Patient Testimonial - "How One Small 'Spot' Has Had Such A Huge Impact"

NOVEMBER 2019: This Thanksgiving Lynette Kron is extra grateful. The 58-year old from Fonda, Iowa just finished her last chemotherapy treatment. While she rang the bell in the June E. Nylen Cancer Center (JENCC) lobby, she and husband of 33 years, Michael, say they are really going to celebrate this New Year’s Eve. They are going to applaud this year coming to an end and it being another new year – a cancer free year.

Lynette was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2018. After being called back after a routine mammogram, Lynette did not need the biopsy to tell her it was cancer. Three of her sisters had previously had breast cancer and while the genetic testing said there was no gene, her gut told her she now had breast cancer as well.

Lynette started with 5 rounds of chemotherapy that made her very sick. She had additional challenges on top of that like getting influenza. In March just before her double mastectomy, Lynette and many other family and friends had a big celebration to commemorate removing her breasts that held the tumor. After her recovery, Lynette would make the 90-minute drive to the June E. Nylen Cancer Center every 3 weeks for additional chemotherapy sessions. She is grateful to her husband, daughters and neighbors for always being willing to bring her.

“It’s incredible to me that one small ‘spot’ in my breast has had such a huge impact,” Lynette says. “I could not have done it without the amazing group of people at the Cancer Center. They didn’t just treat my cancer, they helped me get through everything and addressed my body, mind and spirit. Through my good days and my bad days, they always offered compassion and encouragement. They have become like family.”

Lynette also greatly appreciates her physicians that have helped her through her cancer journey. Her primary care physician in Sac City, Dr. Bernadette Gyano; her surgeon at Midlands Clinic, Dr. JD Welander; and her medical oncologist at JENCC, Dr. Nasser Abu. She was so impressed how they all worked together. “I knew I was not alone,” Lynette said.

“I have learned to not take anything for granted,” states Lynette. “You have one life. You need to enjoy it, no matter what.” And that is just what she plans to do.

Lynette Kron of Fonda, IA with her husband, Michael, and two of her daughters, Tasha and Kara, had a big celebration along with many other family members, friends and neighbors before her double mastectomy in March 2019.