Little did she know that she was also planting the first seed of two life-long passions that would ultimately merge half a world away to help hundreds of women devastated by breast cancer. She now knows these programs work, and has gained a national and international reputation for her scholarship. It is all left to the family. Changing the ways that programs are delivered and insurance policies are written will take time -and a whole new set of skills. That city is Kiev, located less than 100 miles south of Chernobyl in the Ukraine.
Radioactive pollution is believed to be a factor.
Women have learned about being survivors. Lewis is easily brought to tears as she describes the destitute families who brought her flowers and gifts in appreciation for her help. She and her team trained over 110 doctors, nurses and psychologists and the Ukrainian government has implemented her program at multiple sites throughout the country. One day Lewis hopes the fruits of her research may reach to every corner of this country in the way that her research about healing the whole woman after breast cancer surgery is being implemented in the Ukraine.