family and friendssending cards and praying formy health gave me peace. Beingflooded with Get-well cards in-spired me to “pay it forward.”Today, I find myself sendingcards of encouragement and mo-tivation to others experiencingdifficult times.

Now, 386 days have gone by, Iam back to my norm. I am teach-ing, fulfilling my motherly dutiesand running every day again.Sometimes I find that neither mystrength nor my endurance iswhat it was before; however, Iwill take that over the alterna-tive.

I strongly urge you to make thecommitment of scheduling an-nual checkups. There’s no doubtthat a routine annual mammo-gram saved my life. Every manshould do the same by schedul-ing an annual PSA (prostate-spe-cific antigen) test.

May God bless each and everyone of you, always.

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Karlee Morris (from left), SaraRuth Wolaver, Karen Morris, Paige Morris, and AmyWolaver pose after a walk/run.


The local “Pink Ribbon Network” Support Group meets the first Thursday of each monthat First United Methodist Church on South Main Street in Hopkinsville at 7:00 p.m.

The Pink Ribbon Network is a localbreast cancer support group inHopkinsville, Kentucky, with membersliving in Hopkinsville and thesurrounding counties.

Our Mission Statement is as follows:

The Pink Ribbon Network breastcancer support group was organized in2006 by a local surgical technician and alocal nurse, both of whom are breastcancer survivors. Many other womenhave joined together with this group toprovide outreach to breast cancerpatients. Our focus is to offer strength,support, love, encouragement and hopefor anyone dealing with the diagnosis ofbreast cancer. We also educate andinspire breast cancer patients in the bestway we know how from being on thejourney ourselves. We make homevisits, hospital visits and/or telephone

calls. This is determined by the desire ofthe individual patient. We pray for eachwoman to be able to face her fears and tohandle the every day stress in the bestpossible way during each day of herjourney. We want to be there to offer herthe necessary support andencouragement. We want her to feelwarmth and love, but first and foremostto feel she is not alone.

Kathy Anderson and Lisa Cunninghamwere the initial organizers of PinkRibbon Network. The organization hasgrown and continues to grow. No onereally ever wanted to be in this group,but if you have been diagnosed withbreast cancer, whether recently oryears ago, and you come and join us,you find it is something you very muchwant to be a part of. We love andsupport each other and we are like onebig family with a forever speciallasting friendship. Although everyoneis different somewhat in theirdiagnosis, their surgeries, theirtreatment, their reconstruction andtheir physicians, we all have one thingin common and that is we either are on

the journey or havetraveled the journey.After going through thisourselves, we find it veryrewarding and upliftingto be able to provideoutreach to others.Everyone is welcome andyou will feel a warmwelcome if you come andjoin us. We get together to share, to planevents, to talk, to laugh and from time-to-time we have various speakers inconnection with issues we all encounteralong the way. We meet the firstThursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. atFirst United Methodist Church, 1305South Main Street, Hopkinsville,Kentucky. You will find comfort inhearing others share their personalexperience and will pick up on somehelpful hints to help you along the way.

We are proud to say we are now a 501 (C)(3) Non-Profit Organizationwhich means contributionsmade to our group are taxdeductible for the contributor.This is just another marker asto how our group has grownthroughout the eight years ofexistence. We are verytouched and humbled by thecommunity support we havereceived and continue toreceive.

With all the communitysupport and contributionsmade, of which we are soappreciative and

thankful, we are able to puttogether our “support bags”which include items such asmonogrammed fleece blankets,small pillows used under thearm for support after surgery,informational literature andother pink ribbon related itemswhich include calendars,bandanas, journals, note pads,ink pens, magnetic pictureframes, inspirational books,book marks, personalized

pencils, etc. We probably distributearound 50 bags a year.

Going on our third year now, we havestarted providing snacks at the E.C.Green Cancer Center for all patientsgoing cancer and we provide support inmany other ways on a one-on-one basisas a special need may exist. We haveprovided support for a breast cancerpatient at Western State Hospital. Wehelp provide transportation to patientswho may need help getting to and fromtreatment. We do a special Christmasproject annually for one of our fellowsurvivors who we feel needs specialattention. We attend special eventstogether such as the Celebration of Hopeevent in Lexington, Kentucky andHorses and Hope event at Ellis Park inHenderson, Kentucky. We make acontribution to the Hope Lodge inNashville which is a place for cancerpatients to stay while going throughtreatment as some of our women havebeen blessed to use that facility. Weparticipate in the annual KentuckyWomen’s Show, and other special eventsthat may be going on in the communitywhich is a way we can providecommunity education and support. Wealso participate in the annual Relay forLife event in support of all of those goingthrough some type of cancer. We sponsorthe Kentucky Bunco Bash whichcontinues to grow. Mark your calendarsfor next year’s event which is March 11-13, 2016 at the Holiday Inn inHopkinsville.

We all know laughter is a big part ofhealing and is the best medicine.Therefore, we do plan events togetherthat don’t always focus on cancer such asin-home pot lucks, going out to eat and aspecial Christmas dinner.

If you are going through breast canceror know someone who is, we encourageyou to be a part of Pink Ribbon Network.You will be glad you did! For moreinformation please contact us [email protected], [email protected] [email protected].

Ann Isom

Pink Ribbon Network member

Pink Ribbon NetworkBreast Cancer Support Group

Pink Ribbon NetworkBreast Cancer Support Group

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