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Show Help for cancer patients available I I J 1 rvKALYNSECRETAN , Pueh of Pleasant Grove is thrSrmagn of the Service and .."motion program for the R6ha an Cancer Society Am Anting all of Utah County. hPcame involved with ACS Sj. volunteer to help Srf andher husband, Rollace, ow what it is like to have cancer Seas they lost their seven-year- j n Steven to leukemia several "' ago Delora has committed S to help others, knowing what hey are going through. Little teven was a special boy, a joy to ZL, was loved by all his friends H 'neighbors and he seldom iiplained even when going h ough various treatments they honed would cure his cancer, "r the pleasant Grove-Lindon area 256 patients have been Lnosed as having cancer since iq67 The number surviving cancer ,143 while it is estimated we will jve 48 patients diagnosed with cancer during the year. If cancer strikes your home you wonder, why does this have to happen to me? It is frightening to Ihink of all the possible things that could go wrong and just what the future will hold. The important thing to remembr is 50 of all cancers are now curable. Early detection is the best insurance of overcoming the disease. Services are available through the American Cancer Society to the cancer patient and his family. A cash grant is available to those who qualify of $150 to help with medication or travel expenses for treatment. Equipment is loaned to cancer patients, including hospital beds, wheel chairs, commodes and many other items. A program has been designed to help mastectomy patients called the "Reach to Recovery" program, and is designed to help women who have had breast surgery. Trained volunteers who have had cancer visit the patient in the hospital. Reassurance and services are available to the patient and the family. Delora oversees all the programs dealing with services to patients and each city in the county has their own service and rehabilitation chairman who works under Delora's guidance. Pleasant Grove's chairman is Julie Hamling. Other local residents who make up the Pleasant Grove ACS Cancer Committee include Gary Kovacs, president; Janet Puckett, secretary; Denna Colyar, public Delora Pugh education; Ken Robbins, public information; Robert Aland, crusade; with Marlene Nelson and Sandy Fugal as residential chairmen. chair-men. Christine Taylor is a "Reach to Recovery" volunteer. If you have any questions about services, call the ACS office in Provo, Monday through Friday at 373-5886. |