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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1 | Thank you Seth for commenting on the PCxx Anticaries Gel, we are currently looking into supplying the products in the UK. We do however offer the product throughout Canada & the US and although our Home Care gels are available without a doctor's prescription, seeing your physician, dentist or other qualified health care professional is always a good idea to ensure that there are no other problems. The Anticaries Gel comes in a larger bottle but is also available in a Home Care Gel. For more information you can check it out here http://www.rosshealthcare.org/PCxx.home%20care%20gel.htm or join or facebook page search for Ross Healthcare Inc or follow us on Twitter at RossHealthcare. If anybody has any questions please send them my way! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Thanks for that link, Ross. Or maybe I should call you Mr/Ms Healthcare.
I've gone to the websites of a couple of the suppliers though will wait to order until I speak with my dentist next week. If he gives the ok it certainly seems like an enormous savings over buying Prevident or Gel Kam from him. (assuming he doesn't mind losing the money....)
David 2
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Ross Healthcare is a business not a person. They have joined OCF to sell their products.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | I will give Russ Healthcare a tip of my hat for their candor in listing their occupation as "Sales and Marketing". They are upfront that they want to use OCF as a free advertising vehicle.
Since I seem to be the first one to notify the moderators, let me share my thoughts. If OCF is going to be a forum for oral cancer patient care suppliers, then it should charge them. Otherwise it's like being a pro-bono prostitute.
I know I can't support OCF the way I'd like, and money talks. I'd have no problem with a special sign up for pre vetted businesses like Carnation VHC or Biotene or maybe even this company but once you start letting OCF "members" be corporations, well, I guess it's in line with the Supreme Court's validation of the fiction that a corporation is a person. I say, hey good business should be able to do good and do well by giving Brian and OCF money.
Just my opinion
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
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I tried for over a year to get CIB VHC on board with this site but as you can see I wasn't able to get anywhere with them.
We do watch all posters and I review all new members' profiles daily. I delete some who never get a chance to post; others after their first post and some I put on my "watch list". I did not see anything wrong with that first post as he was responding to a previous post and adding potentially valuable information. If they were to post again merely for profit I would delete it and send them a PM to make sure it didn't happen again. If it were to continue they would be banned.
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 $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | David
Sounds eminently reasonable especially since RH is not flying under false colors. Thanks for your continued vigilance in keeping the forum "squared away" (as my Dad used to say)
Charm
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I might add that I have other posters who will PM as soon as they suspect something amiss. Certainly I can't monitor this site 24/7. lol I do get e mail alerts from the site when any new member joins and any any new PM's but still there are times when I am not on this Board when a poster will "try" something so PLEASE help me monitor this site. Anytime anyone feels a poster is taking advantage of this site just PM me.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | My dentist gave me the ok to use this stuff. But the only places I could find to order it online seem to be for dentists only. If anyone has another suggestion other than pretending to be a man of the tooth, I'd love to hear it.
thanks.
d2
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I have to get a prescrip from my dentist but I have found a generic fluoride that is 1/3rd the cost of what the dentist originally started me on and the dentist is OK with it. I'm at work now but if you want the name of it just let me know.
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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Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 153 | Hi David, two things.
I feel a bit responsible for the initial post by Ross Healthcare, but I was very genuinely promoting their product (it's been great for me) and I do think they were trying to be helpful (but yes, of course, there is a fine line there regarding self-promotion, and I think you handled it perfectly......every situation is unique and applying strict rules can create a pretty unfriendly reality).
Second, I'd love to hear about this product you mention. In my case I've moved to the UK and can't easily get the RH product.
Thank you,
-Seth
47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.
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