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Tips to Survival

  • Heartland News

  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 1:15 AM EDT2013-05-22 05:15:54 GMT
    Cooks’ BBQ and Catering in Jackson went up in flames Tuesday night.Jackson Fire Chief Jason Mouser tells Heartland News the building is a total loss, but they were able to stop the fire from spreading to the shed just a mere feet away.He said the fire appears to have started in the stove area of the restaurant.Copyright 2013KFVS. All rights reserved.
    Cooks’ BBQ and Catering in Jackson went up in flames Tuesday night.Jackson Fire Chief Jason Mouser tells Heartland News the building is a total loss, but they were able to stop the fire from spreading to the shed just a mere feet away.He said the fire appears to have started in the stove area of the restaurant.Copyright 2013KFVS. All rights reserved.
  • Late Breaking

    Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:59 AM EDT2013-05-22 10:59:56 GMT
    Interstate Crash shuts down southbound lanes

    Traffic is reduced to one lane on Interstate 55 in Scott County after a crash.

    Traffic is reduced to one lane on Interstate 55 in Scott County after a crash.

  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:12 AM EDT2013-05-22 09:12:19 GMT
    Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is weighing whether to sign legislation that would allow children's non-related legal guardians to receive adoption subsidies.
    Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is weighing whether to sign legislation that would allow children's non-related legal guardians to receive adoption subsidies.

Ruth Schweer is getting ready to make a little Easter dress for her granddaughter. Sewing is the one passion she had before breast cancer and still has almost a quarter of a century after beating her cancer. At first, learning of her diagnosis was tough. It wasn't so bad for her, but for her family. "I shed tears of course but I never doubted I'd get over it. It was my family who was devastated," says Schweer.

It was the Reach to Recovery program that gave her comfort during treatment. Now as a breast cancer survivor she's volunteering her time with the program and learning quite quickly there are lots of survivors like her out there. "It's amazing how many are people survivors when you start talking to them," says Schweer.

Even after 24 years of being cancer free, Ruth doesn't let down her guard.She still practices the 3 things she recommends every woman should do to beat and catch breast cancer early. "There are three things; the first is Buddy Check 12 and the self examinations, then getting a mammogram, and the doctor' examination," says Schweer.

Those three things have kept her healthy all these years, without any reoccurrence of breast cancer. Now she can enjoy her other great passion, her family and grand kids.