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Red Alert: Public Health Safety Announcement

This is a column I have rvantcd to through the same issues. She was gcn- and as many as one in eight women rvrite for almost three years. and is crous rvith her time to me. and aftcr- rvill sutfbr tiorn this insidious disease dedicated to Ren6e Bates of Fontana r.vards I called her or her colleagues to that has no age or race barrier. This is Wholesale Lumbcr. Fontana, Ca.

A young lady of 46 ycars of age. fbllolv her progress.

About a year before her passin-r, a staggering statistic.

Hearing the "C" word brings with it she pirssed arvay around Thanksgiv- she eagerly called me, and asked rne if the almost unbearable sense of hopeing. succumbing aftcr a firur-year fight I r.vas attending an upcoming associa- lessness and helplessness. It comes rvith breast canccr. Rcnic rvas one of tion event. so we could meet face to like a kick in the stomach. and time the first pcople in the industry I spoke face. She was excited to go out and seems to stand still. The doctor's "l with rvhen I joined Cutler Publishing meet her industry friends filr the first am sorry but..." sends the room itrttl a thrce ycars ago. but it ivas not until time in a long rvhile. lt r,vas not irr rny spin. and the rveeks that follolv our third phone conversation before travel plans. but I imrnediately agreed become a blur. Yet. our nature is to shc tolcl nre what she r.vas -eoing to go. I remember her beaming smile come to terms rvith rvhat rve need ttt through. She r,vas so -erateful to those that ni-eht and her obvious delight in do to survive. Rende fbu-eht long and in the industry who kept her spirits bein-e out and about rvith many friends hard and positively tried to overcome high. Our cclnversation came at a time rvho cared so much fbr hcr.

through readership. are read by some 60,000 subscribcrs monthly. I eim si'r grateful to be part of an industry that is so community and farnily-oriented. and I hclpe that this column rvill serve as a reminder for any of our many female readcrs to immediately pull their calcndar and recheck the dates of their last mammogram. If you are a rnale reader, I hope you will go home tonight and inquire fiom your partner their last date tested. Do not delayl Tirne is of the essence.

Today. medicine is so improved from 20. even 10 years ago, when treatment of this illness had a high failure rate. The good nervs is that 90Vc of women rvill live fivc years or longer rvith treatment. Yet. this same number in Europe is 80%. It may be that medical care in the U.S. is superior to Europe. Mclre so. the l'act that women are tested there on average every two years versus hcre a recommended one year. might sug-eest that early detection is the key to overcoming this disease.

the many setbacks she endured rvhen my immediate family was going Unfortunately. bctrvcen one in 10 Our magazines. including passwww.capitat-lumber.com

I hope no clne rcading this column rvill ever have to dcal r'vith this issue, but I also know that early detection rvill save lives, and the "C" word can be overcome.

Rcnde. rest in peace.

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