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2 Acton Free Press Wednesday Apr 29 Six years ago Clole Perkins faced what moat women dread She found a lump in her breast that was diagnosed a cancer and suffered a mastectomy A year ago her husband George organized a surprise mastectomy party of 18 friends to cele brate fifth anniversary of being cancer free five is a milestone for cancer vie As result of her surgery and subsequent rt adjustment Clole became a mastectomy visitor for the cancer society first in Toronto resided until 197B and row with the Ac ton At present she is the only Acton mastectomy visitor but is training an assistant Most cancer society branches try to keep such a visitor on their volunteer lists In order to aid mastectomy patients adjust to the practical side of living lopsided There even one male mastectomy visitor I the first ever for the cancer society who operates out of Toronto and who made his first call to an Aeton patient Yes men do have mastectomies think about it Cloie crisis day came in on a Saturday night when she wab preparing to attend a Chnstmas social event Different lighting made her notice a puckering and lump she t seen before She was concerned but George says he panicked at the thought of what It might be A call to a friend who had undergone a made Cloie feel better She stresses the im parlance of Ming able to talk to someone who been rough it I felt it was cancer she says but handled it bttter than Georfc who was going through his own pnvatehell of worry Within days alter a visit to the family doc tor a specialists consultation two grams and a thermogram was in hospital scheduled for her biopsy and mistcc tomy Ninety percent of all breast lumps are not cancer Cloie reminds women and adds Its essential for all abnormalities to be checked out as soon as possible George was the one who had to go through the waiting while Cloie was on the operating table You wait and wait and the longer it goes on the more you think It might be cancer he says his eyes still reflecting stress I started to feel sick and it really hit me the fact Cloie would lose a breast but was likely she wis go In contrast to her husband feel ngs Cloie came out of surgery on a high that was to last a month I felt so goodthc implications just hit Eventually had to face the fact she had seven levels of lymph glands removed as well as her breast tissue Cancer was found in five lymph levels At that time she still realize cancer could be round her body Strengthened by a strong positive feeling Clole told herself Thy will be done and faced the possibility of dying I Just managed to accept that if I was going to live I live if I was to die Id me it worked the feeling had a calming effect and strengthened mo Instrumental In Clole healing were articles and books such as Carl Getting Well healing It now becoming an accepted fact that mind ha3 great power over the body ability to get well and sick Perkins has known the Secret for six years No treatment was employed after gcry The doctor explained he wanted to keep radiation therapy in rescne in case she had a recurrence A visit from a cancer society mastectomy visitor before she left hospital helped Cloie mensely she says Provided with a light tern porary prosthesis artificial breast she was able to leave hospital looking the way she came In She usually hits a woman that she has had in amputation at the time she dresses to go home Christmas was upon the Perkins when Cloie was released so they were able to leap into a whirlwind of social activities Cloie was appointed when her doctor suggested she may not be enough to go scuba diving In the Caribbean six weeks later One of tho bad times Cloie remembers when she had to bath her scar and found herself unable to It George came to the rescue and offered to take over duties It was a crucial lime dole It could have gone way if George had been at all reluctant I would hive gone over the edge into depression A mastectomy patients husband can help greatly in his wife recovery and George agree Both had discussed the possibility of breast removal before surgery so Cloie knew George would feel no differently toward her In fact George bays it worked other way The threat to Cloie s life and her subsequent need for his help made George feel much closer to his wife Notonlj are he and Clole living each day as If its their last they got into the habit but George is also involved as a cancer volunteer helping Cloie with driving duties and patient sup port Believing that talking about problems i3 one of the best ways to solve them Clole has made her surgery public and spends long hours on the phone following up patients she helped As mastectomy visitor she carries a kit and tries to visit a soon after surgery In hospital if possible A patient has to request the service through her doctor before a visitor can attend provides the woman with light tempor prosthesis and shows her how to have pockets sewn in her clothes to hold the pad After healing Clole takes her to a fitter for a silicone prosthesis the same shape and weight of her other breast Regular clothes can be worn and with proper fitting no one can tell which breast is real explains stores have fitters and supply departments Cloie adds new Eaton centre planned for expects to provide fitting service Night time is often tougher for a postsurgery woman than day Clole solved this problem with an expensive sexy nightgown with a fitted top holding the prosthesis in a little pocket It feet on George is reflecUd in the twinkle In his eyes Speaking highly of the Cancer Society Cloie reminds people have many services avail able but they have to be If you need help ASK I And if you suddenly find you re up for a mastectomy Cloie Perkins is the one to turn to She do wonders for your morale No methane gas detected in monitoring apartments Hills has monitored the Churchill South apartments twice no and found no trace of methane escaping from the old dump underneath Engineer Robert Austin and clerk administrator Ken Richardson reported on testing to Halton Hills general committee Monday night Last yeer a consulting firm looked at dumps in Ontario for the Ministry of the Environ and recommended the town do further testing of the Churchill site Austin reported his deportment monitored the three apartment building twice In recent months using equipment the municipality now owns and found no trace of methane The tests were conducted under the direction of the fire department The consultant report indicated some sophisticated also be done In the future so Austin Is going to meet with the consultant The verbal indication was that the general character of the lands should not imply any Immediate problems and part two of the study is strictly to confirm early results Austin noted He said he will report back to committee on part two of the tests and that the garbage was parking lots or buildings any costs to the town thoy removed from tho However the potential will Involve buildings 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