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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,