2018 Paint paper pink

2018 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2018 Page 57 She explained that she had undergone gallbladder surgery and soon afterward noticed an oddity in her left breast. It looked like there was something under the skin. She asked her doctor at the time, and he more or less dismissed her concerns. But she continued to watch and saw that whatever it was, it was changing, growing, and moving. She finally one day decided it was time to share, and she went to her husband Gary and asked him to look at her breasts. He saw it right away, and together they decided it was time to get some medical advice. Jane said she knew in her mind that it was going to be cancer. She and Gary discussed it and decided that they weren’t going to say anything to family until they had more definitive answers, but that plan soon fell apart. Jane said as it happened, the day she went to the doctor, her parents had an appointment at about the same time Jane didn’t know about. Jane’s mother started questioning why Jane and Gary were there, and Jane recalled, “I couldn’t lie to my mom.” So her parents were in on Jane’s diagnosis from the very early stages. Jane recalled her mom, Shirley Singley, was very supportive, and even though she was 73 years old insisted on driving Jane to her treatments. Jane said it wasn’t really necessary, but it was something that made Shirley feel like she was being proactive in her daughter’s treatment, so off they went together for each of Jane’s treatments. Kathy’s cancer was found in December of 2001 with a mammogram, and she began her treatments in 2002. Testing revealed she had a pea sized tumor that was cancerous, but she also had cancer in one lymph node. During surgery the tumor was removed along with ten lymph nodes. Jane’s tumor was larger, the size of a golf ball. She said that her surgery was called a lumpectomy, but by the time the tumor and surrounding tissue had been removed, it was what she would call a partial mastectomy. She said that her breast was deformed after the surgery and remains deformed to this day because insurance said that reconstructive surgery was not medically necessary and wouldn’t pay. Kathy recalls that she struggled with the radiation. She said that she didn’t know that because she was naturally a large breasted woman that would play against her, impacting how her radiation was delivered and how badly it burned. She said even though her cancer was small, she suffered quite a bit with her treatment. For Jane, chemotherapy was difficult. She said that she knew that she would have her treatment on Friday and by Monday she would be very sick. She said that was hard on her as a mom, because she felt she wasn’t doing what she needed to do for her son Andrew. But, she said the youngster was a rock for her, and very understanding. She said knowing what that Monday would be like, she bought microwavable breakfast foods for her son and he would get up, get himself breakfast, get ready for school and did it without complaint. Both women also had strong support from their husbands. Jane said that Gary helped her tremendously, helping her in the bath and CONTINUE ...