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Mary White is a stage IV breast cancer survivor who works in Cherry Creek. She needs monthly injections to keep her cancer at bay and now can walk from her job to the new UCHealth Cherry Creek Medical Center. Photos by Cyrus McCrimmon for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The news was utterly devastating back in 2006 when Mary White learned she had Stage IV breast cancer that had spread throughout her body to her bones.<\/p>\n

She had felt a lump in her breast a year earlier, but more than one doctor had dismissed her concerns. Finally, she was in good medical hands, but perhaps the help had come too late.
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Read more stories<\/a> about providers, patients and services at the UCHealth Cherry Creek Medical Center<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read about the Cherry Creek Cancer Center<\/a>, affiliated with the University of Colorado Cancer Center<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mary focused on surviving while getting her affairs in order.<\/p>\n

\u201cI canceled my subscription to the New Yorker,\u201d Mary, now 61, quipped.<\/p>\n

Then, about a year later, a friend gave her a little dog named Buddy. He\u2019s a Maltese Shih Tzu. Mary worried that she wouldn\u2019t be around to take care of Buddy.<\/p>\n

Then her friend said, \u201cYou\u2019re going to outlive this dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

White didn\u2019t believe him, but now she does.<\/p>\n

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Mary White loves her dog, Buddy, and the Colorado mountains. A friend gave her Buddy 14 years ago and promised she would outlive him. She is surviving thanks to her positive attitude and compassionate cancer care. Photo courtesy of Mary White.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s true,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Buddy has lived up to his name, becoming Mary\u2019s best buddy and a loving companion. Buddy is now 14. He\u2019s a little old man who loves both walking and napping.<\/p>\n

Mary, meanwhile, is thriving. She\u2019s irrepressibly positive about living with cancer. She says things like, \u201cLiving without hair is incredibly freeing\u201d and \u201cChemotherapy is my Zen time.\u201d She loves hiking, cycling, spending time with family and friends and has worked for the same Denver family for 30 years.<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s cancer specialist, Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon<\/a>, doesn\u2019t like to throw the word \u201cmiracle\u201d around, but in Mary\u2019s case, Acharya says her survival truly is miraculous.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in 2006, the prognosis for metastatic breast cancer was just a couple of years. And here we are,\u201d said Acharya, who sees patients primarily at the UCHealth Cancer Center in Highlands Ranch<\/a> and is also an assistant professor of medicine and medical oncology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acharya said Mary\u2019s optimism no doubt has helped her triumph over cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t see a lot of patients like this: her energy, her mindfulness, her will. It\u2019s more than just the treatments we are giving her. She has the most positive outlook. I know she will continue to do well,\u201d Acharya said.<\/p>\n

Breast cancer survivor gets monthly injections in Cherry Creek<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The one hitch is that Mary has to have monthly injections of Faslodex and Herceptin, two drugs that keep her cancer at bay.<\/p>\n

These regular appointments are reassuring to Mary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey make me feel safer,\u201d Mary said. \u201cIf anything goes wrong, it\u2019s going to be caught right away and there\u2019s great comfort in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Breast cancer survivor, Mary White, gets her temperature taken and blood pressure screened before receiving her monthly injections to keep her cancer at bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now Mary has a new, homey place to get her injections. She can walk from her job in Denver\u2019s Cherry Creek neighborhood a few blocks to the new UCHealth Cherry Creek Medical Center<\/a>, which boasts a new Cancer Center<\/a>, affiliated with the University of Colorado Cancer Center<\/a> on the Anschutz Medical Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s been getting her treatments there all summer as the center prepared to fully open this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely place and everybody is great,\u201d Mary said.<\/p>\n

Her injections are a little painful, but she feels well afterward. Combining the treatments with a relaxing walk to and from her office also gives her a break during busy days.<\/p>\n

And over the years, Mary has grown very close to all of her providers. Many of the nurses at Cherry Creek are veterans and a couple have known Mary for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a balm to be there. They take me seriously and treat me kindly. They are committed to caring for people. They\u2019re so tuned in to what I might be feeling and what I need,\u201d Mary said.<\/p>\n

A devastating delay and aggressive treatment for breast cancer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To be listened to and pampered is such a wonderful contrast with the dismissive treatment Mary received years ago before she found Acharya.<\/p>\n

