I realize that not all the OCF posters read the daily OCF news feed so I want to share with those posters that
[quote]The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has named Brian Hill of Newport Beach, Calif., as its 2010 Survivor Circle Award winner. Hill will be recognized with a trophy and a $1,000 prize during the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, during ASTRO�s 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego. He has chosen to donate the funds from the award to benefit The Oral Cancer Foundation, the nonprofit he started a decade ago.[/quote]
[quote]The Survivor Circle Award recognizes a cancer survivor who has given back to the community by devoting his or her time to helping others with cancer. Hill was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic tonsil cancer in 1997. When he was going through treatment, he had many questions about side effects and realized there was a lack of information and awareness about head and neck cancer even though the disease has a very high death rate, due to it being caught at a late stage in most cases.
�There was a huge lack of information available, and I was desperate to find someone to talk to who had gone through the same thing I was experiencing,� Hill said. �I knew that if I was feeling this way, there had to be others feeling my frustrations too.[/quote]
Clearly Brian deserves this award so please join me in congratulating him. I know how helpful this forum he founded has been to me
Charm