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ON THE
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No one will steal
Mandy Messerli's joy.
Read more on page 6.

CONTENTS
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6 Mandy Messerli 22 Nutrition

Explore Inside
12 Trip of a Lifetime 11 Puzzles
16 One Joke at a Time 28 Her Panel
24 Dense Breast Tissue 30 Coach Chris
26 October Events

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From the editor
As I sat with the ladies in the pages of this
magazine and listened to their stories, I couldn’t
help but feel joy. Not that their stories are full of
joy—they are most certainly not—but so much
joy and light radiated off each and every one of
these women that it was pleasantly contagious.
I find that to be extremely powerful. These
women have faced heartbreak and pain.
They’ve faced wins and losses. They’ve rang
Meet our team
bells. They’ve held events. They’ve raised
awareness. They’ve educated others. They’ve
lifted others up - even when they were at their Mackenzie is the editor Sam is the graphic designer
lowest. They gave everything when there was of Her magazine, Mixer for Her Magazine, Bro
magazine and Greenville: Magazine and Greenville:
seemingly nothing left to give. Life in the East. His
Life in the East. She
Each one of them greeted me with a smile loves a lot of things, but interests include strong
on their face. They told their stories and we specifically: beer, The coffee, long naps and
Grateful Dead, and her soft cats. Contact him at
laughed. We joked about losing their breasts. rescue lab, Ficklen. salvarado@reflector.com.
We laughed about shaving their heads. We
smiled about back-to-back-to-back doctors Mackenzie Tewksbury Samuel Alvarado
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appointments.
And as I walked around Town Common on a
downright hot Tuesday morning with our cover
woman Mandy Messerli, she showed no aver- Juliette Cooke is a
Molly is a recent RCC photo
photographer for The
sion to our silly photo requests, to the heat, to grad, Carolina Panthers
Daily Reflector and Her and
the unexpected things that go wrong when you fan and cat enthusiast. Her
Mixer magazines. She is
favorite thing to photograph
do a photoshoot. She took it all in stride. also a loving mother to her
is sports.
rescue lab, Molly.
I left feeling refreshed. Inspired. Full of joy.
I was ready to take on the day and whatever it
may bring—just like these ladies did when they Juliette Cooke Molly Mathis
Photographer Photographer
received their heartbreaking diagnosis.
I hope these women, their stories and their
hearts lift you up, just as it did me.
Bonnie, a registered Christy Jones, also known
dietician, is one of as Coach Chris, is a
several Pitt County Health Greenville life and business
Department employees who coach. Contact her at
write the nutrition column coachchris4success@
Enjoy,
for Her. Email her at bonnie. gmail.com or www.
lesko@pittcountync.gov. coachchriscompany.com.

Bonnie Lesko Christy Jones

Contributor Contributor

Mackenzie Tewksbury
— editor

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6 Her — October 2018
POSITIVITY
RINGS TRUE
Breast cancer didn’t steal this woman’s joy
By Mackenzie Tewksbury | Photos by Juliette Cooke
M
andy Messerli
watched patients
around her trium-
phantly rise from
their hospital beds and ring the bell
— tears, laughs, smiles and hugs
normally followed.
She would get there, soon, she
thought.
On September 22, 2017, she rang
her own bell. It marked her very last
round of chemotherapy.
“For me, ringing the bell was a step
on my to-do list.”
In other words, she was one step
closer to beating her breast cancer.
“I sort of focused on the next thing
I had to do,” she said. “I was just like
here are the things I have to do to
survive.”
That mindset was the same from
start to finish — and if you rewind
about a year and a half to the day she
found out she had breast cancer, it
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didn’t take long for Mandy to realize
what was ahead of her. After a self-
breast exam, a string of back-to-back
doctor appointments and a biopsy,
she knew her to-do list was starting.
“(My doctor’s) tone changed just a
little — not a ton — but a little,” Mes-
serli said. “I knew, immediately. I was
like I have breast cancer. Immediately
I was like this is happening.”
A couple days later, her doctor
called to tell her what she already
knew. She had breast cancer.
“What do I do now?” Mandy asked
herself and her doctor — marching
towards her newfound diagnosis
with confidence, her head held high
and a positive attitude that never
seemed to waver.
“I had a choice, right? When you
go through something like that, you
have a choice. You can be a debby
downer or you can be polly positiv-
ity. I chose polly positivity because
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 for me that was going to be what was
more helpful for me,” she said.
Nearly immediately after the diag-
nosis, she started chemotherapy. They
injected Adriamycin, otherwise known
as the infamous “The Red Devil” every
other week. It made her pee red; made
her lose her hair. When her hair started
coming out in big clumps almost two
weeks after the treatment started, she
stood in her bathtub; her husband be-
hind her holding a razor. They shaved
her head, together.
“It was almost a surreal moment,”
she said. “My husband has a great
story about it…I think he was kind
of excited about doing it because he
wouldn’t have to pull any hair out of
the drain for a while.”

