PEORIA, Ill. – Hundreds of cancer survivors are expected to take part in Peoria’s “More Than Pink Walk” Saturday morning.
One of them is Wanda Schoch of East Peoria. She was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer late last year.
“I was also diagnosed with thyroid cancer in September, and when I did the…procedure, that’s when they found a lump on my left breast. In January, my mammogram was normal. So, I had a biopsy done in October, and that’s when they found my breast cancer.”
Wanda has been active in Susan G. Komen events before, but now that she’s a survivor, the walk has so much more meaning for her.
Pat Morge of Goodfield has been involved in Komen events for 30 years, honoring all of the women she’s known who have been diagnosed with breast cancer since she began walking.
“Twenty more of our friends and family in our immediate social circle have been diagnosed and survived breast cancer,” Morge said. “So, we celebrate all those women.”
Morge was diagnosed with cancer just this year, so she, too, says the event means more to her.
Peoria’s memorial affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation has a mission to find a cure for breast cancer — but, also, to get women to get their mammograms done. They say early detection saves lives.
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