(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.)
Colon cancer is the third deadliest cancer affecting both men and women in the United States. Part of what makes colon cancer so deadly is that it often goes relatively unnoticed because of a lack of early symptoms. Patients can be asymptomatic for months or even years. By the time symptoms become noticeable, colon cancer has often reached the later stages of the disease, which greatly reduces the chance of recovery. Colon cancer and cancer of the rectum manifest with the growth of polyps. They usually start out benign but can turn cancerous over time.
Many illnesses, diseases, and conditions have unexplained weight loss and fatigue as symptoms along with blood in the stool. A colonoscopy is recommended as a screening tool for persons 50 or over.
Welcome to our home Glinda Fontenot. Get well wishes to our loved ones in the hospital. Happy birthday this week to Barbara Fontenot, Rowena Marcantel, and Rachel Spriggins.
Our activities this week include outdoor visits, in-room Rosary, pokeno, bookmobile, ice cream, bingo, snack wagon, jingo, resident shopping, birthday cake and refreshments, resident council meeting, and coffee and chat in the dining room. Our beautician is here on Wednesdays.
June 19, 2026