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 Mandy’s daughter Lilly,
only 2-years old at the
time and not exactly
comprehending what
was happening to
her mom, would
rub her head and
say, “Mommy got
a haircut!”
While it’s hard
to explain to a
2-year-old her mom
has breast cancer,
Mandy said her daugh-
ter took the news very well.
“I want her to know how
strong I am — that we fought,”
she said. “And not just me. My
husband, too. We all fought.”
And fought, they did. Man-
dy only took off work when
they absolutely made her —
even working four 10 hour
days in a row at her job at The
Office of Rights of Responsibil-
ities at East Carolina Univer-
sity so she could take off on
Friday and go to chemo.
Next on her to-do list was a
double mastectomy, a shock-
ingly same day surgery, and
five weeks off of work. Then,
radiation. She began 35
rounds of radiation, which she
did in the mornings before she
went into work, of course.
“A routine and keeping
consistent with routine was
important to me. That helped
me stay focused,” she said.”
She completed the radiation
in January — making her jour-
ney only about 10 months.
“It was a whirlwind,” she
said.
Throughout her journey,
Mandy relied heavily on the
support of her friends and
family, music and also reveled

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in one of her favorite things: snail mail.
“My family put out a call for snail
mail. I probably got 10-12 letters a
day,” she said. “I got them from all
over the world. It was the best.”
She also relied on journaling, and
started a Facebook group titled “Pos-
itivity With a Side of Cancer,” where
she chronicled her journey through
breast cancer with positive thoughts
and stories.
Now, Mandy said she tries to live
a life as normal as possible. Her hair
has started to come back — it’s not the
bright, fiery red it used to be — but
that’s OK. She just returned from
a family vacation to her hometown
of South Dakota where she enjoyed
riding rides with her daughter at the
Turner County fair and eating home-
made ice cream and “chislic,” the state
food. Now, she chooses her battles
differently.
“You just keep on living your life like
it hasn’t been changed dramatically.
In the back of my mind is always you
know will it come back, but that’s why
I did all the treatment,” she said.
On May 6, 2018, nearly exactly a year
since Mandy first started her chemo-
therapy, she and her family went to
see Zach Williams in Winterville, who
sings “Old Church Choir,” a song that
was on repeat through most of her
treatment and what her daughter calls
“the mommy song.”
And for Mandy, the lyrics ring truer
than ever.
“There ain't nothing gonna steal my
joy.
No, there ain't nothing gonna steal
my joy.”

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 Greenville woman
wins trip of a lifetime
By Tyler Stocks
The Daily Reflector

Greenville woman who has had

more than her share of bad
luck in her lifetime has finally
caught a break.
Donna Hardison will be heading to San
Diego for a dream trip with her best friend —
who not so long ago saved her life.
The trip could not come at a better time.
Hardison has been fighting an onslaught of
debilitating medical conditions for most of
her life and just this year she has had two
medical emergencies.
Hardison, 47, was born with a heart defect
and suffered through muscle spasms and
dangerously low potassium levels through-
out her youth.
“Doctors told me when I was a teenager
that my heart's like an 80-year-old and one
day, a cardiac emergency would happen,” she
said, adding that medical experts predicted
she would be dead by the age of 21.

