Together we Live with Cancer! MATTHEWS ONCOLOGY ASSOCIATES SHEBOYGAN CANCER & BLOOD SPECIALISTS TLC is a “Supportive Community" that provides cancer survivors, their families, friends and caregivers with health and wellness opportunities for the body, mind, heart and spirit. H. Marshall Matthews, M.D. 1621 N Taylor Drive, Suite 100 S. Mark Bettag, M.D. Oncology/Hematology Sheboygan, WI 53081 Oncology/Hematology 920-458-7433 www.moa-scbs.com 920-452-1650 Winter/Spring, 2017 (Volume 17, Issue 1) “Hope Changes Everything!” – Shannon Winter (artist, from painting on left) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Barb Sander Greg Hildebrand Leah Heusterberg Felicia Shaw Survivor Spotlight: Barb Sanders Transforms a space where “Hope Changes Everything!” Survivor Spotlight: Greg Hildebrand Wants to create awareness about testicular cancer! Survivor-Athlete Spotlight: Leah Heusterberg Supports and encourages active survivorship! “What Are the Chances” Writer/Contributor: Felicia Shaw Shares another insightful messages of what she thinks about when she pauses!
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Together we
Live with
Cancer!
MATTHEWS ONCOLOGY ASSOCIATES
SHEBOYGAN
CANCER & BLOOD
SPECIALISTS
TLC is a “Supportive Community" that provides cancer survivors, their families, friends
and caregivers with health and wellness opportunities for the body, mind, heart and spirit.
H. Marshall Matthews, M.D. 1621 N Taylor Drive, Suite 100 S. Mark Bettag, M.D.
Oncology/Hematology Sheboygan, WI 53081 Oncology/Hematology
SCCCF ST&BF: Tai Chi Class Wednesdays in February!
TLC Survivorship Can Be Fun: Kettle Karvers Klub Workshop Tuesday, February 7th!
St. Patty’s Day Pub Game Night Thursday, March 16th!
SCCCF ST&BF: Indoor Pickleball Play & Survivors on Snowshoes! Saturday, February 11th!
TLC Survivorship Sessions: February: One of Life’s Great Puzzles! March: Cancer & Spirituality! April: Testicular Cancer Awareness!
Watch for details!
SCCCF ST&BF: Gentle Yoga for Cancer Survivors! Mondays at 5:30P in March! Thursdays at 5:30P in April! Mondays at 5:30P in May!
SCCCF ST&BF: Indoor Row Team – 2nd Annual Lake Michigan Crossing! Saturday, March 11th at Sheboygan YMCA!
Want to keep up-to-date with Local Cancer Community events/activities? Read the Local Cancer Community Update! Visit www.scccf.org/news! Contact Tim at 920.457.2223 or [email protected]
Greg Hildebrand Testicular x 2, Melanoma & Colon Cancer Survivor
SURVIVOR-ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT…...11
Leah Heusterberg Breast Cancer Survivor & Survivor-Athlete
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES…….….....13
When I Pause… I Think. By Felicia Shaw
THE LOCAL CANCER COMMUNITY UPDATE..14
The World According to Tim By Tim E. Renzelmann
ABOUT THIS ISSUE:
Feeling Like a “Bobble Head” II By Tim E. Renzelmann
In a recent “Local Cancer Community Update” I explained that I was “Feeling like a Bobble Head.” I realize that not all of you who receive this newsletter also receive that e-mail update, so allow me to do a quick re-write of what I wrote. It has been a while since our last TLC (Together we Live with Cancer) Supportive Newsletter. As my job has evolved over the years, regretfully, I seem to have less time to work on this TLC Supportive Newsletter which I have always considered to be one of the best parts of this work… mostly because of the “Survivor Spotlights”! I absolutely LOVE the opportunity to sit down, one-on-one, with a fellow cancer survivor and have the honor of hearing their story! This issue, for the first time, contains THREE different spotlights - in addition to the two “Survivor Spotlights” I am introducing a third “Survivor-Athlete Spotlight” that will recognize one of the many
survivor-athletes who regularly participates in SCCCF’s Survive, Thrive & Be Fit activities!
It seems whenever I meet with a fellow survivor who is willing to share their story with me I find I am constantly nodding my head up and down. Sometimes I am nodding because I agree with them, sometimes because I can relate to what they are telling me, sometimes because I am learning from their experience; but mostly, I am nodding because their stories, as varied and unique as they each are, inspire me to SAY YES TO LIFE!
That’s why I have been feeling like a bobble head! In fact, I feel sort of like a bobble head on steroids! You see, 2017 will mark my personal 25-year “Cancer-versary!” (See the “Local Cancer Community Update” on pg. 14).
Now, I certainly understand that none of this is about me and that all of this transcends me. I understand that my personal story, the individual stories contained within these pages and the stories that we each have to tell is but a thread in this patchwork tapestry that covers us, warms us, protects us and enfolds around us! I understand that it is not about any one personal story but about our shared collective stories not only as cancer patients and survivors… but co-survivors, supporters and caregivers as well.
I welcome and encourage you to be a part of this tapestry and weave your stories with all the others; strengthening that which can give you strength and giving to something from which you will get so much in return. If you’re not quite sure where to start, consider joining us at a Together we Live with Cancer event or a Survive, Thrive & Be Fit activity. Join others who are SAYING YES TO LIFE… nod your head… and feel like a bobble head!
MY TWO CENTS WORTH:
Pennies Offer A Lesson in “Letting Go”!
By Tim E. Renzelmann
I started collecting pennies more than 45 years ago. My dad, who started his 36-year career in
the banking industry as a teller, introduced me to the hobby around 1970 when I was a young boy of about eight and he passed on several Whitman “Blue Book” coin folders that contained many of the Lincoln Wheat Cents that he assembled during his early days in banking.
Back then, pennies were 95% copper and 5% zinc. After just a few years in the hobby I began reading reports like this from a 1974 AP article that
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read, “The problem is that the price of copper is approaching the point where the penny will not be worth as much as its copper content.” It concluded, “The mint now is experimenting with a new alloy… But reducing the copper content ‘is only buying time,’ according to one source.”
