8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, June 4, 1997 Town meeting gives cancer survivors a c By Yvo Maldonado For the Daily Cancer survivors from cities in southeastern Michigan gathered together in Ann Arbor on Sunday with the long-term goal of forming a local support group for cancer survivors in mind. The National Cancer Survivors Day event gave people the opportunity to express their concerns about insurance reform, health care, job discrimination and other issues pertinent to those suffering from cancer. The town hall meeting was sponsored by the American Cancer Society, McAuley Cancer Care Center at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and included panelists such as Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) and Dr. Allen Lichter, chair and pro- fessor of the University's Dept. of Radiation Oncology. "We have to learn how to deal with this diag- nosis and learn about the different treatments and rehabilitation services at our disposal," said keynote speaker Ellen Stovall. executive direc- tor of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. "That's something we have to do for ourselves." Stovall, presidential appointee to the National Cancer Advisory Board and a survivor of Hodgkin's disease, said every survivor must take a more active role as health care con- sumers. Stovall also said forming a support group for cancer survivors to express themselves and bring change if they desire is needed to help survivors deal with their lives after can- cer. The audience was comprised of mostly can- cer survivors, family and friends. One of the most emphasized issues was that of insurance companies and the payment for treatments and rehabilitation. John Cochrane, a 71-year-old Ann Arbor res- ident and prostate cancer survivor, said medicare should pay for cryo, a prostate cancer treatment that has a greater success rate than radiation or operations common to cancer MCVEIGH Continued from Page 1 two dozen survivors and victims' family members as they smiled and wept at the same time. Many of them had worried that the case might result in a hung jury or even an acquittal as the deliberations dragged through the weekend. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch had warned the spectators before the ver- dict that he wouldn't tolerate any out- burst. But after the judge left the bench, one man raised both fists over his head. People embraced and broke into sobs. They walked out of the courtroom hug- ging each other and crying. Cheers erupted outside the courthouse and at the bombing site in Oklahoma City, where about 500 people gathered along the fence to hear the verdict read on television sets up on the sidewalk. victims' relatives hugged and wept. "This gentleman came to town to make an awful extreme political state- ment of murder and devastation. He made it. He's going to live with the responsibility that our laws provide," said Paul Heath, who was in the building at the time of the blast and has served as a spokesperson for many of the victims. Bud Welch, whose 23-year-old daugh- ter Julie Welch died in the bombing, said at the fence: "You heard most all of them clap. I couldn't do that because McVeigh has put us through so much and now . I thought it'd all be joy, but it isn't. A very dull victory. The bottom line is my little girl isn't coming back and I have the rest of my life to deal with that." In Washington, President Clinton said the verdict heralded "A very important and long overdue day for the survivors and families of those who died in Oklahoma City." "Today, I say to the families of the vic- tims, no single verdict can bring an end to your anguish," Clinton said in a state- ment. "But your courage has been an inspiration to all Aericais. Our prayers are with you:' Aren Almon, whose daughter Baylee died in the blast and was carried fromthe building by a firefighter in one of the most famous images of the catastrophe, offered her thanks to the jury. "I don't think they're going to regret hance speak patients. "There are HMO's all over the United States that are paying for cryo, but medicare hasn't gotten the message yet," Cochrane said. It was evident that the town hall became more of a support group than a meeting, said Brad Zebrack, a member of the event's planning committee and cancer survivor. "You saw the people ttp there, they were telling their stories," Zebrack said. "They were@ telling their lives." Stovall said she is optimistic that the future svill offer more support for cancer survivors. "With our communication today, will come understanding; with our understanding fear diminishes; in the absence of fear, hope I JENNIFER RALEY SIFT/Day after the last day of the Saline World nival Grounds in Saline. legations and Taylor, as well as past allegations is com- against other players including Michigan sophomore Robert Traylor, stigation are proven to be valid, the results It would could be detrimental to the comment University's basketball program. The charges are violations o e ill be NCAA regulations. The penalties for ly about such violations could include proba- - if any- tion, the loss of television rights and restriction from national tourna- t Webber ments. 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