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Eric Melniczek, director of Career and Internship Services at High Point University, will volunteer as a career coach during the Passport 2 Success event, to be held on Oct. 20 at the Greensboro Coliseum. The event is designed to help area residents who are looking for work.
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Susan Rostand (second from left) leads cancer survivor group in yoga exercises.
C It’s much more than just treating the disease.
Center focuses on relationships
HIGH POINT – There’s the kind of relationship between a doctor and a patient that involves check-ups, diagnoses and basic conversations about treatment and options. Then there’s the kind of relationship where a doctor attends a patient’s graduation or assists someone in achieving one of their last dreams. That’s the relationship that Zeke Cardwell, the youngest cancer patient to ever be treated at the Charles E. and Pauline Lewis Hayworth Cancer Center, had with his doctors.
“We became friends,” said Janet Forrest, manager of patient rights and oncology services. “He changed a lot of lives here.” The bond that a patient shares with the staff is especially important during October, also known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Forrest said. She said the cancer center was designed to deliver total care to cancer patients, not just treat their diseases. Cardwell was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004 at the age of 17.
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In recognition of national Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this four-part series highlights the Cancer Center at High Point Regional Health System. The center recently gained area and national recognition as a top facility in the Triad specializing in the treatment of cancer patients. This series looks at the workings of the center, from its total-care approach to caring for patients and their families to the cutting-edge technology and research that has made it a premier facility. BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT - There are a lot of X-rays, treatments and prescription drugs involved in the care of every person who is diagnosed with cancer. But Janet Forrest, manager of patient rights and oncology services at High Point Regional Health System, knows there’s more to care-giving than medicine. “Treating cancer is our business, but cancer families are who we care for,” she said. “We’ve tried to make a safe space that invites all of the good stuff to happen here.” With that mind set, an array of programs that treat patients in other ways have been created at the Charles E. and Pauline Lewis Hayworth Cancer Center. Specifically designed for breast cancer patients are two, non-conventional ways of dealing with cancer and life with the disease - a special knitting circle and yoga class. Every Wednesday, a group of breast cancer survivors or family members who have been affected by the disease meet in the can-
cer center’s resource center to knit prayer shawls for current NEW AGE paOF MEDICINE cancer tients. The hosHigh Point pital supRegional plies the Cancer Center yarn and ■■■ ■■ needles for the knitters, and they supply each other with support and stories of survival and their battles with the disease, according to Ellen Miller, a customer service representative in the Cancer Resource Center. “It really turns into a support group,” she said. “When their hands are busy, their spirits are up.” Staying active is the purpose of another total care program provided by the hospital to cancer patients – a yoga class held every Monday. A retired physical therapist and certified yoga instructor, Susan Rostand teaches methods that both keep patients in shape and ease their minds. “It’s about learning to become very present and aware of what’s going on right now,” she said. “It’s about learning to be quiet and letting go of the gunk in your mind. For cancer survi-
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TODAY: Total care approach involves more than just treating the disease MONDAY: New technology increases quality of life for patients TUESDAY: Center employs latest in medical advances to treat and prevent breast cancer WEDNESDAY: Trials become integral part of center’s mission
AT A GLANCE
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The Charles E. and Pauline Lewis Hayworth Cancer Center opened at High Point Regional Health System in 2003. In the same year, the cancer program was reaccredited at the highest level of approval from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. It was named in recognition of the $2 million gift given by the late Pauline Hayworth in memory of her husband, Charles. The cancer center ranked higher than any other community comprehensive center in the Piedmont Triad in the U.S. News and World Report’s Cancer Hospital 2009 Rankings. It was ranked highest in several categories including: the availability of intensivists, magnet nursing status, nurseto-patient staffing ratios and total volume of cancer cases treated. vors, that’s very important.” Because most women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are over the age of 50, Rostand takes the women through a range of poses that stretch their muscles and keep them in shape. “Sometimes, when patients have cancer, they’re scared to move,” she said. “We can move safely here, and it also turns into a support group.” When it comes down to it, that’s what Forrest says the cancer center’s philosophy to total care is all about. “Total care is about reaching out to them, not only medically,” she said. “It’s a very emotional road, and we try to meet those needs as well.”
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