In 1980 another AP article reported, “As the price of copper went up, a lot of people started holding large numbers of pennies at home.” This contributed to a penny shortage in scattered areas of the country. The U.S. Mint increased production of pennies and yet the shortage persisted and some banks began paying a bounty for pennies. For example, an Ohio bank offered a nickel bonus for every roll of 50 pennies turned in and a bank in New Mexico paid $125 for every $100 in pennies.
In 1982 the U.S. Mint decreased the copper content of the One Cent coin to 2.5% with zinc making up the remaining 97.5%, thereby reducing the intrinsic metal value of the coin. And yet in 1999 there were once again scattered spots all over the country where “cash registers have sported hand-lettered signs asking customers to give exact change because retailers can’t get enough pennies from banks,” according to a CNN article. It suggested a paradox of plentitude, but paucity of pennies as “in millions of homes, jars and piggy banks bulge with the copper coins bearing Lincoln’s likeness.” The article went on to note, “It is believed that billions of pennies sit in jars and cans, on dresser tops, under car mats, behind couch cushions and in piggy banks. Not to mention the pennies in landfills or lying on sidewalks where pedestrians don’t bother to pick them up.”
In 2015 an additional 9.2 billion pennies were produced by the U.S. Mint, an amount greater than the combined total of all other coins (nickels, dimes, quarters, halves and dollars). That $92 million in pennies cost the government and U.S. tax payers $130 million to produce. The cost to make a penny has exceeded a penny since 2006 and in 2014, after considerable research, the U.S. Mint issued a report that concluded there are no alternative metal compositions that reduce the manufacturing cost of the penny below its face value. Heck, even plastic toy pennies cost more than a penny! A quick Internet search indicates prices range from $2.99 to $6.72 per 100 plastic toy pennies, which has to tell us something!
When the penny is finally eliminated (I think it is more a matter of “when” than “if”) it will not be the first time the U.S. eliminated its lowest valued coin. In 1857 the U.S. eliminated the half cent at a time when the cent was worth more than what a dime is worth today and the country did not experience any discernable negative economic impact. Similarly,
many other countries have re-CENT-ly eliminated their lowest valued denominations (including Canada’s elimination of its one cent piece in 2012) without significant economic effects.
Today there are more pennies in the economy than ever before - an estimated 240 billion One Cent pieces. But as much as 2/3 of these coins are simply lost, forgotten, ignored or are being hoarded for one reason or another. The penny debate has existed, in one form or another, for more than 40 years and continues today! Those who advocate to keep the penny claim that it keeps prices low, that charities rely on them, that Americans like them and that they honor Lincoln. Those who advocate to eliminate them claim they have little value, they waste time, they are bad for the environment and they cost the government and tax payers money. But perhaps the real crux of the matter has little to do with any of this!
“All the art of living lies in the fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis
There appears to be a collective ambivalence of whether we should let go or hold on to the One Cent coin! Whether we are talking about the pennies in our pockets or other aspects of human life (including possessions, relationships, habits, traditions, activities, aspirations, emotions, feelings, beliefs or understandings) it is often difficult for us to know if it is time to let go or if we should continue to hold on. We think that if we don’t make the right decision, if we let go too soon or hang on too long, we will miss out on some ideal outcome which can lead to paralyzing fear and stress.
Paralyzed by Decisions There are plenty times in my life when the
decision to hold on or let go is a simple one and I am both confident of what to do and feel comfortable doing it. Other times I struggle. One thing I have learned over the years is that the more uncertain I am about what I should do – hold on or let go – the more it seems that “letting go” is the best option.
I am not suggesting that letting go is always the best option. But, as a creature of habit, I often find comfort in familiarity even if the familiar, paradoxically, is not particularly comfortable. When I find myself struggling with the decision to hold on or to let go it often seems easier not make a decision and to continue to do what I’ve always done, whether or not it is truly in my best interest. But as the 1980 song “Free Will” by the rock band Rush aptly points out, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
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Example: I was a competitive runner in my younger days – through high school, college and well into adulthood. But as I aged my motivation to and interest in running began to fade. Fellow “bratsters” (friends and members of the Brat City Training Club) encouraged me to try new things… but running was all I knew and, I thought, it was who I was. I foolishly feared that by letting go of running as my main form of exercise I would somehow cease being the person I was, the person I had always been and the person I was meant to be. So I continued with what was familiar and comfortable!
There Is No One Right Answer Let’s face it… we can never really know! We
can never really know if we hang on we will ever get what it is that we are hoping for. We can never really know if the moment after we let go might be the moment that everything comes together. Even if things work out better than we could have imagined, we can never really know if we might have somehow missed an even better outcome.
As I see it, the individual choices and decisions we make have little impact on our overall happiness. Instead, it is the cumulative impact of the many choices and decisions we make over time as we manage the constant flow of choices and decisions that come to us every minute of every day. So worry less about any individual choice or decision you find yourself facing as, much like these pennies, individually they may actually have little value. But rather consider the totality of the choices and decisions you make.
Example: Around 2009 I found myself wanting to experience new and different physical challenges and, with much angst, I let go (at least a little bit) of my running. I continued to run (and still do) but I no longer did it as often. Admittedly, it was a tough decision that I struggled with… but, by itself, it really wasn’t all that important. In the days, weeks, months and years that have followed I have had a lot of other decisions to make. I decided to try kayaking, then snowshoeing, then hiking and backpacking, then canoeing, then orienteering, then disc golf, then rowing. Every day I continue to make the decision to move my body for fitness and enjoyment… just in different ways. Today, I am in some ways healthier and in many ways happier than I have ever been… but that has little to do with that one decision to “let go”… but the many other decisions that followed!
Perfection is a myth! What is a perfect life? Does anybody really
know? It certainly may be something that intrigues us and captures our imagination… but like the
farthest reaches of the infinite cosmos that surrounds us, we will never reach perfection. In the words of Salvador Dali, “Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.”
Of course, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t look towards perfection. When we look into infinite space it is the discoveries we find along the way that keep us headed in a forward direction. Similarly, as the great Vince Lombardi stated, “Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” Every moment of our life provides an opportunity to evolve beyond the person we have been and beyond what we once thought was possible. Every moment offers a new possibility of perfection!
