SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
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The Florence Events Center
and Friends of Florence
Gallery Committee are pre-
senting a themed exhibit dur-
ing the months of November
and December in Gallery One,
titled “A Season of Caring.”
The all to artists invites
artists and photographers to
rent-a-rod for up to three
pieces of artwork for $20, or
up to three items for the case.
Artists will receive the pro-
ceeds from any of their art
works that are sold, minus
FEC commission of 25 per-
cent.
To follow the theme, art-
work can show social needs
(children, elderly, homeless,
veterans, etc.), and ways to
care (service animals, health
professionals,
volunteers,
etc.); foods of the harvest sea-
son;
themes
involving
Thanksgiving, Christmas and
family.
Arists can get an application
for the show at the FEC office,
or online at www.eventcenter
.org. The deadline to submit
applications is Friday, Oct. 23.
For more information, email
cignatieff@live.com, or call
the FEC office at 541-997-
1994.
On Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m., there will be a recep-
tion that will benefit the
Florence Food Share and
Siuslaw Outreach Services
(SOS) nonprofit organizations.
There will be a bin for food
donations, and one for dona-
tions of warm coats and blan-
kets to help those in need in
our community.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. there
will be a “soup kitchen” style
lunch with live music offered
to gallery visitors. For $1,
attendees will be served soup
and bread, coffee and water.
There will also be an Art
Raffle to benefit Food Share
and SOS, with local artists
donating artworks and jewelry
for the raffle.
All proceeds from the art
raffle and soup kitchen lunch
will be donated to Food Share
and SOS.
Food Share hours will
expand to include Saturdays
In order to better serve its
clients, beginning Saturday,
Oct. 17, Food Share will be
open from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.
Many of its clients are
working families unable to uti-
lize the pantry during the nor-
mal work week. Thanks to an
anonymous donation specifi-
cally for this purpose, Food
Share will now be open on
Saturdays. The pantry will ini-
tially be open the first and
third Saturday of each month,
and will soon expand to being
open each Saturday.
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B Y C LINT S HERBURNE
P ROSTATE CANCER SURVIVOR
Following is part of a series
of true personal stories about
men’s experience with prostate
cancer. These men tell their sto-
ries with the hope that they will
help someone else traveling the
same road.
F
ollowing is an informative
update
on
Clint
Sherburne’s 2005 prostate
cancer journey. Clint was diag-
nosed following a PSA of 14
which, after 30 days on antibi-
otics, only came down to 12.7.
Those two high PSA figures
called for a biopsy of the
prostate and two of 12 biopsy
cores showed cancer, one with
a Gleason of 3+3=6 and one of
3+4=7.
The 6 would have been a
consideration
for Active
Surveillance, but the presence
of that 4 in the Gleason 7 took
Active Surveillance out of con-
sideration.
Clint, at age 78, ended up
choosing High Dose Radiation
(HDR). Following 25 days of
external beam radiation, he
underwent two HDR treat-
ments consisting of placing 19
small flexible needles into his
prostate gland and delivering
two, high doses of radiation
separated by a night’s sleep
(while the needles remained in
place).
Fast forward to Dec. 7, 2014:
Clint fell while in Southern
California, fracturing his left
hip and requiring a partial hip
replacement.
During that process, a
catheter was inserted, irritated
the interior of the bladder and
the bleeding began. Having
returned home, he fell again on
Jan. 22, 2015, fracturing his
right hip. Life with the catheter
continued and the bleeding got
worse.
Even though the bleeding
started about nine years follow-
ing the end of his radiation, it is
highly likely that the radiation
made his bladder susceptible to
the bleeding which occurred.
Clint and Dr. Brian Mehlhaff
tried several interventions to
get the bleeding to stop, but
nothing near a permanent solu-
tion was found and Clint ended
up in the emergency room sev-
eral times due to blood clots
blocking urine from leaving the
bladder through the catheter.
Even cauterizing the area in
the bladder was ruled out
because Clint’s body (he is now
88 years of age) wasn't getting
enough oxygen to the bladder
for it to heal underneath the
scab from the cauterization.
At this point, Dr. Mehlhaff
recommended checking out the
McKenzie Wound Center in
Eugene which uses Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to
help wounds heal.
The McKenzie Willamette
Medical Center in Springfield
initiated the use of HBOT in
October is national Public
Power Month, highlighting the
value of community-owned
utilities throughout the United
States.
Community-owned
utilities, which are often
referred to as “public power,”
are often credited with the
electrification
of
rural
America.
In honor of Public Power
Month, Central Lincoln PUD
is holding a food drive for both
Florence Food Share and
Mapleton Food Share. Both
nonprofits distribute needed
food to families and seniors
suffering from lack of employ-
ment, medical costs, and other
difficult life circumstances.
