Ingredients 1 (1 oz) box Sugar Free Fat Free vanilla instant pudding 2 cups skim milk ½ can pumpkin ¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice 1 container fat free whipped topping ¼ cup toasted, chopped pecans Cinnamon to taste Takes 20…
Ingredients 8 slices sandwich bread 1 tablespoons butter 8 oz turkey sausage ½ small onion 8 oz button mushrooms, sliced 4 oz shredded cheese 6 eggs ¾ cup half and half ¾ cup milk ¾ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper…
Do you forget where you put your car keys occasionally or miss a scheduled appointment once in a while? Sometimes what feels like normal forgetfulness can be an indicator of something more serious. If you start to experience more frequent…
Due to an old smoking habit and new screening guidelines, Kaye Beals’ primary care doctor suggested she undergo a lung cancer screening at a routine physical last December. The 80-year-old from Mt. Zion agreed to the screening, and it showed…
Ingredients 1 frozen banana, mashed 1 cup peanut butter 1 tsp vanilla 1 ½ tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons flax seed meal 2 tablespoons chia seeds ¼ cup unsweetened coconut flakes 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips 1 – 1 ¼ cup…
Patsy Jones considers the events in April this year “divine intervention.” On a Tuesday, she rolled her ankle and fractured her foot. She scheduled an orthopedic evaluation for two days later and found a lump in her breast that morning…
Cheryl Boyd, 57, a supervisor of Environmental Services at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (ALMH), is familiar with regular mammograms. Several tests have exposed masses, which allowed her to fight the disease with an early diagnosis. “Every single mammogram I have…
In 1998, Marsha McFall’s kidney failure basically came out of the blue. At the time, she considered herself a pretty healthy, middle-aged woman. She attended graduate school, worked full time as a nursing professor at St. John’s College of Nursing.…
As a young woman, Irene Sullivan found non-cancerous lumps in both breasts – which started annual mammogram appointments beginning at age 25. She raves about the vast improvements in mammography technology over the past four decades. “The process has improved…
Nicole Stauder has worked as a physical therapist at Taylorville Memorial Hospital (TMH) for the past 22 years. Her work family didn’t miss a beat when she was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram in 2016. “They let…