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 She beat that diagnosis, but
in April, Hardison almost died in
a cardiac emergency.
“It was April 15, the day after my best
friend Pam Lepera’s birthday, and we had a
party with about 30 friends and some family,”
Hardison said. “I started feeling really tired
and I got in my chair like I normally do but
my heart was acting weird as I tried to call
her name but couldn't get it out.”
Lepera, a hematologist and oncologist at
Vidant Health, recognized Hardison's medi-
cal emergency and sprung into action.
“She pulled me out of the chair, gave me
CPR and brought me back,” Hardison said.
After that close call, Hardison arranged to
have a pacemaker put in. She also made time
for her annual mammogram.
Then another medical crisis emerged.
“I went to get my mammogram and the
following week my doctor performed a biop-
sy that showed stage two breast cancer,” she
said.
It was a devastating blow to Hardison who
recently had finished more than 32 radiation
treatments for head and neck cancer.
“At that point, I had eight surgeries to my
head and neck for my cancer since 2002,”
Hardison said. “Now, I had to get both of my
breasts removed.”

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 TWIST OF FATE
But fate had better news in store for her.
Three days before her breast cancer surgery, Doctors told me
Hardison received a phone call from representa-
tives at Synchrony Bank. when I was a
teenager that
Hardison was the grand prize winner of an
all-expenses-paid VIP trip to San Diego complete
with roundtrip airfare and a luxury hotel stay,
along with concert tickets and meet-and-greet
passes for a Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker
my heart's like
concert. She also won $2,500 in cash and $1,500 in
gift cards.
an 80-year-
“I had entered this contest on Facebook at the last
minute, literally three days before the promotion
old and one
ended,” she said.
Hardison left for her trip on August 23, and her
day, a cardiac
best friend Lepera came along.
“I told her, you saved my life and I owe you a big emergency
trip,” Hardison said laughing. “I feel good going on
the trip with her; she's a cancer physician.” would happen
She said the trip will allow her to focus on living
a normal life. Donna Hardison
“This will be great to just get away and be free
again,” Hardison said. “You're not free when
you're here and you have medical appointments
every other day and you're on the phone two to
three times a day.”

HELPING OTHERS STAYING STRONG

Challenges aside, Hardison has a long history of
helping others rather than sitting around feeling
sorry for herself.
For example, when she lost her home and all her
belongings to Hurricane Floyd she banded together
with Lepera to assist other victims.
“I was cooking for other people in my spare time,
and we helped load the trucks that were taking
food and supplies to displaced residents,” Hardi-
son said.
Prior to 2002, when she got diagnosed with head
and neck cancer, Hardison was a middle school
teacher and tennis coach. When she was put on
disability, Hardison spent her time volunteering at
a nursing facility, teaching and coaching residents,
many of whom — ironically enough — had breast
cancer.
Eventually, Hardison had to give up volunteer-
ing at the nursing home on account of her failing
health.
Despite her recent breast cancer diagnosis, Hardi-
son said she is not giving up.
Seated in a red chair with a blue blanket draped
over her lap, her short spiky auburn hair and tie-
dyed shirt mirror her spunky personality.
“I never thought I'd have breast cancer,” Hardi-
son said. “I've had seven friends in 10 years who've
passed away under the age of 50. I just didn't think
I'd be one of them. But I'm gonna live to be 100.
Cancer's not a death sentence. Attitude is a lot of it.
“I've beat so many odds,” she said. “I shouldn't
be alive. I should have never gone to college,
should've never been a tennis coach. I was a good
tennis player and softball player. I never accepted
‘no’ because odds can be beaten.
“This is just another stepping stone for me to be
able to reach out to other people,” Hardison said.

