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Zornio: Improving awareness of breast density can help reduce breast cancer mortality rates
Colorado is ahead of the curve in many ways, but lawmakers can do more to remove barriers to screening access, especially for uninsured women
Posted inSunLit Interviews
The scientist in Susan J. Tweit provided her the raw material for “Bless the Birds”
Notes, journals and her blog gave “Bless the Birds” author Susan J. Tweit “primary source material” for the account of her final trip with her husband.
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Opinion: A device, not just drugs, is helping my husband beat cancer
The night in July 2020 when my husband, Ira, was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he told me he was confident he was going to do his best to beat this disease. The doctor had told him that he had a year, maybe 18 months, to live. But Ira reminded me that he had just […]
Posted inNews, Outdoors
A Colorado adventurer who has climbed Mount Everest and visited the North Pole faces his biggest challenge yet: late-stage cancer
MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE — “I used to think that North Pole expeditions were the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but …” Whatever Eric Larsen says next is going to be the world’s most heinous sufferfest. This is the explorer who crawled and swam 53 days through the melting Arctic Ocean to reach the North Pole […]
Posted inColoradans, Education, Health, News, Outdoors, Outsider
These young adults are shredding, pedaling and climbing. Oh, and fighting cancer.
SILVERTON — Jesseca Collins was diagnosed with thyroid cancer on her 30th birthday on New Year’s Eve 2012. She had her first surgery a few months later. “I went from this intense athlete to gaining 40 pounds and crawling around my room, crying when I had to put clothes on. I was so tired. The […]
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Opinion: As you emerge from coronavirus isolation, stay safe in the sun
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life for Americans across our nation. It has changed the way we go to school, work and interact with our friends and family. As Colorado transitions from staying home to “Safer-at-Home” and spring has finally arrived with longer, warmer days, we will all be looking to spend more time outside. […]
Posted inOpinion, Write On, Colorado
As coronavirus became reality in Colorado, I dealt with a different diagnosis — breast cancer
On March 5, I went for a mammogram. The clinic was crowded that day and women in pink gowns sat in the hallway and more sat in another room. Two women and I chatted, used the Keurig machine, and mused on this new virus but couldn’t remember its name. No one was wearing a mask. […]
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My documentary work with cancer patients also taught me about dealing with the challenge of COVID-19
As a senior at Glenwood Springs High School, I produced a capstone project, a video documentary I called “Connections: A Deeper Meaning Of Cancer.” But that experience also shaped my perspective on the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and the historic pandemic that has touched us all. Two-and-a-half years in the making, this documentary — which I […]
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Opinion: The ACA changed how we treat cancer — and it is all at risk because of our current leadership
Health is a fragile thing. We’ve been told this over and over, but often it’s hard to imagine that we are anything but invincible. There are certain moments in our lives when that changes. The world is currently living through one of those moments. But for us, that moment came when we were given a […]