He squeezes a heap of living into each day
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the surgeon said she could, she began
showing Schofell how to swallow air and
form words when he exf>elled it.
"He's an unbelievable man," Jernigan
said. "His willpower and motivation are
phenomenal. And his wife is so
supportive; she's made a big difference."
Learned 'stop' first
Mrs. Schofell sat in on every teaching
session. Back home, she would call out
lists of words across the dining table and
Schofell would call them back to her.
" 'Stop'was the first word 1 learned how
to say," he grinned." 'Cheese' is still hard
to say."
The words and phrases came back
slowly — "stone," "uphill," "take time to
talk." As Schofell repotted plants in the
^greenhouse, he'd count each one out loud.
"When he didn't have anything else to do,
he'd go in the greenhouse and just talk,"
Jernigan said.
He now can carry on a conversation
with little trouble, speaking in brief
phrases.
. Club helped
The local Laryngectomee Club for
people without voice boxes has helped
too, Schofell said. Twelve active members
from within a 50-mile radius of New Bern
gather on the third Tuesday of every
month. Spouses come too. Most of the
members are retired, but one works as a
security guard at a Jacksonville hospital.
"One person helps the other," Schofell
said.
(For information on laryngectomee
clubs throughout North Carolina, people
can call the Duke Cancer Information,
Service toll free at 1-800-672-0943. The
number in Durham is 286-2266.)
'No picnic*
Last year, the cancer that had affected
Schofell's voice box came back. The right
side of his jaw swelled with one tumor.
Cancer in the floor of his mouth caused a
fistula, or hole, through the skin under
his chin.
The family made six roundtrips to the
Comprehensive Cancer Center here so
Schofell could get experimental drug
treatments.
"After two doses, I could see a
difference," he said. At last the tumors
shrank almost away, but the treatments
were no picnic, the patient recalled.
"I'd feel sick to my stomach for the
whole ride back home," he said. "Food
tasted terrible, but I ate it anyway."
Proper nutrition aids treatment
Sandy Baughn, a Duke oncology nurse
clinician, would remind Schofell how vital
it was for him to eat enough of the right
foods.
"For a couple of weeks after each
treatment," she said, "the white blood
cells and the red cells are depressed. They
return to normal faster if the patient eats
the right kinds of foods and enough of
them."
Many people have helped Alfred
Schofell — his family, Pat Jernigan,
physicians and nurses. But he is getting
along so well today mainly because he's
helping himself. He won't give up.
Nurses to discuss care of abused children
WORKSHOP LMDER5—Diicu»»ing a Nurting Iniervice Education
workshop on child abuse are four members of the workshop faculty.
They are (left to right) Ann Cresswell, pediatric social worker and child
abuse/neglect coordinator; Dr. Thomas Frothingham, professor of
pediatrics; Susan Pierce, pediatric social worker; and Jane Salmon,
inservice education instructor. (Photo by John Becton)
A workshop for nurses from across the
state who recognize and care for the
abused child will be held Wednesday and
Thursday at the Ramada Inn on
Interstate 85.
"A Community Approach toward the
Problem of Child Abuse" is being
coordinated by the hospital's Office of
Nursing Inservice Education.
The workshop will focus on identifying
and solving problems related to the
abused child and his or her parents.
Community resources that can aid child,
parents and nurse will b? explored.
The workshop faculty includes eight
faculty and staff members from Duke,
representatives from Durham County's
Department of Social Services, Mental
Health Center and Public Health
Department, and a representative from
Parents Anonymous, a self-help group.
Duke nurses interested in attending
should call Inservice Education today at
684-4293.
Workshop faculty members from Duke are
Ann Cresswell, pediatric social worker; Ann
Daughtridge, pediatric social worker; Dr.
Thomas Frothingham, professor of pediatrics;
Dr. Lea O'Quinn, medical director.
Developmental Evaluation Clinic; Susan
Pierce, pediatric social worker; Jane Salmon,
instructor. Nursing Inservice Education;
Gloria Stevens, head nurse, Howland Ward;
and Patricia Wagner, associate university
counsel for health affairs.
New faculty member appointed, four promoted
For a new high
A medical doctor and psychiatrist have
confirmed that jogging develops a
"runner's high" akin to some of the
mystical states, like meditation or Zen. "If
a person can get past the initial
discomfort of jogging and do his running
at a relaxed pace, he will probably reach
this state," a San Diego psychi^itrist told
Circus Magazine.
One faculty appointment and four
faculty promotions in the School of
Medicine have been announced by
Frederic N. Cleaveland, university
provost.
Dr. Arno L. Greenleaf was appointed as
assistant professor of biochemistry.
Promoted from assistant professor to
associate professor were: Drs. Andrew T.
Huang, medicine; Robert A. Older,
radiology; William Derek Shows,
psychiatry; and John Weinerth, urology.
Greenleaf earned his B.A. degree in
biochemistry from the University of
California at Berkeley and his M.A. and
Ph.D. from Harvard. He came to Duke
from the University of Heidelberg where
he was a postdoctoral fellow in the
Department of Molecular Genetics.
Greenleaf was a public health service
trainee from 1969-1974 and a teaching
fellow while at Harvard.
Huang earned his M.D. from the
College of Medicine at the National
Taiwan University iri 1964. Huang was
appointed assistant professor of medicine
in the Division of Hematology and
Oncology at Duke in 1971. He is a staff
physician at the VA Hospital and director
of the chemotherapy center in the
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Older graduated from Wesleyan
University in Middletown, Conn., in 1964
and from Duke's medical school in 1968.
He completed his residency in radiology
at Duke in 1972 and was appointed
assistant professor in the Department of
Radiology in 1974." Older is in charge of
uroradiology here.
Shows received his A.B. and a master's
degree from the University of Illinois in
1958. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the
University of Heidelberg in Germany
from 1958-60. Shows received his Ph.D.
in clinical psychology from Duke in 1967
and was appointed assistant professor of
medical psychology in 1972.
Weinerth earned his B.S. degree from
Bucknell University in Pennsylvania in
1963 and his M.D. from Harvard in 1967.
He came to Duke as a surgical intern in
1967 and was appointed assistant
professor of urology in 1974. He is
director for postgraduate medical
education and associate director of the
Renal Transplantation Program.
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Editor
Priir "y contributors: William Erwin,
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Circ ition: Ann Kittrell.
Energy committee says thanks
Dear Editor;
The Emergency Energy Committee would like to express grateful appreciation to the many
kind volunteers who gave their time generously to make the wood cutting effort on Saturday,
December 10 a success. On that date, the combined efforts of 65 Duke students and Durham
citizens prepared 15 cords of wood, cut and hauled, for ready delivery to homes of needy families
with heating emergencies in Durham during the coming months.
Such results would not be possible without the cheerful spirit of co-operation of so many in the
Durham community.
The Emergency Energy Committee has begun plans to coordinate more volunteer wood cutting
Saturdays starting January 21st. Also, January 15, 1978 has been declared Emergency Energy
Sunday in Durham. Financial contributions from civic organizations, from church and synagogue
offerings and from individuals will be used by the Emergency Energy Fund to aid families who
cannot afford to pay for heating fuels.
Questions about the 1978 Emergency Energy effort may be answered by calling the Volunteer
Services Bureau at 688-8977 or the Women In Action Clearinghouse at 682-1431.
Again sincere thanks,
1978 Durham Emergency Energy Executive Committee