For the KNE's special fall section on health
By Nick Tabor,
New Era Senior Staff Writer
Karen Wheeler can’t remember what scheduling
conflict made her postpone her annual doctor’s visit in March 2008 — though it
seemed important at the time.
The next slot her doctor, Elizabeth Toms, had open
was at the end of June. When it came around, Wheeler told Toms about a lump
she’d noticed on her breast just before she’d postponed the office visit.
A mammogram showed she had cancer. Toms told Wheeler
to get a lymph node biopsy.
