Letters to the Editor On The Tribune’s Series on Cancer

Tremendous courage

The recent “Confronting Cancer” Tribune Special Report was a wonderful resource of encouragement and information, especially for all cancer patients in our area.

Ruth Ann Angus deserves a huge bouquet for her courage and for sharing her story. Sarah Arnquist, who wrote Ruth’s story, should receive a journalism award for the intimate and informative way she described the path Ruth traveled during her cancer treatments.

There are things this newspaper does extremely well; special reports about subjects that involve the lives of people living in our community and the sports pages are two of them!

George E. Edmonds

Paso Robles

Be a SurviveOar

Thank you for your recent three-part series on confronting cancer. As the story revealed, a diagnosis of cancer and the subsequent treatment can be devastating. I extend much love and prayers to Ruth Ann Angus for her valiant fight through treatment.

I also would like to extend to Ruth Ann and all the other breast cancer survivors out there an invitation to check out the Central Coast SurviveOars.

We are a dragon boat paddling team made up of breast cancer survivors. We meet every week to paddle and support each other past this disease with strength and courage. We all feel improved physical, emotional, social, spiritual and mental health. We are confident, motivated and positively focused. We embrace our forming friendships and the support of other survivors. We welcome breast cancer survivors of all ages and fitness levels to join us as we move forward in our lives, strengthening mind and body with this wonderful “therapy.” It’s a treatment plan we can all sign on to!

Please visit our Web site at www.surviveoars.org or call Enhancement Inc. at 771- 8640 for more information. See you on the bay!

Maureen McGee

San Luis Obispo

SANLUISOBISPO.COM/ARCHIVE/CANCER FOR THE STORIES.