(Originally published by Lohud.com, 9/25/15. Updated 9/3/20) By Barbara Cervoni, Support Connection, Inc. In 1998, when she was 43, Debra Paget called her doctor because she felt some strange things were happening with her body. She said she was having some spotting when she shouldn’t have been. After her diagnosis, Debra made a point of […]
Although this article was originally published 2 years ago, the issue continue to be relevant now in October 2017, so we decided to share it again. (Originally published by Lohud.com on June 27, 2015) By Barbara Cervoni, Support Connection, Inc. In a few months it will be October. Or, as it’s known among many breast […]
(Published by The Putnam Examiner) By David Propper, The Putnam Examiner. Photo courtesy of Support Connection. Speak with Jane Crossley for a few minutes, and it’s easy to tell she has a cheery outlook on life. But when Crossley was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012, it became one of the most traumatic times in […]
(Published by The Mahopac News) By Bob Dumas, The Mahopac News. Photo courtesy of David Tartaglia. When David Tartaglia found out in February 2010 that his wife, Julie, had breast cancer, he, of course, was devastated. But then his next thought was, what can I do to help? “I went to every doctor’s visit,” he said, […]