Example: In my younger days as a runner I thought the closest thing to perfection would have been running a sub-2:20 marathon and qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials. I was close to that perfection when, in 1992, I ran the Las Vegas Marathon in 2:20:39. A few months later I was diagnosed with cancer and that particular notion of perfection quickly began to erode. Just being able to run became its own kind of perfection. Then, in 2002, when I was nominated and selected to carry the Olympic flame in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Torch Relay I experienced a kind of perfection that, just a few weeks earlier, I didn’t even know was possible!
Since that one particular close-to-perfect moment… I have had many other close-to-perfect moments while kayaking the shores of Lake Michigan, snowshoeing on fresh-fallen snow, hiking and backpacking the nearby Ice Age Trail, canoeing through Quetico, orienteering in the Kettle Moraine State Forest, disc golfing at about 30 different Wisconsin disc golf courses and rowing at the Sheboygan YMCA.
Let Go with One Hand and Hold On with the Other!
As for the penny, the ONLY solution to this on-going debate that makes CENTS to me is that we finally let go of the One Cent coin from our coinage. When that happens I will choose to hold on to those parts of the penny that are worth holding on to; the CENT-sational stories that fill my head, the e-CENT-ial lessons that enhance my life, the magni-CENT memories that warm my heart and the com-PENNY of those with whom I will continue to share my passion for pennies and this CENT-sational life!
As Always, Tim
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SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHTS:
Stories of Survivorship!
Barb Sander Breast Cancer Survivor Diagnosed: September, 2014
Barb is 43 years old and lives between Plymouth and Elkhart Lake along with her husband Scott.
They have two daughters; Brianna is 23 and married to Eric and Becca is 19. Barb is the
Retail Store Manager at Bemis Manufacturing/Bemis Bath Shoppe.
Barb appears on the HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital 2017 Calendar/2016 Cancer Program Annual Report as January’s featured cancer survivor!
(I have a few extra copies if you’d like one) ________________________________________________
Okay, what’s the plan? In 2014 I had my appendix removed and six
weeks later I had my gall bladder removed so my health insurance deductible was met for the year and I decided to have my first mammogram at age 41. I went in by myself because I thought I would be in and out. But they saw some areas of concern which led to another scan and more imaging until they told me that it was highly suspicious of cancer. I was shocked to say the least.
Then I said, “Okay, what’s the plan? I’m not leaving here without a plan!” Before I left I had an appointment scheduled for a biopsy and with Dr. Bettag.
The absolute worst part of this ordeal! For me, the absolute worst part of this whole
ordeal was telling my family I had cancer; having to tell my parents and seeing the worry in their eyes, having to tell my husband and seeing his reaction as both of his parents are battling through cancer, having to tell our daughters and seeing the fear, having to tell my sisters and friends and people we know! They were heart-broken and I couldn’t fix it. I felt when I was diagnosed my whole family, my friends and everybody around me was diagnosed!
The day I received the phone call confirming it was cancer, that night, our living room was full; my parents, husband, girls, family, some friends and our pastor.
(Cont’d on page 7)
Greg Hildebrand Testicular Cancer (Two-Time),
Melanoma and Colon Cancer Survivor First Diagnosed: July, 1997
Greg is a 54-year-old father of three (Katie, Brian and Nick) and grandfather of five. He and his wife Sandy raised their children in the same Plymouth home they have lived in since they
were married 34 years ago.
Join Greg at our April TLC Survivorship Session where he will offer valuable information on
protecting the men (especially the young men) in our lives and educating them on the importance
of early detection for testicular cancer. ___________________________________________
My first cancer diagnosis - it was an absolute shock!
Almost twenty years ago, during the summer of 1997, I was experiencing a lot of pain. I collapsed at work one day and they took me to the doctor and it didn’t take long for them to diagnose me with stage III testicular cancer.
It was my first cancer diagnosis and it was an absolute shock! That’s all I remember. But I like NOT remembering those kinds of things!
We decided on a plan and then got started! After surgery, I was scheduled to see Dr.
Matthews and I liked him and his approach right away! He didn’t make promises that weren’t his to make. He explained things in a way I could understand. He told me what the options were and what would most likely happen with each of those options. We decided on a plan and then got started!
I had chemotherapy five days a week, six to eight hours a day, plus on the weekends I would go to the hospital. The chemo was tough back then and just about killed me. I remember times I had to crawl to the bathroom. In the first few weeks I lost about fifty pounds. I’m not sure folks realize how much chemotherapy has improved since then!
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SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT:
Barb Sander (Cont’d from pg. 6)
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I have so much faith in Dr. Bettag! Some people suggested that I should get a
second opinion but I really have so much faith in Dr. Bettag and his team and I never felt a need for a second opinion. Dr. Bettag sat with me and my family numerous times and took as much time as we needed, going over everything, and that was so heartwarming! I have complete faith in all of them and whatever they tell me to do, well, that’s what I’ll do.
I didn’t research anything on-line. I had stacks of books that I picked up from the library or that people gave me but I never read any of them. I just felt this sense of comfort with Dr. Bettag. Even if my cancer came back today I am confident that I got the best treatment and I would go right back to Dr. Bettag who has been a God-send and a hero to me. And all of the nurses are nothing less than angels that helped me through some tough days. As much as I didn’t want to be there… they made it the best possible experience it could be. I am thankful every day for Ann, Kathy, Mary Beth, Sandy and the entire staff at Sheboygan Cancer & Blood Specialists/Matthews Oncology Associates. Also, a huge thank you to Dr. Herold and his nurses.
Chemo wasn’t fun! Chemo wasn’t fun. Was I on the bathroom
floor puking all of the time? No! Was I nauseous? Yes! Did I feel like crap? Yes! Was it tolerable? Yes! Our youngest daughter was in high school at the time and I promised myself I would get up with her every morning… and I did. There were days I went back to bed after she left… but I got up. Our other daughter said, “Mom, I’m not being mean, but I’m going to give you the ‘tough love’ you talk about and make you push yourself.”
One good thing is that because of the chemo and drugs you don’t remember all of the details! I spent a lot of time on the couch and there are parts that are a blur to me… and that’s okay!
Laughter is the best medicine! After everything… the biopsies, the
lumpectomy, the chemo, the radiation… I felt another lump. It turned out to be benign but it was enough for me, after talking with Dr. Bettag, to have a double mastectomy. I had expanders placed right away and eventually the implants were put in. Then I got REALLY sick. It turned
out that my body was rejecting the implants so they needed to come out and couldn’t be replaced. I loved my implants and I was devastated that I couldn’t have them in any more. But now I just get up in the morning and I put my boobs on and I go to work and do my thing. Life goes on! As I expressed to Dr. Herold, I wanted to be a plateau and get rid of my hills and valleys, and that is exactly what he did for me!