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 ONE JOKE AT A TIME:
Mother and
light in darkness of breast cancer
By Mackenzie Tewksbury | Photos by Juliette Cooke

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G
eorgia Childs and her mother Sybil Shirley,
a breast cancer survivor, relax in the Hope
Lodge on a Monday afternoon, their en-
ergies intertwining and producing lots
of laughs. This is not unusual, they tell me. Their
personalities are light-hearted — cracking jokes,
laughing and poking fun at each other. Georgia
sticks her tongue out at her mother on many
occasions.
It’s that kind of attitude that got them
through one of the hardest times in their life.
“With your what-ifs, you could spend all
day saying ‘What if I die? What if I have
this?’ You know what? Everything’s gonna
happen the way it happens, let’s just be funny
about it,” Childs said.
In January of 2003, Sybil was diagnosed
with breast cancer. She went in for a
normal mammogram — it was business
as usual, Sybil said, until her doctors
came back in to do additional tests.
She knew something was up, but
the next day, she had plans to
go to Florida. She asked if the
doctors would leave her
a message about what
they found.

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 On Monday, she returned to a voicemail
from her gynecologist:
“I need you to come in. They’ve seen
something on your images.”
Within the next couple of days, Sybil had
a biopsy scheduled.
She had cancer. She needed surgery right
away.
“They didn’t give me much time to even
think about it,” Sybil said.
Sybil had surgery to remove her breast;
there were no complications. But, Sybil
has had two scares in the 15 years follow-
ing her first surgery, which led her to give
this piece of advice: Remove both breasts,
always.

We have people all

the time say they
don’t know the right
questions to ask or
they’re just scared,
so education is
probably the most
important thing,

But she remembers her doctors words:

“I’d never remove a perfectly good breast.”
“If I had that doctor in front of me, I’d
probably smack him upside the head,” she
laughed.
And now, the mother and daughter duo
are both advocating for their own health
and the health of others.
“Advocating for your own health is
important, but for me, teaching others to
advocate for their health is important. We
have people all the time say they don’t
know the right questions to ask or they’re
just scared, so education is probably the
most important thing,” Georgia said.

