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SPOTLIGHT ON: COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OVERCOMING OBSTACLES How one woman’s journey with cancer was made easier thanks to Community Hospital BY ELISE SIMS St. John resident Shell ey DeYo ung (center) has the supp ort of not only her entire healt hcare team at Com mun ity Hosp ital and the Wom en’s Diag nost ic Center, but thos e in her work place as well. Own ers (left and right ) Sue and Tom Kryg sheld of Illian a Heat ing and Air Cond ition ing held a fund raise r to honor their com pany ’s customer service repre sentative and two-year cancer survivor. The own ers pledged a port ion of the proceeds from their services to a spec ial fund to help othe r wom en get the preventive care they need . I 54 Vim & Vigor · SP R I N G 2 012 t truly was the last thing 37-year-old Shelley DeYoung of St. John expected when she went in for her very ﬁrst mammogram at the Women’s Diagnostic Center of Community Hospital in Munster. “I was waiting for my results, but instead was asked to come back a couple days later for an ultrasoundguided biopsy,” DeYoung says. “I wanted to know what it was that Dr. Nicholson was seeing and asked her to tell me. She said it was cancer.” “Breast cancer is at the top of the list of a woman’s worst fears,” says Mary Nicholson, M.D., a fellowship-trained, dedicated breast radiologist at Community Hospital and regional director of breast imaging services for Community Healthcare System. “We’re working to help women believe the truth that early breast cancers can be treated successfully.” Friends recommended M. Nabil Shabeeb, M.D., FACS, general surgeon on the staff at Community Hospital, for the MRI and subsequent surgery, DeYoung says, but ultimately the decision was hers. “Beforehand, he wanted me to meet everyone who might be on my healthcare team during my cancer journey—an oncologist, plastic surgeon, radiation oncologist. He gave me the names of everyone who I might see and then let me decide if I would use them or not for my care,” she says. “Every single

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Spring 2012 - Community Healthcare

Vim & Vigor - Spring 2012 - Community Healthcare
Contents
Community Message
Community Briefs
Care When You Need It
Saving Time, Saving Lives
Get Real
How Far We’ve Come
Patient Survival Guide
Perfect Attendance
A New Day
Lean on Me
Intimidated by the Gym?
What Is Your Volunteer Style?
A Prescription for Relief
Creating Comfort and Convenience
SPOTLIGHT ON: St. Catherine Hospital
SPOTLIGHT ON: St. Mary Medical Center
SPOTLIGHT ON: Community Hospital
Valuable Connections

Vim & Vigor - Spring 2012 - Community Healthcare