 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | JulieKay,
My wife and I have owned a restaurant for 18 years and we have always had a large percentage of employees that smoke and every chance I get I try to encourage them to stop. When I got my cancer that was caused predominately by tobacco use I used that as well. On January 10, 2008 after reading all your emotional and powerful posts I printed all of them together in date order on 3 pages and posted it in 3 places in our restaurant. I MADE EVERY smoking employee read it then and it's still up and I make every new employee read it. I know that directly because of your posts that 3 employees have quit and I know it has made an impact on everyone that read it. Just wanted you to know that.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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