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Formed in 1988 by two Burlington surâ€" vivors of breast cancer, Pat Kelly (1987) and Barb Sullivan (1986) as a nonâ€"profit selfâ€"help group providing support, the organization has grown into somewhat of a catalyst. Yes, they offer support and counseling from their Burlington Mall storefront; and yes, they encourage breast selfâ€"examination; but they do not accept remission as a cure. "We are the women who have had breast cancer," says the opening line in a brochure introducing the group to newcomers. "*. . . We share: the conviction that togethâ€" er we can overcome the isolation, loneliness and confusion we experience when confrontâ€" ed with breast cancer. By acknowledging our fears, frustrations, feelings of guilt, anger and depression, and also expressing our hopes and triumphs, we can find strength to heal. Together we strive for survival . . . for ourâ€" selves and for the people in our lives, for as long as our survival shall last." 540 Lakeshore Rd. W., Oakyville (Just W. of Dorval Dr.) Free Parking Adm: $4.00 (905) 498â€"8613 6 @ R.O.M. Treasure Identification Clinic Sun. 1â€"3 p.m. Portions of admission proceeds to Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse They stand like soldiers on the frontlines in the battle against breast cancer. A Toronto press conference announcing, ‘October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month‘ got considâ€" erable publicity recently with Ontafio cabinet minister Anne Swarbrick breaking the silence to tell of her own personal battle with breast cancer. Swarbrick, in making an emotional plea for breast selfâ€"examination, was diagnosed in FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 6:00â€"10:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m.â€"6:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.â€"5:00 p.m. At Appleby College Oakville‘s Business School A Wonderful Antique Show Sale Presenting Over 50 Great Ontario Quebec Dealers Exhibiting An Incredible Selection Of Antiques, Fine Art 20th Century Country Formal Decorating at its Best! SEPT 30, OCT 1 2 APPLEBY CO LLEGE Presenting The Fourth Annual By The Lake WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1994 PAGE 11 i "A new year bfi'ngs auspicious new beginnings. 1994 brought for me a diagnosis of breast cancer. A year that began with hopes and promise was instead filled with a dizzying array of physicians, surgeons, nurses, technicians and oncologists all expecting me to make life and death decisions a_bo_ut my care . . . "My family history does not include cancer and, therefore, I only had a cursory knowledge of what the future held. For me, I guess it was a little like the old days of sex education: I learned about cancer on the streets. We all know that the streets are no place to learn about sex and neither is cancer. Unfortunately, there‘s a lot of misinformation out there and the message that we get is that cancer equals death and we are literally ‘scared to death.‘" On the frontlines at Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services are, from left, Jean Marsh, who wants to start a support group in Mississauga; Lottie Grant, fundraising chair; Mona Cedolia, administrative direcâ€" tor; Marta McGannon, a new survivor; and Ann Hampson, president. (Photo by Barrie Erskine) § a ) KATHY‘S COLLECTION S CAMPBELLVILLE 4 "Main St. South 854â€"0 AHE OAKVT 20 MINUTES NORTH OF | â€" Marta McGannon, Oakville from QUALITY OAK FURNITURE inss Two 12" leafs plus four 6 sp Features a double gear driven ex ol 42" SOLID OAK TABLE 1991 at age 39. Her mastectomy was folâ€" lowed by seven months of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation treatments. Elected in 1990, Swarbrick, MPP Scarborough West, resigned as minister for women‘s issues due to complications from her treatments, and returned to Cabinet as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Recreation last year. Educating women about the seriousness of breast cancer, with an emphasis on the importance of breast selfâ€"examination, has been at the forefront of this organization‘s mandate â€" next to offering comfort and counseling to the newly diagnosed through monthly support and smaller group sharing meetings. The organization also publishes a quarterly newsletter which is sent to about 500 women. "The experience of being ill brings to the forefront the need to share, to feel you‘re not the only one," says Ann Hampson of Oakville, president. "It reduces the isolation." The organization, a oneâ€"ofâ€"kind, serves about 150 women living in Hamilton to Toronto, Richmond Hill, Halton Hills, Milton, Ancaster, Stoney Creek, Burlington and Oakville. Two of Oakville‘s 30 memâ€" bers sit on the board of directors; the other is Lottie Grant, fundraising chair. "Being here is very comforting," says Marta McGannon, 35, of Oakville, who iniâ€" tially came to the organization looking for information, and found the help and support she needed to make decisions about her treatâ€" ment. "Many individuals prefer to leave their medical treatment in the hands of their care givers," wrote McGannon in her June newsletter article about her personal experiâ€" ences with breast cancer. "Many do not. I do not. I need informaâ€" tion and lots of it. In my estimation, this is where the medical community appears to miss the boat. Never once during this entire process have I been provided with informaâ€" tion that would enable me to make a decision from a position of informed choice. 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