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White Bluff Rallies For Child With Cancer
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A Dickson community is making an extraordinary effort to help a sick child with cancer.

White Bluff’s Kelsie Karnes, 10, is receiving encouragement from the whole community in hopes of lifting the burden off her shoulders. She's been battling cancer since she was 6 years old and diagnosed when she was in kindergarten.

"She's full of life, funny, very smart. You can't be around her without smiling. She's just a lot of fun,” said Kelsie’s mother, Tammy Karnes.

 

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Don't wait - colonoscopy may save your life
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The best way to beat cancer is to catch it early. That is why lifesaving cancer screening can help reduce mortality rates. I am one of the 11 million cancer survivors living in the United States, and I know first hand the importance of early detection as I am one of those stupid people that choose to ignore having a colonoscopy at age 50.

Oh, I had all the other screenings done as recommended over the years, but for some reason - too busy, I guess, or didn't place the value and importance of the testing and thinking that "colon cancer just couldn't happen to me" - I just never had the test.

Boy, was I wrong. My first colonoscopy at age 63 found stage 4 colon cancer, and my life as I knew it changed forever.

 

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Cancer ‘Marrowthon’ slated for March 25
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3/19/2010 - Anyone who has ever wanted more information about how to become a potential bone marrow donor can have those questions answered during Vanderbilt’s annual Marrowthon.

This year’s event, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Cancer Society, will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, March 25, in the Student Life Center Board of Trust room. The Marrowthon campaign also includes a blood drive for anyone interested in donating blood.

 

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American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge offers refuge to patients in Nashville, TN
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Adam and Amy Bryant had enough to deal with when Adam was diagnosed with cancer on April 1, but at least the Central City couple got some good news when they found out about Hope Lodge in Nashville.

Hope Lodge is a free, temporary hotel for cancer patients who are in treatment. The American Cancer Society built 28 such hotels around the country with donations and maintains them with staff and volunteers.

The Bryants stayed at the Hope Lodge in Nashville, which was just a couple of minutes from Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, where Adam Bryant received treatment.

"If we had to be at the hospital at 7 a.m. Monday, we'd go on Sunday night and stay there, otherwise we'd have to leave extremely early Monday morning," Amy Bryant said of the 90-minute trip from home to the hospital. "Then if we would've had to drive home after treatment, it would be so hard on Adam.

"There were days when he felt good after treatments, and days when he wanted to go straight to bed. Hope Lodge was a big convenience."

Adam Bryant was diagnosed with extragonadal germ cell tumor. His treatments included 61/2 hours of chemotherapy a day, Monday through Friday.

In all, the Bryants stayed at Hope Lodge for four weeks, a savings of between $750 and $1,000 per week, Amy Bryant said.

"We were overwhelmed with Adam being diagnosed and finding out the course of treatment, and having to deal with those financial strains," Amy Bryant said. "If we had to pay to stay a week in Nashville, too, I don't know how we could've afforded it."

 

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Rawlings Ride benefits American Cancer Society
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Atmos Energy has presented the American Cancer Society with a check for $5,000 in memory of 43-year-old engineer Mike Rawlings, a long-time employee.

Rawlings left behind many close friends at Atmos when he lost his battle with signet ring adenocarcinoma in 2007, according to a company press release.

“I worked with Mike for nearly 20 years,” says employee Ernie Napier. “He was smart, dedicated and a huge fan of motorcycles!”

To honor Rawlings, Atmos employees came together with family and friends for the Third Annual “Rawlings Ride.” Participants from 6 states joined the memorial ride which began at the Atmos office in Murfreesboro and ended with lunch at Fall Creek Falls.

 

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