Me2,

Thanks! I'm, we're, (Myself and Jerry) just doing what we love. Now, I'm learning from people who will help me help my patients. Keep educating it helps all who know you as well as yourself.

Cheers,

Mike

Ginny,

Give this link to your dentist. I'm sure she will appreciate it: www.velscope.com

Tell her that I for one, have learned so much from the OCF site, that I feel that I am a better health care professional for it. If you haven't already done so, tell her to check out the OCF.

If she has any questions about the VELscope's usefulness, she can get in touch with either Mike or me. We both use it.

Thank you for your kind words and the things that I'm sure you're doing to spread the word. Anyone that has been through what we have, is someone that people will listen to. I know in Petey's short time, he made a big contribution making Oral Cancer awareness prominent in Lake Worth, FL. And Sharlee's booth at the fair I'm sure stopped many kids from using spit tobacco.

Jerry

I don't if these stories are still being read but here is mine. Just before Labor Day 2006 I went to see my G-P because of a sore throat. It was to the point I would need to take 2 Tylenol after eating dinner. The G-P sent in an intern who thought it sounded like streph to her. She took a long Q-tip and swabbed the back of my throat and touched my left tonsil. When she did that I nearly shot out of that chair. Nothing was said about it. So the results come back negative and it is said I have a sinus infection and gave me some Nasanex (steriod). Well we went to Philadelphia over the holiday weekend and flying back to Atlanta I could not get my ears to pop. Finally the stewardess told me to plug my nose and keep my mouth closed and blow out. This worked. A couple of days later the TMJ on my left side got to hurting so bad I could barley open my mouth. I just thought it was a side effect of the steriods and quit using it. Well I waited about 3 weeks for the steriods to clear my system and I needed some relief. I finally got in to see an ENT on 10-16-06 and he reconized it as soon as I sat down and openned my mouth. Well the rest is history and I now have a new G-P. I tell everybody and anybody if does not go away get it checked. I am now felling about 80% of where I was prior to getting sick and am positive I will make 100%.