Laughter is the best medicine! If there was a day that I was struggling, either emotionally or physically, I would go on the Internet and look for funny videos that would make me laugh because I knew it would make me feel better. And my husband and son-in-law are a couple of wise guys and both have a good sense of humor and they would get me to laugh as well. You can find humor in any situation.
I feel blessed! It’s been a long road, but despite it all, I would
say this has really been a blessing for me and not a curse! I gained fifty-some pounds and lost all of my hair, my eyebrows and my eyelashes. I pushed people away at first because I didn’t think I looked good. But people kept reaching out to me, hugging me, caring for me… so I decided to accept the help and love. I know there are a lot of people who don’t have that kind of support or who go through it by themselves and I feel blessed to have people who love me so unconditionally.
Be good to others and good will come to you! My parents always taught me… do unto
others as you’d want done for/to you. My husband, daughters and I try really hard to be generous, kind and selfless; we try to get along with everybody and I think that is why so many people reached out during all of this. It was very overwhelming… and, as a result, now we feel we need to continue to give back even more!
“Hope Changes Everything!” Sara Kaffine, RN (HSHS St. Nicholas
Hospital Nurse Navigator) has been one of the angels that has been with with me from day one. At one point I offered to help her make the wig room a brighter space. Eventually, Sara called me and said, “If you don’t mind, I think I’m going to take you up on your offer.” So a few of my friends along with my parents and my husband all came together to re-do the wig room.
One thing that really brings this room together is the painting by Shannon Winter. The painting is of this perfect angel without any hair and reads, “Hope Changes Everything!” Once a month I come in and wash the wigs, sort through the hats,
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and keep this room looking bright and cheery! I was SO glad Sara let me do this… as it helps me just as much as it helps Sara or anyone else who needs this room.
A responsibility to give back and help one another!
As cancer survivors I think we have a responsibility to give back and help one another. I have so many friends that are survivors; Amy, Melinda, Jean, Victoria, Lori, Joelle, Marlene, Deb and more. Often times it’s just the time we take to share and talk. Now we are helping one another.
Not too long ago I was talking to a friend who had to have a double mastectomy and was as scared as could be. So, I showed her my chest and said, “This is what mine looks like.” She was so relieved, as if a weight was lifted from her and she said, “I can handle that!” And I said, “Yes, you can!” Then I said to my husband, “I told you flashing people would help me someday!”
This cancer is not who I am, it’s only what happened to me!
I am just one of so many people who has a story to tell and when I share my story I also tell people this is not all I want them to know about me. I have two beautiful daughters, I have a loving husband, amazing parents and the best family, pastor and friends anyone could ever hope for. I have a great life. This cancer is not who I am, it’s only what happened to me.
I pray and I try to live healthier! I do have to say I worry about the cancer
coming back. It’s scary. You wake up and you’re not feeling good… or you have an ache or a pain… and you think, “Is it back?” It’s always in the back of my mind. So I pray, keep my faith and try to live healthier. I’ve been blessed enough to get through it once. I’ve seen one of our daughters get married and the other graduate from high school and I want to do whatever I can to keep living! I have a lot to give back. I have a lot of adventure left in my life.
We are stronger than we think we are! This whole experience has taught me that we
are often stronger than we think we are. I just had lunch with one of my girlfriends who had a really bad flu over Christmas that got her to wonder, “How do cancer patients going through chemo do it?” I told her for me it was all about “counting down.” I told myself, “I only have seven more chemos to go… I only have six more to go… I only have five more to go…” You do your countdown and when that’s over, even though 33 sessions of radiation seems daunting, you
continue the countdown. But eventually I got down to a number and thought, “I got this!”
It gave me a chance to just BE! One thing about getting cancer… about being
sick… is that it gave me a chance to just BE! I had the time to just BE! I was very fortunate that way, so many people stepped up and helped. We had family and friends who were bringing in meals three times a week for six months, daily visits from my parents, help with cleaning and decorating for the holidays, endless cards of inspiration and more. And Bemis is an amazing company to work for, very family-oriented and they care about their employees! I couln’t have asked for a better boss and co-workers; Diane, Stephanie and Mary; during my treatments and surgeries.
I didn’t complain or ask, “Why me?” I would rather go through it than to have someone else who might have to go through it alone… that would be terrible!
Never forget that “Hope Changes Everything!” Don’t lose a sense of who you are and what
your life is all about. Don’t push away anyone who wants to help you. When you let people help you, you’re helping them as much as they are helping you – so I learned. I want to say I have the absolute best family and friends anyone could ever hope for and I truly thank God for them every day. And don’t lose your faith and never forget that “Hope Changes Everything!
A RESPONSIBILTY TO “GIVE BACK”!
“As cancer survivors I think we have a responsibility to give back and help one another.”
– Barb Sanders
Barb demonstrates just one way that cancer patients and survivors can “give back” during and after their cancer diagnosis! My work allows me to witness so many acts of profound compassion, incredible kindness and great generosity. I try to share many of these through “The Local Cancer Community Update.” But I can’t share them all… it would be a full-time job in and of itself… and there are so many more that I never even hear about.
If you have a story of “giving back” that you want to share, or an idea to “give back” that you want to discuss… please let me know!
“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin
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SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT:
Greg Hildebrand (Cont’d from pg. 6)
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Second, Third & Fourth Cancer Diagnosis! Five years went by and I thought I was good
to go, but a year after that (August of 2003) I was diagnosed with testicular cancer again. It was an unrelated kind of testicular cancer! This time, however, we caught it much earlier which made it a lot easier. Because Dr. Matthews and his staff knew me and I knew them it was also less scary and the chemo wasn’t nearly as bad.
Then in 2013 I was diagnosed with skin cancer, melanoma. Sandy, my wife, noticed something on my back that didn’t look right and I went in. They removed a small section of skin from my back and then took more until they got it all. They checked a bunch of lymph nodes that all were clear so I didn’t need chemotherapy or radiation. After going through chemo two times before… I couldn’t believe it was that simple! Since then I’ve been following up and have had several more lesions removed.
