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A new name in the battle against cancer: Thanks to a donation from Ted Day, left, and his wife Kim, not pictured, PCRMC will expand its cancer center services and rename the facility in honor of Ted’s father, Delbert Day. PCRMC’s Delbert Day Cancer Institute here was a time when central Missourians with cancer had to travel to distant cities for care. This was certainly true in Phelps County, where there was not a hospital at all until 1951. Cancer diagnoses meant long car rides, separation from family, lost income, disruption of daily life and extra suffering at a time of terrible weakness, anxiety and vulnerability. Since the 1980s, Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) has quietly acquired the equipment, personnel and services of a major regional cancer center. Now, with a remarkable donation from Ted and Kim Day, the PCRMC cancer institute has a name and a future, The Delbert Day Cancer Institute. The donation was the single largest in PCRMC’s history. > T CALL Randee Jo Feco, Psy.D., leads a support group at PCRMC for cancer patients, survivors and their families. Call 573-458-7500 to learn more. Find the Support You Need! Vim & Vigor • SUMM ER 2011 3

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Summer 2011 - Phelps County Regional Medical Center

Vim & Vigor - Summer 2011 - Phelps County Regional Medical Center
Contents
Opening Throughts
Special: A New Day in the Fight Against Cancer
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Auxiliary
Girl Talk
Say What?
Action Plan
Like This? Try That!
On the Cover
A Day in the Life of Your Heart
Unexpected Heroes
Get in Gear
A Real Lifesaver
Rest Assured
Improvements with You in Mind
The Basics of Breast Cancer
Physician Q&A
Spotlight On

Vim & Vigor - Summer 2011 - Phelps County Regional Medical Center