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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • OCTOBER 17, 2018
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the blue.”
According to the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC), 242,476
new cases of female breast can-
cer were reported in 2015 — the
most recent year data is available;
2,954 of those cases were report-
ed in Oregon. More than 40,000
women nationwide, died of the
disease.
October serves as breast can-
cer awareness month, bring-
ing attention to the disease that
needs no introduction; it’s the
highest funded cancer in regards
to research, earning $519.9 mil-
lion for its budget in 2016, ac-
cording to the National Cancer
Institute. It’s widely sponsored
and has spurned organizations
and non-profi ts like the Susan
G. Komen Foundation and has
turned retailer aisles pink with
colored products meant to raise
awareness and funds.
To mark the month, Th e Sen-
tinel off ered the opportunity for
breast cancer survivors, current
patients and those who have
been aff ected by the disease to
tell their stories. And because
those stories are personal and
fi ercely intimate, they’ll be told
those who have lived them, in
their words, with very little inter-
ruption — because they are their
stories. Last week, Th e Sentinel
published Susan Jeppesen’s story
that chronicled her current bat-
tle with the disease. Th is week,
it off ers Coleen’s story from the
perspective of a decade’s-long
survivor.
“We had history of breast can-
cer in our family but it was far
away like my grandmother’s two
sisters and then my mother’s sis-
ter had breast cancer but that’s
the closest. I was getting mam-
mograms though and mine was
slow growing but once it showed
up it was, it’d only been a year
since the last mammogram. It
was in April of 1996 and what
happened is, I have fi bro-cystic
disease which just means I have
a lot of cysts in my breasts and
so do my sisters so I relied on
the mammograms.”
[According to the Susan G.
Komen Foundation, women
with a fi rst-degree relative (a
mother, sister or daughter) who
has been diagnosed with breast
cancer has a risk of being diag-
nosed with the disease at twice
the rate as someone with no fam-
ily history. Th e younger the rela-
tive was when she was diagnosed
also increases the risk. For exam-
ple, if a woman’s mother was in
her 40s, rather than her 60s when
diagnosed, her daughter is at a
higher risk for the disease. Th e
National Library of Medicine
and National Institutes of Health
note that self-detection through
self-examination remains key for
detection of breast cancer.]
“First of all, it was kind of
weird. I got the mammogram
and then the letter just said it
required further evaluation so
then they did an ultrasound and
it came up with the same thing. I
did another mammogram and a
needle-located biopsy. What they
do is a mammogram and while
that is happening they insert a
needle and the end of it is right
at the area they want to look at
and then they run you in and
do a biopsy with the needle still
in place. Th at biopsy came back
with suspicious lump so then
we did a lumpectomy. All this
time my doctor is telling me, ‘I
don’t expect anything but we’ll
do it anyway.’ When they did
the lumpectomy, they found that
there was cancer and when they
did the lab work, the tumor was
inside the fi broid which was kind
of weird.
“It was really hard to share it
with my family because how do
you begin that conversation?
‘Oh by the way, or I just want
you to know.’ Th e fi rst thing was
calling my husband who was in
D.C., he’d just left the day before
but he got on a plane right away
and fl ew back. It happened that
my younger sister was visiting
me from Utah so when the doc
called me I went home and my
sister was there and I had to share
it with her and she was stunned,
didn’t know how to react it was
very diffi cult how do you even
word that? It’s just cancer, the big
C.
