{"id":2477,"date":"2017-10-09T21:11:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T02:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T16:14:34","slug":"mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband David in 2014, received her diagnosis of breast cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was difficult,\u201d she says. \u201cI was still grieving my husband and now I had cancer. There were lots of struggles along the way, but I had to keep on going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next couple of years were equally rough on Ida. With radiation treatments and multiple surgeries, it was not only a physically draining time, but an emotionally draining one.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Ida had the love and support of her family to help her endure and keep on fighting Plus, as a patient accounts supervisor who\u2019s been with OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center for 36 years, she had a strong crew of co-workers to lean on for strength. A visit from Pink Heals volunteers didn\u2019t hurt either.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy co-workers have been amazing,\u201d she says, \u201cAnd I can\u2019t say enough good things about our cancer center here at OSF. They\u2019re like a family to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to the great work of her care team at the Patricia D. Pepe Center for Cancer Care at OSF Saint Anthony, Ida has pulled through and is now cancer-free.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a harrowing few years, but she\u2019s looking forward to a healthy future and has some simple advice for other women \u2013 advice she hopes resonates during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet your mammograms regularly, and report any changes to your physician as soon as you notice them. Early detection is crucial. It can save your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mammograms are the single most effective tool in the early detection of breast cancer and are proven to save lives. When detected early, doctors can begin treatment before symptoms begin, resulting in a better outcome. Learn more at our breast health page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the American Cancer Society, death rates from breast cancer have been declining since 1989, which is believed to be due to a combination of increased awareness resulting in more women getting screened regularly, advancements in screening technology and advancements in treatment. However, there\u2019s room for improvement. More than 40,000 women in the United States are still expected to die from breast cancer in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband David in 2014, received her diagnosis of breast cancer. \u201cIt was difficult,\u201d she says. \u201cI was still grieving my husband and now I had cancer. There were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101,223,735,108],"tags":[386,628,639,342],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer","category-patient-story","category-preventive-health","category-women","tag-breast-cancer","tag-mammogram","tag-mission-partners","tag-osf-saint-anthony"],"yoast_head":"\nMission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mission Partner hopes to inspire others to get screened\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband David in 2014, received her diagnosis of breast cancer ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OSF HealthCare Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-10T02:11:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-11T16:14:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ken Harris\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mission Partner hopes to inspire others to get screened\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband David in 2014, received her diagnosis of breast cancer ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-TW.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ken Harris\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/\",\"name\":\"Mission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-10T02:11:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-11T16:14:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/99db8faf7294806788c8cabb2f164061\"},\"description\":\"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"OSF HealthCare Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/99db8faf7294806788c8cabb2f164061\",\"name\":\"Ken Harris\",\"description\":\"Ken Harris is the proudest father and was a writing coordinator for the Marketing & Communications division of OSF HealthCare. He has a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as a daily newspaper reporter for four years before leaving the field and eventually finding his way to OSF HealthCare. In his free time, Ken likes reading, fly fishing, hanging out with his dog and generally pestering his lovely, patient wife.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/osfhealthcare.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/author\/kharris\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened","description":"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mission Partner hopes to inspire others to get screened","og_description":"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband David in 2014, received her diagnosis of breast cancer ...","og_url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/","og_site_name":"OSF HealthCare Blog","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osfhealthcare","article_published_time":"2017-10-10T02:11:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-11T16:14:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ken Harris","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Mission Partner hopes to inspire others to get screened","twitter_description":"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband David in 2014, received her diagnosis of breast cancer ...","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-TW.jpg","twitter_creator":"@osfhealthcare","twitter_site":"@osfhealthcare","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ken Harris","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/","name":"Mission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-10T02:11:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-11T16:14:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/99db8faf7294806788c8cabb2f164061"},"description":"Sometimes when it rains it pours. Ida Lassandro understands this perhaps better than anyone. It was 2015 when she, still reeling from ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/mission-partner-hopes-to-inspire-women-to-get-screened\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mission Partner hopes to inspire women to get screened"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/","name":"OSF HealthCare Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/99db8faf7294806788c8cabb2f164061","name":"Ken Harris","description":"Ken Harris is the proudest father and was a writing coordinator for the Marketing & Communications division of OSF HealthCare. He has a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as a daily newspaper reporter for four years before leaving the field and eventually finding his way to OSF HealthCare. In his free time, Ken likes reading, fly fishing, hanging out with his dog and generally pestering his lovely, patient wife.","sameAs":["http:\/\/osfhealthcare.org"],"url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/author\/kharris\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Michael Vujovich","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MPM-Ida-FB.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8483,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions\/8483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}