OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) — A Marion County breast cancer survivor who spent more than 40 years as an oncology nurse is urging other women to get regular mammograms after her own delayed screening led to a more serious diagnosis.
Margaret Surowka says she was traveling between Sarasota and Michigan in 2017 when she found a lump. Her nurse practitioner forced her to schedule a mammogram when she learned Surowka hadn’t had one in four years.
After being an oncology nurse for more than 40 years, Surowka said she was completely shocked to hear that she had cancer. She did research online and found the Breast and General Surgery facility in Ocala with Dr. David McFaddin…