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VERSION OF THE SAINT
PAUL FIRE ENTRANCE TEST,
INCLUDING CARRYING A HOSE
UP FIVE STORIES AND RESCUING A
VICTIM.
SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE ONE
OF THE BEST THINGS
YOU COULD EVER HEAR: "YOU ARE
NOW CANCER-FREE."
FOR MANY LIFE AFTER CANCER
ISN'T AS IDYLLIC AS IT SOUNDS.
AS SUZANNE ELIZABETH
LITTLEFIELD SHOWED US WHAT SOME
DOCTORS REALIZED, AND ARE DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Reporter: 2003, LIFE WAS IN
A GOOD PLACE FOR
RUTH BACHMAN, A NEW GRANDMOTHER
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE WHAT DEFINED THE NEXT CHAPTER.
IT WAS A SOFT LUMP ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF MY RIBS.
SO THE MRI SHOWED A 6-INCH
MASS, EXTENDED UP MY
FOREARM, AND MY CHANCES FOR
SURVIVAL WERE BETTER IF
I WAS WILLING TO HAVE AMPUTATION.
SO I GOT TO CHOOSE LIFE.
Reporter: A LIFE THAT EVER
SINCE HASN'T LOOKED
THE SAME.
I USED TO BE LEFT-HANDED,
AND TO LEARN HUH TO
WRITE, PUT ON MAKEUP, EAT.
CUTTING MEAT IS REALLY HARD.
Reporter: TO COME TO A
MOMENT OF HUMOR TOOK
TIME AND A LOT OF PAIN. .
THEY WANT TO HEAR HOW I STAY
WELL, HOW I GET BACK
ON MY FEET.
Reporter: DR. ANN BLAZE IS AND ONCOLOGIST.
SHE HELPED ESTABLISH THIS
CONFERENCE TO COMFORT
CANCER SURVIVORS.
THEY HAVE WORK SHOPS DEALING
WITH ANXIETY, FEAR,
DEPRESSION, HOW TO MONITOR
RECURRENCES, AND HOW TO
GET BACK IN THE JOB FORCE.
TO BE TOGETHER WITH A GROUP
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALL REACHED THE POINT WHERE
THEY ARE LIVING LIFE
AFTER CANCER IS -- IT'S REALLY
A REMARKABLE EVENT.
ONE OF MY GOALS IS THEY FEEL
THEY'RE A PART OF
THE COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND IS TO FEEL THEY'VE
GOT SOME RESOURCES AND
TOOLS ON HOW TO SORT OF REGAIN,
REENTER INTO LIFE
AND LIVING, AND FEELING WELL,
NOT FOCUSED ON BEING SICK.
Reporter: SOMETHING BACHMAN
KNOWS IS POSSIBLE.
JUST BECAUSE YOU AREN'T WHAT
YOU ONCE WERE DOESN'T
MEAN YOU CAN'T BE GREAT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THE CANCER