TKCCC News
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Marketing/Communications Specialist Southeastern Med
Southeastern Med Promotes Colon Health with Inflatable Super Colon
Southeastern Med’s Tina Kiser Colorectal Cancer Coalition displayed its new inflatable colon at the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce 2010 ‘Swing Into Spring’ Show the weekend of March 12-14.
The inflatable colon is an interactive educational tool that allows visitors to get a close-up look at healthy colon tissue, tissue with nonmalignant colorectal diseases, colorectal polyps and various stages of colorectal cancer. Those who walk through the colon also learn about the importance of colorectal screenings, prevention, risks of developing colorectal cancer, symptoms and treatment options.
The Colorectal Task Force at Southeastern Med renamed itself in early 2009 to the Tina Kiser Colorectal Cancer Coalition as a memorial tribute to remember one of the task force’s founding members. Tina Kiser battled colon cancer and was driven to educate others about this deadly, yet preventable, disease. She was an active coalition member who traveled to Columbus and Washington D.C. on multiple occasions to lobby for colonoscopy screening legislation that will save others from her same plight. Kiser lost her courageous fight against colon cancer in December 2008.
Throughout the next year, the Tina Kiser Colorectal Cancer Coalition will be stopping by several Ohio counties with the inflatable colon to promote colorectal screenings. Visit http://tkcoloncancercoalition.org for a complete list of stop dates. The inflatable colon also is available for rent. For more information about obtaining it for an event, please contact Becky Wheeler, Cancer Registry at Southeastern Med, at 740-439-8156
The “Kiser Color” Premieres at the Cambridge Swing into Spring Home Show This Weekend
The Tina Kiser Colorectal Coalition will be exhibiting the “Kiser Colon” at the Swing into Spring Home Show this weekend. The “Kiser Colon” is an inflatable colon you can walk through and learn more about colon cancer. I hope everyone will stop by and see us at the show. Take part in the educational quiz and you might even win the “HUGE” basket of healthy goodies!
The hours of the show are Friday 11 am – 8 pm; Saturday 11 am – 7 pm and Sunday noon – 5 pm.
Southeastern Med Promotes Colon Health with Inflatable Super Colon
Kelli Koch
Marketing/Communications Specialist Southeastern Med
A twenty-foot colon big enough to walk through will be touring Guernsey County during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Southeastern Med’s Tina Kiser Colorectal Cancer Coalition will display its new inflatable colon at the following events during the months of March and April:
March 12-14 – Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce 2010 ‘Swing Into Spring’ Show at Pritchard Laughlin
March 19 – Colgate Palmolive from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
March 24 – Guernsey Safety Council at the Country Club from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
March 30 – Southeastern Med TBA
March 31 – Buckeye Trail Health Fair from 4 – 7 p.m.
April 10 – Guernsey Muskingum Electric Annual Meeting in New Concord
April 14 – Muskingum College Health Fair
The inflatable colon is an interactive educational tool that allows visitors to get a close-up look at healthy colon tissue, tissue with nonmalignant colorectal diseases, colorectal polyps and various stages of colorectal cancer. Those who walk through the colon also learn about the importance of colorectal screenings, prevention, risks of developing colorectal cancer, symptoms and treatment options.
“The task force wanted to bring awareness to the community that colon cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable,” said Becky Wheeler, Cancer Registry at Southeastern Med. “The disease is preventable through screening, and if detected early, it can be successfully treated 90 percent of the time.”
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