Then I started feeling run down and saw multiple doctors for different work-ups but they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. I scheduled a colonoscopy in March of last year and they found a mass. It was colon cancer this time… my fourth cancer diagnosis! The doctor wouldn’t let me leave the hospital and they operated on me the next day. I was in the hospital for nine days because I ended up with an infection. After some recovery time, I started chemo in late May and I’ve been at it ever since.
Dr. Matthews tells me what I need to know! Dr. Matthews tells me what I need to know.
I’m not one of those guys that needs to look things up on the Internet. I have come to trust Dr. Matthews completely. I’ll admit, I’m very biased and if anyone who has cancer asks me for advice, I will tell them to see Dr. Matthews. He’s been treating me now for twenty years… I don’t second guess him.
I’m on my last round of chemo now and in about a month I will have a CT scan and some staging tests… and we’ll see how it goes.
A big believer in God Almighty! I have to say I am a big believer in God
Almighty. He walks us down our paths… everybody has their path. And along the way we meet a lot of good people who cross our path. On my path I have met Dr. Matthews, the nurses and
the staff here. I think God puts these people on our path when we need them most. I am happy that so many wonderful people have been put on my path… but I don’t try to look further down or try to guess what is next on my path… I leave that to God Almighty.
Why am I still here and others are not? Now that I am back in the chemo room again
I find myself remembering a couple of people - Kathy Judd and Mark Oelhafen, for example. Both Kathy and Mark were diagnosed about the same time I was in 1997 and both of them passed away not long after that. I sometimes wonder, why am I still here while others are not. But I don’t dwell on it. I guess I’ve realized that none of us have control over that. I could drive out of here today and get hit by a car and be dead from something that has nothing to do with cancer. And I am reminded how none of us, especially those of us in this treatment room, knows what our future is going to bring.
Cancer forced me to slow down! Looking back, I think cancer has taught me to
live my life a little differently. We had a one-year old when I was first diagnosed. We were busy raising a family and trying to get ahead. There were times I was working two jobs and Sandy was taking care of the family and working a full-time job. We didn’t do much else! But after my first diagnosis we started travelling more and spending more time with the kids! I’m not sure we would have done that had it not been for the cancer diagnosis. Cancer forced me to slow down and realize that there are a lot of other things to life other than working non-stop for a bigger home, a brand-new car and all that other stuff.
What I hope for! I’m on my fourth bout with cancer. The first
time I would pray, “Just let me see my kids grow up!” That’s all I wanted… but now I have grandkids involved and I find myself praying, “Just let me see my grandkids grow up!” And I hope and pray that maybe my four bouts with cancer may have saved my kids from having cancer. I don’t know if that’s the case and it’s up to God to figure that stuff out… but it is what I hope for!
Think of it as a blessing! I have a good friend that I’ve known since
middle school and who I still talk to on almost a daily basis. He found out his dad was diagnosed with cancer and had only a matter of months to live. He was taking it pretty hard. I suggested, “Try to think of this as a blessing. You are being given this opportunity to say good-bye to your dad
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and to spend time with him knowing that his time on this earth is limited. Not everyone gets that opportunity!” I hope that made him more aware of the best way to spend those final months.
The worst part! I would say that worst part of this whole
thing… all four cancers and twenty years… is that my wife has had to deal with it! She’s been with me at my sickest… she ended up having to do things that I couldn’t do… she’s had to put up with my bad attitudes on my bad days… she’s had to put up with my frustrations, fears and anxieties!
Sandy: I’ve spent nearly forty years as a caregiver at Rocky Knoll and I’ve learned how to deal with these kinds of things from many people throughout my life. I realize that on those days when someone doesn’t feel good they just get cranky and sometimes say things that they don’t really mean and that I can’t take that to heart. That would just put a wedge between the two of you. Even though, at the time, he wasn’t real happy with me; I hollered at one of his other doctors to biopsy his back. Greg said to me, “I can’t believe you stood up to the doctor like that!” But, in the end, he was glad that I did!
Yep, Sandy has had my back every step along the way. I probably don’t say it enough but I am very grateful to have her here with me. It goes back to the path thing… how lucky am I to have Sandy alongside me!?!
I try not to let the chemo keep me inside! I’ll admit, there were plenty of times when I
got “cranky!” I’m an outside guy. I don’t like sitting in the house. And when I’m forced to stay inside… because of this stuff… I get cranky! So I try not to let the chemo keep me inside. I’ve been honest with Dr. Matthews and the nurses and I have told them that, no matter how sick I am, if I want to go hunting…I will go hunting. I told them I intend to keep my weight up and just continue doing whatever I have been doing.
Seven long-time friends took me wild boar hunting in Upper Michigan this past October. We hunted during the day… and we all got our pigs. But at night we sat around talking about a lot of things including cancer. You see, each one of us has been touched by cancer in one way or another. It was just a great experience… being with a great group of supportive friends and being out in nature.
Just part of a bigger picture! Sometimes when I’m out there I leave my gun
home and bring my camera. I was out there the
other night and I was watching a few rabbits just chewing on the grass when suddenly a Great-Horned Owl came swooping by without a sound and took one of those poor rabbits! When you witness something like that… something that is pure awe… well it makes you realize that we are all just part of a bigger picture.
Focus your energy on living your life the best way you can!
Over the years, other cancer patients and survivors have come to me to talk. I tell them the most important thing is to have a doctor that you trust. If you don’t have that… maybe you should look for it. Once you find a doctor you trust then listen to your doctor and the nurses and let them do their jobs. Don’t get too caught up on that part of it. Then you can focus your energy on living your life the best way you know how. That’s your job and your responsibility. So, I leave my medical care up to Dr. Matthews, I leave my fate up to God and I let them do what they have to do and I try to live my life the best I can.
All I need is hope and a prayer! One thing that bothers me is when people
come to me and say, “Oh, I’m so sorry to hear you’ve got cancer!” I tell them there is nothing for them to be sorry about. Nothing at all. All I need as a cancer patient is hope and prayer! If you can do that for me… offer me some hope and say a prayer for me… that’s all you need to do and that’s all I need from you. But I get it… because before my cancer diagnosis I would have been one of those people saying, “I’m sorry!”
