OCTOBER EDITION, VOLUME 2022, NO. 10
~Capital Medical Society Celebrates National Breast Cancer Awareness Month~
A PERSONAL STORY FROM A WE CARE NETWORK BREAST CANCER PATIENT “Mrs. Walker is a Leon County patient and breast cancer survivor who was referred to the We Care Network in 2010 for oncology services. Mrs. Walker works part-time for Senior Home Care Service and has two children. One afternoon while doing a breast self-examination at home, she discovered a lump in her left breast. She immediately made an appointment with her primary care physician at Neighborhood Medical Center to have it checked out. She was told to keep an eye on it and to return if anything changed. Mrs. Walker remembers checking it the next day and found that it had grown in size. She contacted her primary care physician, and they scheduled her to come back in to be seen. After confirming her findings, Mrs. Walker was referred to
the We Care Network for radiology and oncology services. Mrs. Walker went through several rounds of radiation and chemotherapy and was delighted to hear that she was finally cancer-free. However, several years later in 2016, the cancer returned. She was referred back to the We Care Network where she went through several more rounds of radiation and took oral chemotherapy for 5 years. In August 2021, she was, once again, cancer-free. She is extremely grateful for the We Care Network and all of the wonderful doctors who took such great care of her.” ~ Roshanda Dorsey, BSW Patient’s Case Manager
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Capital Medical Society thanks the physicians and dentists in this community who provide care to breast cancer patients. CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 2022 MEETINGS CALENDAR October 18, 2022 CMS Membership & CME Meeting Two-Hour Required CME Topic: Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Presenters: Suzanne Harrison, M.D. and Mary Norton, M.D. 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks
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