Its been almost four years, Sherry....

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Tami Fabian — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:58:50 GMT

Thinking about Sherry tonight...not sure why....maybe im at a crossroads in my career looking for her guidance. I saw her smiling face in a picture on the internet and felt her warmth and presence. I was a young nurse in the neuro icu in Hartford back in the early 90's and saw first hand the challenges she faced with grace. Eventually I took a job as a flight nurse and was excited but apprehensive. She gave me such encouragement through words and actions. She was truly a role model. Before i set out on my new adventure she gave me her floral OR cap and a book so you want to be a scut monkey!

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Michael Clover — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:43:32 GMT

I knew Sherry when she was 18 years old. We met at Sangley Point in the Phillippines. She was the local radio announcer for the Armed Forces, 1969. Her father was a chief in the Navy. I'd have never guessed she would have taken this route in her life. Her favorite movie at the time was Woodstock.

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Kern Walden — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:05:52 GMT

I still have my Apple Bandage from my Neurosurgery(C-Spine Repair), a C4-C7 Cage, Plate and Screws inserted. I was in a MVA and sustained a Compound Burst Fracture in the town of Beckley, WV. They transferred me to CAMC and my family had me set up to be transferred to Northwestern in Chicago where I'm from. During my alone time and talks with Dr Apple she told me she was just as capable of doing the operation after listening to my concerns about what could possibly happen while moving me 1/2 way across the country. I didn't know of her capabilities, education, or background. But, I know people! I was a 22yo young man who was completely paralyzed yet 100% mentally stable and still retained Medical Power of Attorney. I chose her for my operation. I've made a 85% recovery. She saved my life! Physically and Mentally! We believed in each other! She was gone before I was able to Thank Her! Thank You!

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Michael Sipes — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:12:09 GMT

Dr Apple operated on my son at CAMC hospital in Charles West Va after a terrible 4 wheeler accident. Today he's walking and doing great. I will always be grateful to her. She was a remarkable human being and I will never forget her.

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Nancy Apple — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:17:52 GMT

I can't thank you enough MK for keeping me up to date on this thread. I miss my sister so much. Since she has passed away, I have also lost my Dad (4 months after) and then mom (almost 5 years after dad).

Loss is really hard, and I thank all of these friends of Sherry's who have posted here.

Love,

Nancy Apple

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Greg Little — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:04:28 GMT

I knew Sherry when she was a guitarist and just after she had quit the radio station and came to Memphis State University...in 1975. I even taught her a medly of songs, all to the same tune and chords, which she used when she did some professional entertaining. She was a good guitarist and vocalist and could have had a professional career in it. We had a close relationship (dating) for some years and I was happy for her when she hooked up with a psychology professor, Art Yehle, whom she married. As such things go, I lost touch with her when I got married...and we followed our own paths. Even back then she was a kind, loving human being and I never knew a person who didn't like her. I was greatly saddened when I heard of her untimly death. She's missed by many.

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Nancy Key — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:42:10 GMT

Dr. Sherry Apple was a magnificant neurosurgeon as well as a person. There is a story in readers digest in the October 1988 issue titled "A Strange Encounter" in which a truck driver was injured severly and was rushed to Georgia Baptist Med Center where Dr. Sherry Apple was on duty. That Stranger had saved Dr. Apple's life a year prior to this incident. By a miracle she would be the neurosurgeon to get a miraculous chance to return that deed. That story was not told much due to the fact that she was a woman trying to become a neurosurgeon. The story in readers digest would also be a mark against her career at that time. We were about to have the story be retold on a show called "Sightings" when we got the call that Sherry had died in a tragic accident. The story is dear to my heart and so was Sherry for saving that stranger who is still my husband today.....Thanks for Sherry's persistency to not give up when others tried to stop her from reaching her goals.

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Michael S. Kaplan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:02:40 GMT

Hi Lora --

Thanks for posting this, it is never a bad thing to get independent confirmation (it was just under a month ago that someone asked me if I had exaggerated the role that person played in trying to block her career due to negative feelings about a female neurosurgeon and I assured him that if anything I undersold what was happening!).

And thank you for helping Sherry to achieve her goals. It is great knowing that the good guys (and gals) get to win, sometimes, and I continue to be staggered by the mail I get from people who Sherry knew who found this page....

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Lora Roberts — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:35:23 GMT

I too, loved and admired Sherry.

I exclusively recruit neurosurgeons and worked with Sherry when she was looking for her first neurosurgery job. The Chief of Neurosurgery/Program Chair did not want a female neurosurgery resident in his program and despite a stacked deck, Sherry made it through the program. Knowing Sherry with her upfront personality this was quite an accomplishment. The Chief's lackluster reference was a challenge and to counteract it I asked Sherry to give me all her personal references from patients and staff including one from an eight year old little girl who addressed her letter to Dr. Cherry Apple and thanked Sherry for saving her little brother and talking to her like a grown up.

Sherry and I became close during this time and I remember her calling me when her beloved dog died and when her husband Art had Legionaires disease.

I have worked with hundreds and hundreds of neurosurgeons, but Sherry was special and had a huge impact on me. I was devasted when I heard that she died.

Thanks Michael for creating a website to share a memory of Sherry.

Lora Roberts

MedHire

Sparrows' tears? Perhaps. But never a teardrop on the fire...

Sorting it all Out — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:23:24 GMT

Very non-technical, you should probably skip, yada yada yada.... I went out last night and actually managed