Somebody needs to say something! I had a good friend whose son was
diagnosed with testicular cancer… and that really got me thinking. I feel there is a need to talk to younger men and tell them what to look for. Testicular cancer commonly affects males from 15 to 35! But most of us, especially at that age, don’t think about it and don’t even know what to look for. I think it is important to reach out to these boys and young men and provide them with some knowledge about testicular cancer, like what to look for? Odds are that some of them will be affected by it and if they can catch it early and not have to go through what I went through the first time I was diagnosed it would be well worth it! I just think somebody needs to be saying something about testicular cancer because right now nobody is saying anything!
See “About Testicular Cancer” on page 13.
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SURVIVOR-AHTLETE SPOTLIGHT:
Leah Heusterberg Breast Cancer Survivor
Note from Tim: I decided to use this NEW “Survivor-Athlete Spotlight” column to recognize some of the many dedicated survivor-athletes who participate in SCCCF’s Survive, Thrive & Be Fit activities. Throughout 2016
Leah was one of our most active survivor-athletes and since joining the group she has participated in Gentle Yoga for Cancer Survivors, Steps to Survivorship, Tai Chi, Indoor Row Team, Survivors on Snowshoes, Up/Down the River WITH a Paddle kayak outings, Hiking Along the Cancer Journey day trips and overnight adventures, Survivorship Through the Lens, DISC-overing DISC Golf and is an Active Survivors of Sheboygan Varsity Team Member. All of this while also being a great volunteer, a regular and a strong supporter of SCCCF and the local cancer community!
On February 8th of 2013 I was diagnosed with DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) of the left breast. Early detection played an important role in my case as it was detected in a routine mammogram. The sentinel node biopsy indicated that all lymph nodes were clear so I did not need chemotherapy. I underwent a single mastectomy with immediate reconstruction and six weeks after surgery I went through six weeks of radiation.
I figured I was done. Six months later I decided to have surgical breast augmentation to achieve a balanced appearance and fix the “saggy sister”! As a part of that procedure they removed tissue which was biopsied and revealed pathological abnormalities of the right breast. It wasn’t cancerous, but considered to be a precursor, so we chose to do a second mastectomy with immediate reconstruction on the right breast. I have since had a couple of surgeries here and there for suspicious areas that have all turned out negative. It’s been a “walk in the park” compared to what others have had to endure. And yet it took me a good year and a half before I felt physically “healed” from everything.
I have always been an active person with walking and my yoga practice being my main forms of activity. I was thankful that I could continue to walk following my surgeries. In fact, I will never forget that first breath of fresh air after the first surgery when I was able to get out of the house for the first time. It was just incredible! My yoga practice pretty much came to a halt immediately after the surgeries for obvious
reasons. It was tough for me to not be able to be on my yoga mat but I did what I could.
Yoga turned out to be a HUGE part of my recovery – both physically and mentally. Before I could actually move after surgery I would place my mat on the floor in front of the fireplace and just lay there soaking up the warmth of the fire. I was very disheartened by my limited mobility. I knew there was no way I would be able to participate in the powerful classes that I had been attending and that made me sad. It was about this time that I received a flyer for SCCCF’s Gentle Yoga for Cancer Survivors class. I was accustomed to practicing in a room full of veteran yogis and felt self-conscious about how this body would or would not move. I was looking for a class that would accommodate my new body. I found the SCCCF class to be warm and inviting. I could let go of that self-consciousness and just let my body move as it was able to. After attending this class for a while I ventured back to Yoga on the Lake and started taking their Gentle Yoga class. I so remember the first time back. I had to fight back the tears, remembering how I used to move. Fast forward to today, while this body is getting older I have learned how to modify and adjust my postures. I have learned to be patient with myself and I have pretty much returned to my pre-diagnosis practice!
Although I was a very active person prior to my diagnosis I really didn’t focus much on muscle tone or strengthening. As is the norm for reconstruction surgery my pectoral muscles were repurposed, causing me to feel a need to strengthen my arms, back and the rest of my body to compensate for that. In May of 2014 I took advantage of the LIVESTRONG program at the Sheboygan YMCA. It’s a great program that gave me an extra push and exposed me to all that the YMCA has to offer. I have continued working out at the Sheboygan County YMCA and still participate in the LIVESTRONG program. I highly encourage others to check it out!
I continue to participate in and enjoy many of the Survive, Thrive & Be Fit activities. One thing I like is that they allow me to “drop-in” and give it a try. Would I have found other ways to try all of these different activities? I don’t know! But I have enjoyed all of the activities and have met some great people. I have very much enjoyed “broadening my horizons” a bit and have felt the physical benefits that come from a variety of activities. Plus, I appreciate the convenience of those activities, like yoga, that takes place
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immediately after work… especially since I work just across the parking lot (Columbia St. Mary’s Marsho Medical Group)!
The benefits from working out with a buddy are far more significant than simply physical. I am part of a group of women that call ourselves “4-A Breast.” We completed five different Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walks. The countless miles of training which the four of us “Boob Sisters” (as we lovingly call one another) have logged together were and continue to be a tremendous support for me and have motivated me to be physically active over the years. I became involved in the 3-Day walks in memory of a friend, Sue Klueger, who had breast cancer. The ladies of 4-A Breast were there for me when I went through my diagnosis and we are still there for one another. In addition to the 4-A Breast gals, I had another walking partner, Dianna Bubloz, who has since passed away from cancer. For over twenty years we would meet at 5:20 in the morning and go for a walk. All those miles of conversation saved us thousands of dollars in mental health therapy!
For me, being active provides countless benefits for the body as well as the mind and the spirit! Physically, I just love the way it feels to move my body as it was created to be used. If I don’t get enough activity or exercise I find myself feeling fatigued and lethargic. Following my surgeries, when I couldn’t do what I wanted to do, I would find my brain going to this zone of nothingness. But when I’m active, the mental stimulation makes me more alert and improves my concentration. I just love the way being active makes me feel. And to go snowshoeing out in the woods after a fresh snow-fall… with all the snow clinging to the trees! To me that’s connecting with nature and God out there in that beautiful space!