“Our employees discussed
ways to especially support the
communities we serve during
Public Power Month, and felt
that donating food and collect-
ing food donations for people
in need was an excellent way
to help out,” said general man-
ager Debra Smith. “As unem-
ployment on the coast tends to
climb in the winter, we knew
assistance with food would
meet real needs.”
Foods pantry organizers say
are especially helpful include:
peanut butter, macaroni and
cheese, canned meat products
(like stew or chili), flour, cof-
fee, baby formula, Rice-a-
Roni, Hamburger Helper,
canned fruit, canned soups
(except tomato), canned veg-
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Customers can enter the
contest at www.clpud.org/ipad
drawing, or entry forms can be
found in Central Lincoln
billing envelopes during the
month of October.
The drawing will be held in
the Florence office early in
November.
The
Central
Lincoln
People’s Utility District is
Oregon’s second-largest public
power utility, serving some
700 square miles and approxi-
mately 55,000 people in por-
tions of Coos, Douglas, Lane
and Lincoln counties.
Central Lincoln is not-for-
profit, and is publicly owned,
meaning it was created by vot-
ers to serve the public.
Meet
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Prince CASPIAN is my
name and I’m looking for
my Narnia. A place of joyous
wonder, where all my needs
will be fulfi lled. I’m uniquely
handsome with a bit of a
snaggle tooth, it gives me
character. Like a boundless
journey...I’m daydreaming of
my voyage home.
If you would like to meet Caspian any of his
friends, please visit us at:
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etables, canned beans such as
great northern beans, lima
beans, pinto beans, baked
beans, and pork and beans.
Those wishing to donate
these and other canned and
other nonperishable foods to
feed the hungry are encour-
aged to bring donations to
Central Lincoln’s office in
Florence, at 966 Highway 101,
anytime from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Central Lincoln is also spon-
soring a Public Power Month
“Know My Central Lincoln”
contest for customers. Those
who answer seven or more of
11 questions correctly on entry
forms will be entered in a
drawing for an iPad mini.
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and CD player along with
phone communications for vis-
itors to help patients feel at
ease. Even though patients are
under 2-3 times the normal air
pressure of the atmosphere, the
only pressure sensation one
experiences is the need to
“clear” the ears like going up a
mountain or in an airplane.
Clint’s HBOT started on
May 11, 2015. After four
weeks, a sophisticated urine
test was done and finding no
trace of blood, he was declared
healed and finished with treat-
ments.
Clint was told they have
never had a patient return to
the wound center after being
treated for a bladder problem
such as his.
By breathing and circulating
100 percent oxygen through-
out his entire body, he was also
extending its healing proper-
ties to his two fractured hips.
Although HBOT does not
include hip fracture among its
13 approved specific condi-
tions, this treatment is whole-
body by nature and extends to
any part of the body needing
extra oxygen.
Clint is now catheter free
and uses only a cane when out-
and-about.
In spite of the recent signif-
icant advances in radiation
technology, radiation cystitis
remains between 1 and 2.5
percent. Anyone receiving
radiation therapy 10 plus years
ago, with less focused tech-
nology, was more likely sub-
jected to bladder or bowel
problems.
The good news is, as Dr.
Mackey states, HBOT can fix
that.
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Denture Services, Inc.
William A. Foster, L.D
Denture wearer
2009 upon opening its
Advanced Wound Healing
Center.
It then opened the Eugene
location at 3154 West 11th Ave.
in January 2014 for the conven-
ience of patients living in west-
ern Lane County.
Both wound centers, under
the direction of John Mackey,
M.D., are fully equipped and
staffed for HBOT.
Clint’s radiation cystitis met
the criteria for treatment and he
was initially signed up for a
typical course of treatment —
five days per week for eight
weeks, with each session last-
ing 2 hours.
Dr. John Mackey shares the
following information about
HBOT: While red-blood cells
are full of oxygen, the plasma
that carries them through the
body is relatively devoid of
oxygen. During the treatments,
the patient breathes 100 percent
oxygen inside a pressurized
chamber, quickly increasing the
oxygen concentration in the
blood plasma to complete satu-
ration — and increasing deliv-
ery of oxygen to damaged tis-
sues by eight to 10 times.
This saturation promotes the
body’s natural immune system
and healing responses, allow-
ing wounds to heal more easily,
from the inside out.
Those elevated oxygen lev-
els promote optimum healing
and stimulate formation of new
microscopic blood vessels
(capillaries) in damaged tissue.
By comparison, the air we
breathe is typically about 20
percent oxygen.
The chambers are transpar-
ent so that patients can see and
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