2018 Paint paper pink
Page 68 2018 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2018 runner of her cancer. She said meds she was put on after her diagnoses resolved the leg pain, and with knowing there is cancer in the pelvic region, she knows in her own mind at least, that the two are connected. Kathleen today takes the chemo pill and will continue to do so for the rest of her life. She said that the pill has its advantages, mostly in the fact that one doesn’t lose days of their life to severe illness after treatment. She also didn’t lose her hair with the pill. And, the pill is shrinking her tumors, but will likely never fully remove them. Surgery is not an option for Kathleen, so her destiny is that she will continue on with medication and take life one day at a time. Kathleen is calm about her prognosis. She looks at life as a daily event and doesn’t dwell on the long-term all that much. She noted that when thinking about her own mortality, in 2007 and 2008 she went through her diagnosis and treatment with the thoughts that she was going to live to be 80 years old. Today, AT 52 her feeling is that she probably won’t live to see 60. But she qualifies her statement saying that she really doesn’t know why. “Maybe Jesus will come,” she said. Or maybe she will lose her life in a car accident, or maybe there will be some big discovery in cancer treatment and she will live beyond her own expectations. Her point is that none of us know what is going to happen tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. The gift is to live a good life each day. Enjoy what you have in front of you, and don’t dwell on the “what if” or the “whenever.” And, if Kathleen has any message to send to those who are facing situations similar to hers, it is definitely don’t give up. Always keep looking for a way to overcome the obstacles. When Kathleen was diagnosed in 2007, she had a job but no insurance. She felt her destiny was sealed, but then she found out that she could get help through the IBCCP. The Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program is administered by the Illinois Department of Public Health and it offers services to women in Illinois between the ages of 35 and 64 with no health insurance. If you are in this situation you can contact the IBCCP by calling the Women’s Health-Line toll free at 888-522-1282. Women in this situation can also get free mammograms, locally. Abraham Lincoln CONTINUE ...
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