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#108070 12-02-2009 07:44 AM
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Here is a heartwarming article about Children with Cancer marking their TX progress with various beads. I really liked the acronym: [quote]What Children's Hospital calls its BEADS program -- Bravery, Endurance, Achievement, Determination, Strength -- began in 2004. [/quote]
Here is the link to the whole article but for those who just want a taste, here is another excerpt
[quote]The four beaded necklaces around Carsten Connolly's neck make the Arlington County 10-year-old look like a particularly lucky Mardi Gras reveler. But his necklaces aren't souvenirs from New Orleans. They're what you might call hard-earned battlefield decorations.

"Each bead is on there for each treatment I've gone through,"[/quote]
Cancer BEADS
Charm


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13
Charm2017 #108078 12-02-2009 10:46 AM
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Great article Charm. What a kid that Carsten. I loved it.


Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.

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