I want to thank any of the OCF forum members who participated in this study! We solicited participation from many different caregiver groups/types and have begun our initial analysis of our data and the findings look to be incredibly interesting and to tell a more complex "story" of the caregiver experience because we have both qualitative and quantitative data. I will provide a brief overview once that is complete. We have decided to leave the link for the study open for now so people may continue participating in the near future.

Thanks so much and the "silver lining" regarding my husband's diagnosis and treatment for oral cancer is that I got to learn about the caregiver experience first-hand (I'm a person who believes that life experiences - even difficult ones- deepen one's humanity) and I got to learn about the world of on-line support forums and how incredibly helpful they can be.

Warmly- Sophie H. (Mary Ann Hoffman)