BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — July is nationwide Sarcoma and Bone Most cancers Consciousness Month, and a Bend lady who’s a sarcoma affected person talked with us about her expertise and elevating consciousness concerning the uncommon illness, whereas additionally discovering a tasty approach to elevate funds to assist combat it.
“Sarcoma most cancers is mainly tumors of the sleek tissue. And extra particularly, leiomyosarcoma is tumors of the muscle tissue,” mentioned Cass Muchmore, founding father of the Soapy Dough.
The uncommon sarcoma most cancers accounts for 1% of grownup most cancers and 15-20% of childhood most cancers in the USA.
“”Sarcomas are sort of a bit completely different,” Muchmore mentioned. “They are often shaped anyplace on the physique, truly. You possibly can have it in your arms, your bones, your anyplace. The commonest is uterine sarcoma and leiomyosarcoma. And a whole lot of instances it begins with like fibroids in your stomach and pelvis space. So females are inclined to get it a bit extra.”
With the illness being so uncommon, there weren’t many native choices to show to.
“So for me, there is no medical doctors,” Muchmore mentioned. “There aren’t any sarcoma specialists in Central Oregon. I journey to Seattle. My present physician is in California. You actually have to hunt remedy. So it’s a must to advocate for your self.”
Which for Cass additionally was creating meals — particularly a pancake combine batter!
“I went down the trail of being extra wholesome and eager to eat clear and natural,” she mentioned. “And that was what I can do for myself to remain robust for all the therapies, mainly.”
Some three years later, she now has greater plans.
“I would like to have the ability to share with folks extra, in order that complete – the advocacy, the second opinions, the insurance coverage vs. coping with the medical doctors and the authorizations after they’re denied, and simply there’s a lot combat to be executed, and there is a whole lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff that helps,” Muchmore mentioned.
She’s doing simply that, by making a sarcoma fundraiser.
Muchmore mentioned that on Wednesday, “I will likely be on the Bend Farmers Market, promoting my pancake batter. And I plan to donate a proportion of my income, in addition to do sort of a ‘fill the jar,’ the place 100% of proceeds go to LMS fundraising.”
One of the crucial vital messages Muchmore wished to narrate was to simply take it daily, decelerate and revel in your days that you’re right here.