She speaks from experience
Executive director of the South Bay’s Cancer Support Community Judith Opdahl in the reflecting garden at her office. Photo by David Fairchild Cancer Support Community’s Judith Opdahl knows her busines Back in 1994, in the middle of a wide-awake moment during a restless night, Judith Opdahl knew what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. And not long after, her prescience came true. She was selected as executive director of the South Bay’s Cancer Support Community. “With 40 applicants, I was fortunate to be offered the position,” she said during a recent interview in her sunny Redondo Beach office at the Pier. Already familiar with the organization’s (formerly The Wellness Community) services for medical reasons of her own, Opdahl recounted her ordeal with 4th stage colo-rectal cancer only four years before she got the job. “After about six weeks of aggressive treatment in and out of the hospital at UCLA, I truly didn’t know whether I would live,” she said. “I needed help to deal with all the remaining unknowns.” Someone referred her to The Wellness Community. “Although my friends were very helpful, I needed to be with people [in my condition], so I began attending a weekly…
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