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WITH CANCER SURVIVORS AND THE
PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM..
TEENAGER OLIVIA ROWE OF
GREENFIELD HAD RAISED ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CANCER
RESEARCH IN THE NAME OF HER
GRANDMOTHER, LINDA ROWE OF SOUTH
DEERFIELD. LINDA ROWE VIVIDLY
REMEMBERS WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO
LEARN SHE HAD CANCER..
IT'S VERY FRIGHTENING WHEN SHE
FIRST HEAR THE WORD CANCER. AND
YOUR MIND EXPLODES WHEN CAN I
GET SURGERY, HOW QUICKLY CAN I
GET IT DONE?
LAST DECEMBER I HAD A MAMMOGRAM
AND THEY FOUND SOMETHING
SUSPICIOUS, THEY WANTED TO
WATCH. SO I WENT BACK SIX MOTHS
LATER AND THE CALCIFICATION HAD
GOTTEN TOGETHER IN A WAY THEY
WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO. MORE THAN
SIX HUNDRED CANCER SURVIVORS
THEIR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES
TOOK PART IN THE FUND RAISING
WALK THROUGH GREENFIELD. THIS
WAS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY EVENT HOSTED BY
BAYSTATE FRANKLIN MEDICAL
CENTER. THE FIRST RAYS OF HOPE
WALK HERE IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS DATES BACK TO
1994... SY BECKER, 22NEWS