I have to say that exercise for me is really all about me! I do it because of the self-satisfaction I get while I am doing it and after I did it! I’m not doing it for anyone else. In fact, Wayne (my husband) and I have this on-going conversation at home. I don’t always get enough sleep and one of the reasons for that is that I often get up early in the morning to exercise because there is no other time to do it. As a result, I can fall asleep at the drop of hat. So Wayne will tell me, “You know, you’d get more sleep if you wouldn’t get up so early!” I’ll admit, there are times I would just love to roll over and sleep longer, and sometimes I do. But most of the time I get up because I know it’s going to make me feel better. So even though it is strictly selfishness that motivates me, I do
think it also allows me to be a better wife, a better mother, a better grandmother… and a better person. And I’m not so sure Wayne would like the me that got more sleep but less exercise. Neither would I!
I think there may be a variety of factors that prevent many folks from either getting more active or starting a more active lifestyle. At first, of course, they often are uncomfortable with the idea because their bodies and their muscles simply aren’t ready for it so they may often fall back to the comfort of the couch. That’s okay. I enjoy relaxing on the couch as well. In fact, I would say that I enjoy relaxing even more after I work out because I feel I’ve earned it. So I would encourage them to just get up and go for a walk, take the dog for a walk… or even the neighbor’s dog if they don’t have one. You don’t have to run a marathon… just go for a walk around the block a few times a week. Then next week, go a little further. I believe there is a way to be active for everyone… no matter your shape, size, fitness level or limitations. Just start thinking about what you can do and not what you can’t do. The time between doing nothing and doing something is a difficult time for some people. If a person can just push themselves past that point and start doing more they will start not only feeling better but enjoying it as well! If you don’t even try to live a more active life you may be neglecting your self and you may never be able to live to your greatest potential. The only person that you may be hurting is yourself!
I guess my last word of advice is to please not think of exercise as “work.” Exercise can and should be fun! Think of it as “play!” Who doesn’t like to have fun and play?
NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) Article: Exercising During Cancer Treatment
If you have been recently diagnosed with cancer or are undergoing treatment, it's important to take special care of yourself. Studies show that one of the best ways to do this is to stay physically active.
That doesn't, of course, mean you should run a marathon or scale a mountain. But it's wise to add some form of regular exercise to your daily life--even during cancer therapy. Moderate aerobic exercise, such as riding a stationary bicycle or taking a daily walk, coupled with the use of light weights for strength training, can enhance physical well-being and spur recovery.
Read the full article at: www.nccn.org/patients/resources/life_with_cancer/exercise.aspx
A while back I was attending a mandatory meeting with all the different departments at work. There were many people there that I never really see and, I hate to admit it, some folks that I don’t even know. During a break I was walking down the hall and someone from behind me got my attention and asked, “You had cancer, right?” I acknowledged that I did. She shared that she had breast cancer thirteen years ago and told me her story briefly. At the end of the conversation she told me about how every day you wake up and remember that you had cancer. I agreed that this is what happens to me as well. She went through ten years remembering every day and then, one day, she realized that she had gone a whole day without thinking about cancer. Her parting words to me were, “That is what I hope for you – a whole day when you don’t remember you had cancer.” I was touched and found it funny how cancer survivors share their story so easily. I really did not know the person who approached me. I had never spoken to her before. Yet the first question opened up an immediate connection and the ability to share something private because we KNOW the other person is going to understand exactly what we are saying. I find that folks who have experienced cancer have a naturally giving nature and an open heart. Maybe this is because the experience helps us realize that life is often about overcoming difficulties and learning our own strengths in the process. Every time I attend one of the activities that Tim has organized I see people who have that special depth with unlimited strength and gentleness. Spending time with people who have had the same cancer battles helps me. I continue to have side effects from my cancer experience and this will not go away for me. While I am happy to be alive and function pretty well, I haven’t been able to have a day that I don’t remember. My body remembers and reminds me. When folks come together because of cancer, I find it uplifting. Seeing and hearing others and their struggles give me the strength I need to carry on regardless of side effects. The folks in my day-to-day life really seldom relate to what I have been through and what it takes for me to have a regular day. Sometimes it gets me a little down. But when I
have spent some time in yoga or at an event with my “peeps”, I find that I can handle things more positively “back at the ranch”. While I don’t anticipate ever having a day I don’t remember cancer has struck, I hope you can have those days. What I do know is that there are times when it is better for me to NEVER forget and to make sure that I keep in touch with all the wonderful people I have met through the cancer struggle. They are important to me and help me to cope. I couldn’t find the author of this quote but I want to share it with you anyway as it expresses how I feel.
“I keep myself busy with things that I do, but every time I pause, I think of you!”
Note from Tim: I just want to take this opportunity to thank Felicia Shaw for her on-going contributions to this TLC Supportive Newsletter! Felicia, like so many others, lives a busy life… but she makes time to “give back” in this way (and other ways). Some of you long-time readers may remember another regular contributor of this newsletter, Mary Matthias, whose “Hope Happenings” column eventually led to her book “Will There Be Cows In Heaven.” I can’t wait to hear the title of Felicia’s book when she decides to write one!!!
ABOUT TESTICULAR CANCER (taken from www.testicularcancersociety.org)
Testicular cancer is rare, accounting for about 1% of all male cancers. However, testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in men ages 15-35.
Testicular cancer is one of the most treatable cancers, especially if caught early. If caught at an early stage, before it has spread, the survival rate is almost 100% but if caught at a late stage the rate drops to 74%.
Approximately 1 in 250 men will be diagnosed with
testicular cancer. Thanks to early detection and
advanced treatments, only approximately 1 in 5000
men will die from testicular cancer.
What Cancer Cannot Do Cancer is so limited.... It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage. It cannot reduce eternal life. It cannot quench the Spirit.
Author Unknown
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Stories of the Local Cancer Community
The World According to Tim!
Many of you are at least familiar with my personal cancer story… but you may hear more details about it throughout 2017 as May 11th will mark my 25-year “Cancer-versary”! But, in the meantime, allow me to share the part of my story that has led to my sitting in this office on this particular day putting together this issue of “The Local Cancer Community Update.”
Let me take you back to November of 1998. I was recovering from an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (a.k.a., the “Tim & Terry MARROW-thon”) that took place on September 25th of that year. I was told I could be off of work 6 months or more. But I was fortunate, and in early November I returned to work part time.
