Published 9:30 am Monday, October 26, 2026

Jamie Skuse, owner of Club Pilates Bend and an ambassador of Heaven Can Wait, has become the first person Pilates members and their friends and family reach out to when they get a breast cancer diagnosis.

“We have five people who just got diagnosed with breast cancer this month alone,” Skuse said. “We’ve had at least four to five phone calls of somebody who’s just gotten a cancer diagnosis.”

Skuse was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. Since 2025 she has been an owner of Club Pilates Bend, never shying away from sharing her story and how early detection, exercising and finding community aided in her recovery.

“We have had people join our studio just because they know it’s a support group, and we have quite a few breast cancer survivors,” Skuse said.…