Instead of just four pictures to draw a medical analysis from, there are now 240.
That is the short version of what 3D Mammography brings to the table and that state of the art imaging is now available at Medical Center Enterprise.
“God has orchestrated things—and I can clearly see that.”
That is Maria Arledge’s response when asked about her 14-month journey with breast cancer.
It has been said that there are friends and there is family—and then there are friends that become family.
That is a truth that has carried Kecia Dent through her “emotional roller coaster” breast cancer journey that began May 3.
A regular exam in 2003 led to a cancer diagnosis for Enterprise resident Eulene Jones. “I went in for a routine exam in October of 2003. I saw Dr. Karen Mockler. she was very thorough. The next day the doctor called and said I needed an ultrasound. Things happened really fast,” Jones said. “I saw Dr. Sam Sawyer for a biopsy. He determined a lumpectomy was needed, but that it was no rush.”
Stacy Steck’s mother, Susan, fought and survived breast cancer twice; once in 1998 and once in 2018.
A breast self-exam is a manual self-check for any changes in your breast tissue.
When a woman has a mammogram performed, she may receive a letter telling her that she has dense breast tissue. Having dense breast tissue can make it harder to read a mammogram, and it may be connected to a higher risk of developing breast cancer.
A routine mammogram is how Barbara A. Pearson Sampson first learned she had breast cancer in 2010.
The diagnosis was confirmed through an ultra sound that she had two weeks later.
The daughter of a Medley and a Harrison, Winna Gayle McDougal was New Brockton through and through.
April started a journey for Enterprise Health and Rehab Speech Language Pathologist Casey Lait that she thought she’d never have.
The 20th Annual Coffee County Breast Cancer and Women’s Health Issues Forum will focus on changes in breast cancer and its treatment as well as information about other aspects of women’s health.
Members of the Enterprise business community are actively supporting breast cancer awareness through several special events.
Allisha Harrison never expected to find her breast cancer at such an early stage in October 2016, but she did, thanks to knowing her family history and having a mammogram.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Janet Corneil’s life changed forever when she heard the words, “You have breast cancer.”
God is faithful and true. Period.
That is the thread woven throughout Crissy Pope’s breast cancer story.
Thank God for cancer’ is the title to my testimony.’”
That’s the first that Patty Hudson will tell you.
I think I knew that it was cancer,” breast cancer survivor Bobbi Fleming said about the diagnosis she received almost 30 years ago. “I think sometimes you just know.”
Breast cancer has affected Gail Mitchum’s family in a flagrant way. She had five aunts who suffered with it on her father’s side. Her mother’s sister had breast cancer, too.
Lynn Moore nearly skipped her yearly mammogram, a decision that might have been disastrous.
She didn’t have any kids. Me being her oldest nephew, I stepped up and was like, ‘Whatever you need me to do, I’ll be there for you,’” said Sheldon Gibson, caretaker for his aunt who was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The 19th Annual Coffee County Breast Cancer and Women’s Health Issues Forum will focus on changes in breast cancer and its treatment, information about general health and news about local medical facilities.
“Be strong and courageous.”
Those words from the ninth verse from chapter one in the book of Joshua in the Bible are inscribed on the front of each of the hot pink and lime green bags given to women battling cancer.
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