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Don Boudria thumbs his nose at cancer
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
The chemotherapy involved a special hor- mone injection, which Boudria was happy to say was not too frequent an event. “That’s one great big needle and it hurt like crazy,” he said, chuckling. The worse part of the treatment was the radiation therapy, which carried on from mid-July to early September. It often left him feeling drained, but rather than just lay around the house, and let his weakness take control, Boudriamade a point of getting out of the house and going every day to his office at Hill + Knowlton, even if he just spent an hour or so there. It was his way of thumbing his nose at prostate cancer, his own “line in the sand” act of defiance. “My strategy was to keep busy,” he said. “I didn’t miss a single day of work.” He alsomade time to enjoy life as always, including going on a holiday trip with his wife, Mary Ann, to the annual Pemberton Music Festival, and during late fall on a vaca- tion trip down to Florida. This week’s schedule, besides time at the office dealing with his clients, Boudria plans to get together with his music buddies for their regular Tuesday and Thursday blue- grass jam sessions. His band is also scheduled to play Friday night in Hammond and he hopes to have some good news to announce during the
Don Boudria is at work, as usual.The Libe- ral veteran does not plan to let something like prostate cancer stop him from doing what he wants to do. “Hopefully, it’s largely behind me now,” Boudria said, during aMonday phone inter- view from his office at Hill + Knowlton, a public relations firm dealing with an inter- national clientele in need of political affairs advice. Boudria was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in spring of this year. He cre- dits his habit of having an annual checkup, including a biochemical test to assess the condition of his prostate gland. After the age of 50, doctors recommend that all men get regular prostate examinations as prostate cancer is one of the most common risks for men in their senior years. The initial test showed a positive result but Boudria’s doctor did a couple of re-tests to make certain the initial result was not a “false” positive.The follow-ups also indica- ted the possibility of prostate cancer so Bou- dria was scheduled for a biopsy in February. Results of that confirmed the initial diagnosis and Boudria underwent both chemo and radiation therapy over the summer months.
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Don Boudria (seen here during a past campaigning drive) is diagnosed with prostate cancer but the former Liberal MP is not letting that slow him down.
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NOTICE OF INTEREST MAINTENANCE OUTDOOR SKATING RINKS SIMON AND CHENEY PARKS The Recreation Department is looking for people or groups interested in the maintenance of the outdoor skating rinks at the Simon Park (beside the Jean-Marc Lalonde arena) 1450 Du Parc Avenue and the Cheney park on Grand Tronc Street in Cheney for the 2015-2016 season.
course of the evening. Fridaymorning, Boudria has an appoint- ment with his oncologist on the results of
his latest prostate exam, following themost recent round of therapy. “I’m very optimistic,” Boudria said.
Le Service des loisirs est à la recherche de personnes ou de groupes intéressés à s’occuper de l’entretien des patinoires extérieures au parc Simon (à côté de l’aréna Jean-Marc Lalonde) 1450, avenue Du Parc à Rockland et au parc Cheney sur la rue Grand Tronc à Cheney pour la saison 2015-2016. Veuillez communiquer avec le Service des loisirs au 613-446-6022 poste 2237 pour conrmer votre intérêt.
Correction The Vision would like offer a correction to the story, Clarence-Rockland welcomes Korean trade mission , which appeared in the Dec. 3 edition. The Republic of Korea embassy contacted the City of Clarence-Rockland to arrange for a “friendship and cultural” visit with the municipality, not a trade mission. The city organized the schedule of events for the visit, which included visits at local schools, the community centre, a memorial presentation at the Cenotaph, and the afternoon gathering at the RiverRock Inn between Korean embassy staff, officials from the city and business community, and also from the Township of Alfred-Plantagenet, Town of Hawkesbury, and the United Counties of Prescott-Russell. The Clarence-Rockland Chamber of Commerce helped the city to set up the mini-commercial expo as part of the afternoon gathering. We apologize for the confusion. – Gregg Chamberlain
If interested, please contact the Recreation Department at 613-446-6022 ext. 2237.
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