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 Georgia is getting ready to spear-
head the 11th annual Peace. Love. Pi-
rates. Cure. event, a cancer awareness
event at East Carolina University that
hopes to raise awareness and educate
people on the signs, symptoms, pre-
vention, survivorship and treatments
of different types of cancer.
“This event was about mom,” she
said.
And for Sybil, she pushes people
every single day to get mammograms
early.
“They saved my life. And I know
they saved many other lives, too,”
Sybil said.
“What I always heard was ‘It hurts,’
and I just said I can only imagine how
much worse cancer hurts,” Sybil said.
“I’m retired now, and I still preach —
get those mammograms.”
In fact, Georgia celebrated her birth-
20
day with her very first one.
"I went on my 35th birthday. Hap-
py birthday, smash my boobs,” she
laughed.
Does she like them? No. But she
doesn’t care.
“There is no way I’ll miss a mammo-
gram,” she said.
The mother and daughter duo now
want to live their lives to the fullest.
“I think after a life changing experi-
ence like that, some things just don’t
mean that much,” Sybil said.
They want to live a life full of love,
the beach and family.
Most importantly, a life free of breast
cancer.
“I want to be able to live. I want to
be able to hit the road or the beach
or whatever that looks like. People
should live. And do what you want to
do. Get joy out of what you do. That’s
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what I want,” Georgia said.
Georgia recalled the day her mother
went into surgery. Sybil asked for a
sticky note and she wrote the phrase
“Take this breast” with an arrow to
make sure the doctors took the correct
breast. The doctors were laughing
down the hallway; Georgia and her
family were cracking up.
“For me, I mean I’ve always had a
sense of humor, probably since I came
out of the womb. I laugh at everything.
It’s what gets me through the worst
of times,” Georgia said. “For her to do
that, even in the worst of times, we all
just laughed. I think a sense of humor
is important.”
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 Nutrition
and Women’s
Health:
Eat right and stay active to
be your best self at any age
By Bonnie Lesko, MPH, RD, LDN
With so much conflicting information out
there, you may be asking “what should I be
eating?” or “should I try that new diet that
everyone is buzzing about?”
The season of life you are in, activity level
and health status may help you answer some
of these questions. For example, growing
teenagers and women in childbearing years
may need extra calories, calcium, folate or
iron. Senior women could need extra calci-
um or vitamin B12. Others may need extra
vitamin D or other vitamins and minerals. It
is important to work with your doctor before
making changes, taking vitamins or supple-
ments or starting a new activity program.
Here are some tips:
Stay active! Studies show that not only can
physical activity help you maintain a healthy
weight, but, it can also help you manage
chronic disease and keep you energized.
Rev up metabolism by walking briskly,
swimming and even gardening. The key is
finding an activity you enjoy.
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Eat a balanced meal plan. Try to look for
a sensible program that offers a variety of
foods and reasonable small portions. Avoid
fad diets that offer quick weight loss of more
than one to two pounds per week or ones
that exclude any food groups. It will be
easier to maintain healthy changes, and will
help avoid frustration when going off a diet
not meant to be followed long term.
One healthy thing most people can do at
any age is increase their intake of vegeta-
bles and fruit! Make your plate half fruit
and non-starchy vegetables such as greens,
peppers or zucchini. Try new recipes and
different cooking methods such as roasting.
Herbs or spices can make that veggie the star
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Dense Breast Tissue: The Perfect Storm
Bruce F. Schroeder, M.D.
Carolina Breast Imaging Specialists, PLLC
Mammography has come a long way since the 1980s when it
was first proven to be the most effective screening tool for breast
cancer. Film (“analog”) mammography was a breakthrough at
the time but suffered limitations, especially in women with dense
breast tissue, finding just over 25% of the cancers. Digital mam-
mography came along in 2000 and nearly doubled cancer detection
in women with dense breasts, reaching 54% in the landmark re-
search study of the era. 3D mammography further increases cancer
detection, but still cannot detect all cancers in women with dense
breast tissue. The issue is that breast cancer is white on a mammo-
gram but so is normal breast tissue. Finding breast cancer in dense
tissue is like finding a snowball in a blizzard.
Dense tissue is very common in younger women (80% of
women in their 20s) and decreases over a woman’s life, especially
after menopause, so that it is less common in older women (20% of
women in their 80s). On screening mammograms, the distribution
of density is fairly predictable with nearly 50% of women in the 2
densest categories.
In addition to limiting cancer detection, dense breast tissue
raises a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer. It isn’t clear why
this happens, but it can raise the risk 4-6 times that of women with
fatty tissue.
Dense Breast Tissue is “The Perfect Storm.” Dense breast tissue
raises the risk of getting breast cancer while making it harder to
find.
There is a growing trend nationwide requiring women to be
notified if dense tissue is seen on their mammogram. In 2014,
North Carolina became the 12th state in the nation to require this.
These breasts would be considered
"non-dense" or "fatty"
Approximately 10% 40% of women will
of women will have have scattered areas of
breasts that are fibroglandular density
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There are now 36 states with such laws and there is a push to make
this a national requirement. There are various versions of the law
but all require notification of women who have the two densest
classifications and suggest they consider additional testing. Some
states also require insurers to pay for 3D mammography and/
or any additional testing related to dense breasts (North Carolina
does not require this).
Determining which breast density category to assign to a mam-
mogram is fairly subjective. It is not uncommon to see the same
patient receive different classifications from year to year or be-
tween different interpreting radiologists. Use of new computerized
density assessment software can eliminate this variability, leading
to more accurate and reproducible results, especially since density
is being used to advise patients to consider additional testing.
Women with dense breast tissue are told to consider a supple-
mental screening test such as MRI or Ultrasound. MRI is very
expensive and except for states where payment is required it
can be hard to get insurance to pay for it. In addition, MRI is not
recommended for women with average or moderately increased
breast cancer risk.
Screening breast ultrasound has been shown to find many of the
breast cancers that are not seen on mammography in dense tissue
and is recommended for all women with dense breast tissue. The
cancers found with screening ultrasound are typically small, early
stage tumors that are the most curable. Insurance companies typi-
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to the deductible).
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 OCTOBER EVENTS
Inaugural Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer
of Northeastern North
Carolina
October 27, 2018
Town Common
The first-ever Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer is a
3-mile walk that is a powerful
and inspiring opportunity to
unite as a community to honor
breast cancer survivors and raise
awareness about steps we can
take to reduce the risk of getting
breast cancer.
Contact: Kendra Paiz –
northeasternNCstrides@cancer.org
15th Annual Bunco for
Breast Cancer
Greenville Women's League
October 18, 2018
6 – 9 p.m.
Rock Springs Center
There will be a 50/50 raffle,
dinner, Bunco games, and basket
drawings! Proceeds will go to
Gardeners for Hope.
12th Annual Ride for
the Ribbon
October 6, 2018
Eastern Radiologists
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
2101 W. Arlington Blvd.
The 12th Annual Ride For the
Ribbon motorcycle ride will begin
at Eastern Radiologists Breast
Imaging Center in Greenville.
Bikers will make stops in
Washington and Kinston before
returning to Greenville for prizes,
music, health fair, food and more.
Registration is $30 and includes
event t-shirt. 100% of net proceeds
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are donated locally in Pitt, Lenoir
and Beaufort Counties and
benefit breast screening and
early detection programs as well
as breast cancer survivors.
Pullin' for Pink
Assemble your team of 6 adults
or 12 kids and compete to
pull a fire engine 100 feet for
time. Pullin' for Pink is held in
conjunction with the annual
Ride for the Ribbon, raising
funds to support breast cancer
screenings/early detection
programs and provide assistance
to breast cancer patients in Pitt,
Beaufort & Lenoir Counties.
8th Annual Carter Williams
Art Show & Fundraiser
October 14
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Jaycee Park Center for Arts &
Crafts
200 Cedar Lane, Greenville N.C.
Proceeds benefit breast cancer
research, education, and
community outreach as well as
participating artists. Since the
beginning of this art show, more
than 150 artists from across
North Carolina have shown over
600 pieces of artwork, generating
thousands of dollars in support
of Avon Foundation for Women’s
Breast Cancer Crusade.
11th Annual peace.love.
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October 3
10 – 7 p.m.
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Recreation Center
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 panel