[Th ere are numerous organiza-
tions that off er family support for
patients of breast cancer in-clud-
ing the breast cancer helpline (1-
877-465-6636). A study released
by Susan G. Komen showed that
women who had a social support
system had a better survival rate
than those who did not have a
support system]
I had this really great surgeon
who had treated his mother and
sister-in-law for breast cancer
and he was very young. He went
through the steps with me and
said, ‘If this was my mother, here’s
what I would recommend,’ so we
went ahead and did a lumpecto-
my and lymphectomy and that’s
totally diff erent than what it is
now. Back then they marked off
a 3” by 3” area and took every-
thing. Th e recovery from the
lymphectomy was worse than the
lump or the mastec-tomy. When
they did the lump, the lymph
nodes were clear which is really
good news but the margins were
dirty so they could keep doing
lumpectomies over and over or
we could just go for the mastec-
tomy. I did no radiation because
when they did the mastectomy
they found no more cancer and
then the chemo, because of my
age and because of the diagno-
sis, I went to an oral chemo and I
took that for three years and my
diagnosis was estrogen recep-
tive and it threw me into instant
menopause so that was no fun.
[According to the National
Cancer Institute, women who
go through menopause aft er the
age of 55 have a higher risk of
breast cancer. However, that is
separate from the side eff ect of
certain breast cancer treatments
that may force a woman into
menopause due to the nature of
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131 W “A” St. Drain, OR
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Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
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6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
9:00am & 10:30am
Christian Education:
Pre-K through 5th
www.6thandgibbs.com
First Baptist Church
301 S. 6th st • 541-942-8242
Interim Pastor: Reed Webster
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship Service 11:00am
Youth Wednesday 6:30pm
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Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Rev.: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
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Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove
1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza)
541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun:
9am & 10:45am
Youth Group Bible Study
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
www.cgcalvary.org
Hope In The Grove
700 E. Gibbs • 401-855-5668
Pastor: Wayne Husk
Sunday services:
Worship: 9am
Coffee Fellowship: 10:15am
Bible Study: 10:30am
Center for Spiritual Living
700 Gibbs Ave. (Community Center)
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
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Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
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“I was married in 1984 and so
this all happened in 1996 and my
husband was at my side every
the hormones related to their di-
agnosis.]
I had reconstruction about a
year aft er a mastectomy so I went
through the whole thing with
the tissue expander and seeing
the doctor every two weeks and
the medication, the oral chemo
was just horrible. Hot fl ashes,
irritable. All the things that go
with menopause but more so.
At the time, they wanted you on
the medication for fi ve years and
aft er three years I talked to my
doctor and said this is unbear-
able, this is no life. He said they
showed good results for year 1-3
and years 4-5 it hadn’t proved to
make any diff erence even though
they recommended fi ve.
Before the reconstruction was
complete, I dealt with all of the
things of having breast forms and
things at work were pretty unsta-
ble because you’ve missed two
months are you healthy now?
Maybe we should move you into
a more stressful job? And all of
these things were not my choic-
es, this was management trying
to make these decisions. I had
the surgery, the loss of my breasts
and then dealing with these is-
sues at work.
[One in eight women will be
diagnosed with breast cancer
in the U.S. Low-income women
and women of color are at an
increased risk of job-loss due to
the diagnoses than high-income
Caucasian women according
to the U.S. National Library of
Medicine National Institutes of
Health that also reports up to
80 percent of cancer survivors
return to work anywhere from
three to 18 months aft er their di-
agnosis and employer accommo-
dations are the strongest predic-
tors of work continuation. Th ese
accommodations include paid
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd.
541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Service: 10:00am
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420
Father: Joseph Hung Nguyen
Holy Mass:
Tue-Thu: 8:30am; Sat:5:30pm
Sun: 10:30am
Confession: After daily mass,
Sat. 4-5pm or by appointment
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrock Lane
541-895-8686, Sunday: 8:30am
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Sunday School & Adult Education
9:15am
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
tlccg.com
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
Worship: 10:30am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $5,
Kids Free)
1st & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm
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Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave
541-942-8928
Preacher: Tony Martin
“VICTORY” Country Church
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm 913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
MIRACLES”
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Jim Edwards
CRESWELL:
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Join in Traditional Christian Worship Creswell Presbyterian Church
75 S 4th S • 541-895-3419
Rev. Seth Wheeler
Adult Sunday School 9:15am
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am
website www.creswellpres.org
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