She first felt a lump in her breast back in the spring of 2005. She told her primary care provider at the time, who sent her to a specialist. Unfortunately, that doctor missed Mary\u2019s cancer. A year later, Mary was having pain in her ribs. An orthopedist also missed the cancer and prescribed physical therapy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was feeling achy, weak and tired all the time. I was feeling like something was wrong,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She told her primary care provider, \u201cI feel like I\u2019m going to die. I feel like I have some type of cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

That provider thought she needed anti-depressants, which seemed crazy because everyone in Mary\u2019s life knew she\u2019s one of the naturally happy people.<\/p>\n

Finally, Mary took matters into her own hands. She went through the phone book and found a doctor who did a thorough breast exam and connected her with Acharya.<\/p>\n

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Mary White, right, with her doctor, Radhika Acharya-Leon, after a scan showed great news. Photo courtesy of Mary White.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the time Acharya saw Mary for the first time, scans showed she had cancerous tumors in both breasts and that the cancer had also spread to her bones. That\u2019s why her ribs had been so sore. The only good news was that the cancer had not spread into Mary\u2019s lymph nodes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBones are easier to treat,\u201d Mary said.<\/p>\n

Acharya advocated for an aggressive treatment regimen which included chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, the removal of Mary\u2019s ovaries and radiation.<\/p>\n

While all of her treatments were frightening and left her with some challenging side-effects, Mary experienced wave after wave of loving support.<\/p>\n

Friends, families and acquaintances all rallied to her side.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I was \u2018alone,\u2019 people gathered around me and cared for me and lifted me up,\u201d said Mary, who has always been single. \u201cMy best friend from high school and my college roommate came for chemo week. No one let me go through anything alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary grew up in Delaware, but has lived in Denver for decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the most amazing, uplifting, surrendering experience. It was the hardest and the best six months of my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even talk about it without getting a little weepy,\u201d Mary said, choking with emotion.<\/p>\n

Acharya and all of Mary\u2019s nurses served as her medical team at first and over the years, have become dear friends and loyal supporters.<\/p>\n

\u2018Take care of my girl\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mary\u2019s mom also provided wonderful support. The day Mary received her diagnosis, her mom and step-father immediately got on a plane and came to be with her. Later, when treatments left Mary bald, she got to have a great bonding experience with her mom.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe came up behind me and touched the back of my bald head and said, \u2018There\u2019s that birth mark you had when you were a baby.\u2019 Nobody had seen it for 48 years. We were 48 and 74 at the time. It\u2019s been pretty intense. There have been a lot of gifts,\u201d Mary said.<\/p>\n

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Mary White is thriving thanks to excellent care from her team. Her monthly injections at the Cherry Creek Medical Center give her reassurance that her cancer is under control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tragically, seven years after Mary\u2019s diagnosis, her mom also learned she had breast cancer. Mary felt that her mom had not received the best care in Delaware and urged her to come see Acharya, which her mom did.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Acharya looked over her records, but it was too late. She had to tell my mother that she only had a few weeks left to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s mom had a simple message for Acharya: \u201cJust take care of my girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so she has.<\/p>\n

Providers who \u2018honor\u2019 their patients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mary says the loving care she has received has meant everything to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so important. You always hear that nurses are angels. That\u2019s true. The amount of security I feel, the comfort that I feel, you can\u2019t put a price tag on it. I do feel that it\u2019s the reason for my success. Everything starts with your caregivers and how attentive they are, how professional they are and how warm they are,\u201d Mary said.<\/p>\n

The new Cherry Creek Medical Center feels much more like a warm hotel than a sterile hospital. A fireplace greets patients at the front door and there\u2019s wallpaper and colorful art hanging throughout the building. The atmosphere aims to soothe people when they might be going through tough health challenges.<\/p>\n

That makes a huge difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really do feel like the No. 1 patient,\u201d Mary said. \u201cThey honor me as a patient and what more do we want than to be honored?\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also grateful for the life-saving medications she has taken over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much of it was experimental. These drugs weren\u2019t even around before. If I had been diagnosed 25 years ago instead of 14 years ago, I wouldn\u2019t be around. To be part of drug regimens that are working is amazing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s experience as a breast cancer survivor has taught her that life is a precious gift.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, I don\u2019t take it for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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