H OW D O YO U D O YO U D O
O F F E R YO U R A N Y T H I N G TO
SUPPORT WHEN C E L E B R AT E
S O M E O N E YO U N AT I O N A L
L OV E I S G O I N G B R E AS T CA N C E R
THROUGH AN AWA R E N E S S
ILLNESS? MONTH?

Ask if they need help with anything such as
groceries or household chores, pray for them, just
listening and be with them when they are feeling
down or low.
–Susan May, 45, Tarboro
Wear my breast cancer tops and accessories, buy
the Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon bagels at
Panera and attend the Breast Cancer Awareness
event put on by Vidant Medical Center.
–Susan May, 45, Tarboro

By being a survivor, I offer humor, experience and
compassion. I think surviving is largely in your
head and how you view your future. Positive
thoughts, positive energy and positive faith.
–Connie Moore Corey, 62, Greenville
I celebrate everyday! But with October being
NBCAM I do a lot of prayer. I pray for thanksgiving,
blessings, health, research and all my friends and
family that have been touched by this disease.
–Connie Moore Corey, 62, Greenville

I lend an ear to listen and let them every Greenville Women’s League’s Bunco For Breast
opportunity that I get that they matter to me. Cancer
–Crystal Hildenbrand, 45, Greenville –Crystal Hildenbrand, 45, Greenville

I offer to help in anyway they need, whether it's a Yes I support Breast cancer awareness month by
listening ear, shoulder to cry on or If they just need wearing the Pink Ribbon.
me to pray with them. –Lucile Yoakum
–Lucile Yoakum
I show support for National Breast Cancer
Prayer and just being there to listen. Awareness Month by wearing pink in honor of the
–Susan Leggett, 59, Greenville survivors!
–Mary Dailey
Listening to their thoughts and showing support
through handwriting cards Those are ways of
letting them know you care and love them.
–Mary Dailey

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 If you would like to be one of our panelists,
email Mackenzie at mtewksbury@reflector.com.

