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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1995)
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Exp. 10-13-95 Not valid with other offers. $ 1920 Franklin &Wd. • Eugene • €>8>7-0€>&2 THE TERMINATOR The Ultimate In Fitness! • Treadmill & stalrcflmber • Aerobics!!! 00+ Classes per Week! • Co-Ed Spa Faculties • Complete F*ee Weight Gym • Computer Cycles & Rowers • Individual bed TTahbg Program • Tanning Packages Available • RoBer Blade Rental Faculty and staff now ouatify for special corporate rates Oregon West -fitness 1475 Franklin Blvd. across from campus 485-1624 COUKTFSY Sue Ryan, who delected a cancerous lump in her breast two years ago, educates the public about her ill ness through photo exhibits and her poetry In addition to the lump being surgically removed, doctors weren't able to save Ryan's nipple due to the location of the 1 1 2-inch tumor. Healing: Breast cancer survivor exhibits photos of her experience ■ Continued from Page 1A breast i am <*r, and that's why 1 did the exhibit — to personalize it. R\an said "There are so many women hiding under tur bans. wigs and tK.ar'Ptft. so you don't see how many women actually have breast cancer." Most of the pictures show Ryan almost bald from the chemotherapy She said this is a realistn wav to show the gener al publit that she had breast canter. "1 c an't show everyone my breast, but I can show them |that l had breast cancer) through not hiding under a s* arf," she said One pic ture, however, does show her right breast, which had the nipple removed because a 1 1/2-inch lump was directly beneath it Along with c reating aware mess about breast cancer. Ryan said she hopes the exhibit and her poetry encourages younger women to become familiar with their bodies so they are able to detiM ! any abnormalities thnl may form later. Although it is rare for women under the age of 35 to develop breast cancer, the American Cancer Society encourages young women to begin doing breast self-exams each month from age 20. Self-exams help women become familiar with their "lumps and bumps." said Dr. Colleen (ones, a nurse practi tioner in the Women's Clinic at the Student Health Center. Many young women become alarmed if they find a lump, she said. Breasts are not smooth — they respond to hormones and caffeine along with other things," Jones said "If sou are familiar with your own lands, ape', you'll recognize when there is a change." In her second year as a breast t am er survivor, Ryan Is quick to say — perhaps reminding her self— that only 40 percent of the women who develop the advanced stage of inflammatory breast cancer are alive in five years. If they make it past five years, the odds of the cancer returning are slim, she said. While she wakes every morn ing fearing the cancer has returned, Ryan said she’s not dis couraged by the medical statis tics She is working on i documentary about her survival with another woman in Kugeiie. and also has been approached to show the photo exhibit in Cali fornia. And she never stops writ ing. “Before the cancer, 1 was just sort of alive Now I'm motivat ad,” she said. "I feel I’ve been given a second chance." Committee puts student health concerns first ■ HEALTH CARE: Slude • Health Advisory Committee works to improve students health coverage By Amy Colombo $JiX>DM ActWft&S k tutor It was the work of the last year’s Student Health Advisory Committee that makes it possi ble for the student health center to offer cheaper, less painful chlamydia si r turning for males this year The nine member student committee also works through out the year to select student health insurance, recommend an annual budget for the Stu dent Health Center and advocate to better serve students. “The idea is that we want to have input from students." said Dr Gerald Fleischli, director of the student health center He is an non-voting member of the committee, along with four other University staff members, who give students information and advice during the weekly meet ings Fleischli sntii the committee worked to obtain a $2,500 grunt last year from the Pacific Coast College Health Association Thu money allows the health center to offer a new kind of chlamydia screening for males The health center had offered .11 hlamydia test in the \ utt but Fleischli said it was not utilized. 1 he new test is cheaper, at $19.65. and not as discomfort ing. he said I he committee also adminis ters a health survey in the spring to see if the health center is meeting the needs of University students. Of the more than 400 students who were randomly sampled Inst year during a tele phone survey, half said they would be interested in taking a class about basic health. As a result of the survey, the class was offered this fall, but student response was not as strong. "We offered it, but only one person signed up. We think something went wrong in pub licizing it." said Fleischli. The class is set to ho offered again this winter. The nine student committee members have yet to be recom mended by the ASUO Execu tive. Students can still apply for the yearly volunteer seats through the ASUO office. “It's a chance to see how the health system works.” said Fleischli,
