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- [Joyce] This is our pink run,
Glow Run it's called.

The proceeds for this year is going to
Tri-county Cancer Coalition which is our

local cancer coalition and they give our
patients money. They help them

out with gas money, gas cards.

- [Keysha] Our little small town
really has this big support system.

I was recently diagnosed with breast
cancer and went through some surgeries

and this week I'm getting ready to start
chemo. So, it's amazing to have a cancer

center here that we can love, and trust,
and know that we're in good hands.

- As a nurse navigator,
I helped that patient through their

cancer journey. I tried to help them I
call it "make peace with cancer."

I just think just being there for them,
knowing that they can call me.

They've got my cell phone number.

- [Susan] One day I was very, very sick
and I had done everything that I had been

told to do and I was still so sick.
I got her card out and I called her.

She came to the phone and she was so
gracious and so glad that I called.

And, she just talked to me for as long as
I needed her to talk to me,

and she helped me, and I felt better
knowing that somebody was there to help me

and to help my family.

- [Donna] I think the personal
relationship is the best in mental health

and physical health.
If you know that people care about you,

they feel more comforted.
I was diagnosed in August 2015

with invasive ductal carcinoma,
and I had five months of chemotherapy,

then bilateral mastectomy,
and then 28 radiation treatments,

and several reconstructive surgeries.
They referred me a lot of breast cancer

patients now because I understand what
they're going through.

- [Lisa] I do have a personal story
dealing with cancer.

Not only on the clinical side but I lost a
spouse at age 34 to glioblastoma.

So, I was working in cancer care
at the time. And, I don't know,

I'd say I think God put me here to kind of
guide him through treatment and

these cancer patients just have
a special place in my heart.

- Since 2008, I found a mass in my breast
and I knew what it was because I'd had

some benign masses before and went real
well. Wouldn't take it out of my life

for anything because it's made me who I am
and it helps me understand these ladies.

They know that I know
what they're going through.

- I hope mostly out of this event that
people... It raises an awareness

for cancer. I think mammograms are super
important. A mammogram saved my life.

- I've never been a part of something
that's so strong and it just...

it makes me feel good.

- Never give up. Whatever comes your way,
you just take one step after the other

and you'll get through it.
I'm just happy to be well and thankful.

- It's just it's an amazing field
to work in.

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