At the time I was the Office Director for a company that was contracted by Sheboygan County to administer the W-2 & Food Stamps employment and training program. It was a job I very much enjoyed and one that was very successful. So successful, in fact, that when I returned to work one of the first letters I opened was from the State of Wisconsin which stated that because of our success in reducing caseloads our budget was to be drastically cut in the upcoming year! Hardly a fond welcome back!
It did not come as a total surprise as in the years prior it was clear that we were effectively working ourselves out of a job. But now wasn’t the best time for me to be searching for a new job. I was still recovering from the bone marrow transplant… and we were still quite uncertain as to its success.
In addition to my weekly visits with Dr. Walt Longo, who administered my bone marrow transplant at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Clinic (now the UW Carbone Cancer Center) I would also see Dr. Matthews for local follow-up. As many of you can probably relate… these appointments often included conversations that went beyond cancer to talk about family, hobbies, work and, of course, “the meaning of
life.” As I often told Dr. Matthews, he should have been able to double bill me as he was not only my oncologist… but my life coach and therapist as well!
Anyway, I mentioned my predicament and my fear that I was working myself out of a job and stated, “If you ever hear of any job opportunities that might allow me to work with cancer patients… please let me know!” It was a kind of pipe dream of mine at the time… but one that I never thought I would see come to fruition.
Well, after a few casual conversations in the months that followed, Dr. Matthews asked me to write up a proposal for a position with his staff. This proposal led to a few more formal meetings and, eventually, he offered me a job and I began working in this position on March 1, 2000!
As I sit here reflecting over the almost twenty-five years of cancer survivorship and the almost seventeen years of working in the local cancer community I am overwhelmed with emotion. There is, of course, the incredible gratitude for simply being alive! There is the joy of being involved in this meaningful work that Dr. Matthews and Dr. Bettag allow me to do! There is the humility in knowing that so many contribute their time, talents and financial resources to allow this work to continue! But there is also a bit of “survivor guilt” that leads to a profound sense of duty to continue to do whatever I can and whatever we can to make the cancer experience a little more tolerable… a little more bearable… and maybe even a little more enjoyable for each other!
I think I can confidently say that the Local Cancer Community is a better place now than it was on May 11, 1992 when I first heard those life-changing words and I feel good about my small role in that… and I invite, encourage and welcome others who are surviving and have survived the cancer experience to join us in these efforts. Together, we can make 2017 “The Best Year EVER!”
SCCCF ST&BF: Climbing the Summit of Adventure w/Dr. Bettag To be scheduled in March!
Unity Music Festival Saturday, April 8th!
SCCCF ST&BF: SPECIAL EVENT “Nature as Healer” with Philip Chard Psychotherapist, Nature Therapist, Author, Newspaper Columnist & Adventurer! Wednesday, April 12th at Maywood!
SCCCF “Cancer Crusade” Run/Walk Saturday, April 22nd (Watch for Details)
SCCCF ST&BF: Hiking Along the Cancer Journey! Day Hikes w/Overnight Options Friday to Sunday, May 5th to 7th! Friday to Sunday, June 2nd to 4th!
SCCCF ST&BF: Steps to Survivorship – O.K.A.Y. Walk/Run! Celebrate One Kilometer A Year w/Tim Thursday, May 11th at Sheboygan South May 11th marks Tim Renzelmann’s 25th “Cancer-versary!” To commemorate the day, Tim will run One Kilometer A Year (25 kilometers) at Sheboygan South High School (the same track he started running on in 1976) and he invites all area cancer patients and survivors (and those who want to honor them) to join him in running “One Kilometer A Year” for their own survivorship!
Send to: One D.A.Y. c/o SCCCF, 1621 N. Taylor Dr., Ste 100, Sheboygan, WI 53081 TOTAL $______________
I wish to invite: Dr. H. Marshall Matthews
Dr. S. Mark Bettag
to join my “One D.A.Y. for Cancer Survivorship”
celebration with a matching donation (share a message
for Dr. Matthews or Dr. Bettag on the back of this form)!
Celebrate One D.A.Y. for Cancer Survivorship!
2017 “One D.A.Y.” for Survivorship: Leah Heusterberg (4), Dan Kunda (4), Beverly Leonard (2), Cynthia Neece (11), Tim Renzelmann (25)
So Far: 46 Years (5 Survivors) and almost $250!
2016 “One D.A.Y.” for Survivorship: Karen Alsteen (5), Cindy Becker (7), Barb Bogenschutz (10), Lenny Bogenschutz (11), Ron Boeldt (4), Joanne D’Alton (10), Fran Ehrman (7), Pat Fields (8), Bev Foley (8), Bill Gagin (3), Dorien Hamman (15), Leah Heusterberg (3), Bill Hughes (23), Mary Hughes (8), Mary Kempf (23), Dione Knop (9), Dan Kunda (3), Beverly Leonard (1), Lois McHenry (10), Karen Merlau (10), Candy Meyer (17), Chris Meyer (10), Diane Micoliczyk (6), Lori Pribek (5), Tim Renzelmann (24), Janet Sampson (11), Penny Schaap (13), Marjorie Schieble (5), Mary Ellen Schmidley (6), Mary Schoemer (30), Beth Stockdale (8), Mike Stockdale (12), Jacob Stroo (12), Joyce Tavarez (2), Lauri Tempas (8), Albert Udovich (5), Terri Yoho (8).
IN MEMORY OF: Lois Wiltzius
2016: 371 Years (39 Survivors) and More Than $1,800!
Note: Your “One Dollar A Year” donations have been matched by Dr. Matthews & Dr. Bettag!
Choose your “One Day” – the day you were diagnosed, the day you completed treatment, your birthday or any day that is meaningful to
you – and donate “One Dollar A Year” for each year of your survivorship!
Invite family and friends to celebrate with you and match your donation!
JOIN the TLC/SCCCF Local Cancer Community e-mail Update list: To have this newsletter delivered to your home or e-mail account and receive regular e-mail updates related to the local cancer community go to www.scccf.org and click on the NEWSLETTER icon (or contact Tim)!
Help us spread the word to others in our community who might benefit! If someone you know, live near or work with is experiencing or has experienced a cancer diagnosis please encourage them to find out more about the “Together we Live with Cancer!” Supportive Community and The Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund!
Tim E. Renzelmann
Patient Advocate / Cancer Coach - Matthews Oncology Associates / Sheboygan Cancer & Blood Specialists Vice President - The Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund
