MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY TO BE OFFERED FRIDAY
Women of Washington County will have an opportunity on October 24th to participate in mammogram screenings, when HEB Brenham Market will once again host a day of mammograms, 9:30am to 3:30pm.
Screenings are by appointment only. To register, online, go to www.The Rose.org/services/mobilemammography. Click on the “Click here” button, indicated your preferred language, and then use the code HEB to complete the registration.
Even with all the awareness generated by October’s emphasis on breast Cancer, Jennifer Coli had to be talked into getting her mammogram. Four years later she is a survivor and part of the force encouraging and sometimes pleading with women to be aware.
Jennifer had gone to her husband Lance’s workplace, the HEB Brenham Market, to discuss making a change in insurance. That’s when Yvonne Supak, the facilitator arranging for The Rose to do a day of mammograms in the store’s conference room, encouraged her to take advantage of the opportunity for a screening.
“That little extra effort she put out there made a difference,” Jennifer recounted, “If it hadn’t been for The Rose being at HEB when it was…I had no reason to go in, no symptoms. It was a life-changing moment.
Jennifer initially resisted, but after many calls from The Rose, she finally made the appointments, and her local doctor shared the news that changed her life. Lance was at her side through treatment and recover, and now she says cancer has been transformed from a dire diagnosis to an opportunity for her to encourage others.
Jennifer says her family is so much closer, and her girls will have a whole new outlook on life because she can instill appreciation in them.
Contact Stephanie Wehring, the Rose’s Rural Outreach Manager, is available to answer question at 979-203.0610