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Susan Parrish

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Writer, storyteller, small home dweller embracing simplicity, joy and adventure in the Pacific Northwest. paddlingherowncanoe.blogspot.com
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Dragons on the water: Breast cancer survivors find health, strength, connection paddling in New Zealand

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By Susan Parrish
| The Columbian
Nicole Rummel paddled in her first-ever dragon boat race in New Zealand. Not only had it been a long trip, but she had taken an even longer journey. A breast cancer survivor, she had joined Vancouver’s Catch-22 dragon boat team the previous year, but because of limitations from her reconstructive surgery, she couldn’t race until the following year in New Zealand.
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Pulling together: Breast cancer survivor finds support with rowers

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By Susan Parrish
| The Columbian
Tamara Greenwell was on a camping trip when she was performing the acrobatics of changing her shirt in a cramped, low tent. “I hit my boob — and it hurt,” she said. After she returned home, she scheduled an ultrasound. When the radiologist came in immediately afterward to talk with her, she knew something was wrong. The clinic scheduled a biopsy for the following week. Just two months earlier, her mammogram had shown no irregularities, but the biopsy found a stage 2 tumor that was rapidly growing.
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Breast cancer survivors find strength, sisterhood on dragon boat

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By Susan Parrish
| The Columbian
Paddlers find create community on team that practices at Vancouver Lake By Susan Parrish for The Columbian Published: October 10, 2021, 5:50am Updated: October 7, 2021, 1:39pm 7 Photos Catch-22 coaches Laura Thornquist, left, and Steve Kala, right, lead paddlers through practice on Vancouver Lake in August. (ELAYNA YUSSEN/for The Columbian) Photo Gallery When Tammy Michelson climbed onto a dragon boat for her first-ever race, she knew she was prepared.
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