Perhaps an alternative idea for anyone that could crochet, knit, or donate other items is to contact an local hospital oncology unit and donate them to oral cancer patients. People donate newborn hats all the time for hospitals and they knit boobies for breast surgery patients ("Knitted Knockers"), so why not donate locally for oral cancer survivors? People have also gotten in touch with others here to donate left-over unused items to each other. My son had a large quantity of left-over canned soups that he gave to someone locally who was surviving oral cancer. Softly knit scarves would be nice for oral cancer survivors. After surgery when my son had drainage tubes, he hung a tie around his neck so that he could clip the drainages tubes to it and have them out of the way. A softly knit scarf would have been nice for this. Also, local items would more quickly get to people needing them and avoid the cost of shipping.


Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)