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Mary Kay Carson
Despite battling
peritoneal cancer on and off since 2001 with four surgeries and more
than 50 chemotherapy treatments, and serving as a mentor for a local
gynecologic cancer support group, Mary Kay Carson, 60, of
Springfield says she hadn’t truly accepted her cancer diagnosis
until she attended a bonfire at Camp Bluebird.
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Dee Brown
St. John’s Auxiliary members began
knitting prayer shawls in 2008. With each shawl comes a prayer card
to help give spiritual strength to patients in their times of need.
Dee Brown, who recently completed her radiation and is cancer-free,
received a prayer shawl.
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Annie Bach
Annie Bach says she really learned how
precious life is and not to take anything for granted when she was
diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994.
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John Baker
John Baker says he had no symptoms
whatsoever when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. Now
he's a firm believer in regular checkups.
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Joan Eide
Joan Eide participated in an important
ovarian cancer treatment trial through Cancer Treatment of the
Ozarks in 1998 and has been cancer-free ever since. She and her
husband hit the road in their RV after her treatment.
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Dee Dee Lennon Gass
Dee Dee Lennon Gass performed two shows
a day at the Lawrence Welk Champagne Theater in Branson after a
mastectomy and chemotherapy for breast cancer. She refused to let
her cancer diagnosis and treatment slow her down.
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John McCarthy
When a St. John’s radiation oncologist
told Buffalo resident John McCarthy, 72, about a radiation treatment
that could treat his throat cancer while preserving salivary
function, McCarthy thought it was a no-brainer.
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Carol
Crab
"After
a biopsy, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was devastated. But
the care I received at St. John’s was wonderful. Everyone there was
supportive throughout. I underwent surgery, and was treated with
chemotherapy and radiation.And now I am cancer-free and feel as good
as ever."
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