TO ALL THAT HAVE CANCER OR KNOW SOMONE THAT DOES,I WAS DIAGNOST WITH SQUAMIS CELL MELINOMA DEC 2002,HAD THE SURGURY TO REMOVE MY RIGHT TONSIL (CANCERUS) STARTED RADIATION THERUPY TWICE A DAY FOR SEVEN WEEKS IN THREE SEPERATE LOCATIONS ON MY THROAT.I LOST ALL MY TASTE BUDS ,BECAUSE I AM A DIABETIC I HAD RADIATION FUGUS IN MY MOUTH,I LOST MY SALVALARY GLANDS AND 60 POUNDS AND THE WEIGHT WAS THE GOOD NEWS.NOBODY TOLD ME I WOULD LOSE MY THYROID GLAND SO I GAINED ALL THE WEIGHT BACK AND THEN SOME.FROM THE FIRST DAY I HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THE FACT I HAD CANCER OR THAT I MIGHT DIE.TO THIS DAY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT TOMORROW MIGHT FOR ME.I STILL HAVE NO SAVARY GLANDS BUT I DID GET MOST OF MY TASTE BUDS BACK.I ALWAS HAVE WATER WITH ME.AND I LIVE DAY TO DAY.IF ANYBODY OUT THERE AND I MEAN ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK TO SOMBODY PLEASE FELL FREE TO CONTACT ME.PLEASE,BILLY LACY.

Hi Bill and welcome, and thank you for the offer of help.

As you will probably discover from reading this site, there are plenty who will be grateful for your advice and cheered by the information on Recovery you have already given,

Brenda

Welcome, Billy. What a wonderful outlook you have. That is a good lesson for us all, no matter what sort of cancer we have.

JUST A SHORT NOTE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT READ THIS,I HAD A CUSTOMER COME IN YESERDAY AND ASK ME TO DESIGN A PENDANT FOR ANYBODY INVOLVED WITH CANCER,THE REASON I MENTION THIS IS THAT THE ONLY CANCERS THAT SEEMED TO BE PROMOTED IS LUNG AND BREAST CANCER AND MOSTLY BREAST CANCER.WOULD'NT IT BE NICE IF ALL CANCERS COULD BE RECONIZED BE THE WORLD AS A WHOLE.THAT THIS DISEASE IS ALL ONE AND THE SAME NO MATTER WHERE IT ATTACKS US,SO I WONDER WHY THE PUBLIC NOTICES MORE ONE THAN THE OTHER,JUST A THOUGHT,B.

HI Billy, and welcome. I think we all agree; much more attention and focus needs to be directed at oral cancer. This website and the OCF, have made huge bounds forward in that regard but there is much to do.

I'd love to see what you come up with for a design; It certainly can't hurt, and ideally it will help spread the word even more
Wayne
(p.s. you may want to unlock your CAPS key; everything is caps is kinda like shouting)

Welcome to the family Billy. While Dragan has commented on the CAPS, I need to remind you that OCF does not allow commercial addresses or links in your signature block. We've had to tell many people, you are not being singled out. Please take it out by going into your profile and editing your signature.

Individual cancer organizsations are all trying to raise money selling something unique to their group of people. For me I still wear my Lance Armstorng yellow bracelet Lance gave me several years ago when he and I were together at a CDC meeting, and the band was just a seed of an idea. It is all about ANY cancer, a reminder to me that each day I need to apply myself and LIVE strong. While cancer is hundreds of unique diseases, you are right, we are all part of the same family regardless of which type of body part is involved.