This issue shows you how you can look and feel great at any age:• Share insights and reflections of these woman who show what their age really feels like.• Find great gifts for all ages from these stores!• Look fashionable in these fall trends.Don’t forget to look for our 25th Birthday Issue, coming next month!
By Carrie Vittitoe Leah Gantz was diagnosed with Stage 2 infiltrating ductal carcinoma and underwent a bilateral mastectomy. If life is a journey, a diagnosis of breast cancer is one of its harrowing valleys. A woman who has to cross this valley is often fearful of what lies ahead. What unexpected threats await her? Does she have enough in her survival pack to make it through? Local hospitals have realized that breast cancer patients are stressed and worried. That stress and worry may make it difficult for them to fully comprehend everything the doctor says [...]
By Carrie VittitoeFayon Davis has been an avid softball player since she was a child. During her childhood, she was the victim of sexual abuse, and playing softball offered her a way to cope. Fayon says, “I had to keep a lot inside, but softball was my out. I’m just grateful that I didn’t explode through the years.”She says she was a tomboy who played with the local boys in the neighborhood, but she enjoyed the game so much that she went on to play softball on scholarship at Florida State. For six of her [...]
By Amanda Beam Dr. Beth Riley, an oncologist and director of clinical operations at the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center, talks about how breast cancer treatments work. Here are few things to know…SurgeryIn general, surgery remains a requisite for most women diagnosed with a breast malignancy. Alongside patient preference, tumor size, staging, and whether multiple areas of lesions exist influence the need and type of surgery required.“In 2016, if someone has stage 1 to stage 3 breast cancer, they must undergo surgery to be cured,” Riley says. “If they have stage 4 breast [...]
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By Mary Ellen Bianco Rosemary DeLaney monitors her health and maintains a regular fitness regimen. Rosemary DeLaney, 62, is a certified Pilates instructor who has owned Pilates of Louisville since 2001. She is also an aesthetician at the Institute of Anti-Aging Medicine (IAAM). “I’ve always been an active person and take care of myself,” Rosemary says. “I learned that I have to be my own health advocate and to trust my doctor.”As a Pilates instructor Rosemary sees there is much more to staying healthy than just keeping fit. “The social part is where people make [...]