W H AT
W H AT D O YO U
ARE SOME
H O P E TO S E E
CHARITIES
IN CANCER
YO U A R E
RESEARCH IN
THE FUTURE? PA S S I O N AT E
ABOUT?

Treatments that are easier on the patients bodies. Marley’s Cat Tales (local group), St. Joseph’s Indian
Chemotherapy and radiation has such terrible side School, Wounded Warriors, World Wildlife Fund
effects and make the patients so sick. and National Wildlife Federation.
–Susan May, 45, Tarboro –Susan May, 45, Tarboro

Research has come so far, just since I was going
through chemo. When I started my treatments,
Zophran was the strongest nausea medicine on
the market. Now they give it to pregnant moms.
I do feel there is a cure for this horrible disease.
The research is very expensive. The time trials and
FDA approval take forever. I wish there was a way
to shorten the process for approval.
–Connie Moore Corey, 62, Greenville
Relay for Life, UCP, Public Schools and Youth
Baseball
–Connie Moore Corey, 62, Greenville
My dad died of cancer so I am very supportive
of the American Cancer Society and actually
participate in one of their CP3 Cancer Prevention
Study.
–Crystal Hildenbrand, 45, Greenville

A CURE Boy's and Girl's Club, and American Red Cross

–Crystal Hildenbrand, 45, Greenville –Lucile Yoakum

That all cancers will have a cure and that cancer Durham Rescue Mission and the Carolina
will become extinct. Pregnancy Center
–Lucile Yoakum –Susan Leggett, 59, Greenville

My mother died at age 65 from esophageal cancer American Lung Association, American Heart
so I would like to see more awareness and research Association, Easter Seals and Disabled American
in this area. Veterans.
–Susan Leggett, 59, Greenville –Lein Hou

Ideally, I’d hope for a cure for all cancers! I believe Breast cancer awareness, fighting hunger
researchers are definitely moving in the right –Mary Dailey
direction to help people diagnosed with cancer.
–Mary Dailey

C R YS TA L CO N N I E M O O R E CO R E Y M A R Y DA I L E Y
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 advice
Don’t be a bully…”
The month of October is here ladies! We
are in the last quarter for the year of 2018!
This year has moved fast! It has been exciting
and I have experienced some big wins! It has
been a great year thus far!
October is also one of those months that
we pay attention to a lot of subjects like Do-
mestic Violence, Breast Cancer Awareness,
and National Bullying prevention. I want
to focus this article on bullying because it is
such a huge epidemic that is plaguing not
only our school systems but also our polit-
ical arenas, our neighborhoods, and some
workplaces.
Bullying is such a bad thing because what
it really shows is how sick a person is who
chooses to be a bully. We have heard the say-
ing: hurting people hurt people. In my time
of professional growth, I have found this to
be quite true. Most people who choose to
be a bully have experienced some kind of
negative situation that caused them to feel
as though they have to retaliate somehow.
Unfortunately, because they do not have the
“grit” or “guts” to confront their issues, they
choose to hide behind a façade and try to
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make the person that they are bullying feel
less than because the bully ultimately feels
less than. It’s complicated!
I want to encourage you this month to
reach out to someone who has been trau-
matized by a bully. Again, this does not just
impact school aged children…it also impacts
those of us who are grown women. We must
take charge and stand up for those who may
not have the strength to stand for them-
selves. Do not just sit by and allow people
to treat others any kind of way regardless
of their title or position. Right is right and
wrong is still wrong. Every person deserves
to be treated with dignity and respect!
If you have found yourself struggling with
bullying people, I would encourage you to
get help. Here is what I know, if you sow
bad seeds, you will reap a bad harvest…but
if you can catch it in time, you may not lose
your entire crop to the weeds. Let’s work
on making a commitment to making “our
world”—that is, the “world right around us”
a better place…let’s replace hate with love
and make people feel like they are valued.
Until next time, don’t be a bully!!!
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