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Posted by Mary Plonka
IT'S NOT OVER TIL IT'S OVER
Salamanca Rotary hosted Susan Evans as a speaker to our weekly meeting. We encourage other clubs to contact her for your own club. Susan speaks about ovarian cancer and about the need to advocate for oneself during medical treatment. She presents this with humor and charm!
Ovarian cancer can be deceptive and difficult to detect; Susan was diagnosed from an ER scan that was probing the cause of a swollen ankle. Susan and Dr. Krivak co-authored a book about their experience together, entitled “Don’t Write the Obituary Yet.” The proceeds from the sale of the book go entirely toward supporting a fund that's mission is twofold: to improve the clinical treatment and personalized care of women with ovarian and gynecologic-related cancers, and to support education for physicians who seek specialization in such cancer treatment and care.
Ultimately, the endowment will award research and education funding, but the focus remains to support scientific and clinical research and to educate physicians who treat gynecologic cancers and are deeply cognizant of after-surgery care.
Susan is now in remission. She is retired after teaching English at Bradford Area High School for 32 years. George, her husband and partner in this journey, is a retired journalism professor, who spent 29 years teaching at St. Bonaventure University. The couple resides in Bradford, Pennsylvania, where they avidly support the advancement of education.
Susan can be reached at sevans66@verizon.net. More information about her book and fund can be found at : https://pittsburghfoundation.org/node/27384
Pictured (left to right): Deb Eysaman and Susan.