Fight Disease
SMJH Volunteer and cancer survivor was just a few years out from a major cardiac event when he got the surprising news from his SMJH doctor that he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer. A retired intelligence analyst with deep interests in medical writing, photography, and Slavic folklore (especially…
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“I had anxiety at every stage, not knowing what the outcome might be” says Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins, 49, of Charlottesville. Adrina had surgery and radiation treatment for breast cancer at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. “The nurses and clinicians were so understanding and caring. They made me feel seen and appreciated as…
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Pascale Hapgood was still three months away from her annual mammogram when she discovered a lump in her breast in March 2023. “My mother died of breast cancer; I knew it wasn’t good,” she says. A biopsy revealed cancer, and a month later, Pascale had a lumpectomy. That was followed…
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While all women face challenges in childbirth, we know that these risks are especially severe for Black mothers. Maternal mortality is three to four times higher for Black women than it is for white women, and Black women are more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Sentara Martha…
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A retired speech therapist from Clark Elementary, Jacqueline Ragland fought an aggressive form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at Sentara Martha Jefferson. Her treatment involved an intensive combination of chemotherapy and radiation, and to stay strong, she relied on many of the clinically proven services philanthropic support makes possible: massages to ease…
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2023 marked the 15th anniversary of the Spring Fly Fling, a Moorman’s River fly-fishing retreat offered free-of-charge for women cancer survivors annually thanks to Women’s Committee support. A cover story in the Spring 2023 Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Magazine highlighted The Bugslinger Warrier Sisterhood™, as the women call themselves. They…
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“Palliative care doesn’t just look at the disease process—it looks at the whole person” says Margaret “Peggy” Firer Bishop, ANP-BC, ACHPN
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“They really stay on top of things,” says Fran of her team of nurse practitioners and oncologists at the High-Risk Breast Program
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It’s comforting to know there’s a team looking out for me should a need arise in the future.
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