#8684 11-15-2006 10:07 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 209 Gold Member (200+ posts) |  Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 209 | Diane, I will private email you with a picture of what I will describe. Rings like the OCF logo pictured above but without the center. Polished silver with black engraving. About the size of a nickle. Keep the Oral Cancer Foundation enscribed around the edge, and on the flip side add a additional engraved word.
Words to consider:
Survivor, Remember, Spirit, Hope, Strength, Live, Health.....
Mike received this type of ring inside greeting cards that our friends sent every week during his treatment time. Each card contained a ring with a new word appropriate to his point in treatment. He started to put them on his keychain and soon had too many. He picked out some for me that he thought appropriate and bought me a silver necklace to wear them on. Then he gave a few to each of our sons. They carry them on their keychains. It became a symbol of sorts, like we are united and together in this fight.
When I get home from work I will send the picture.
Ginny, spouse of MikeG. SSC BOT T2N1M0 Stage III, Dx 06/27/06 at age 52, Tx 07/31/06 through 09/28/06 Chemo Cisplatin & 5FU x2, Radiation x42. Cancer free and doing well.
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#8685 11-15-2006 03:15 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | That sounds neat-like a "Band of Brothers and Sisters" symbol. Amy
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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#8686 11-16-2006 03:48 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 | MikeG,
I received the photos you sent. Interesting!! You should send those on to Brian and see what he thinks. Send the above description too. I enjoyed the meaning behind it all.
What a neat idea. So simple but meaningful.
Take Care,
Diane
2004 SCC R.tip 1/4 tongue Oct. 2005 R. Neck SCC cancer/Chemo Cisplatin 2x/8wks. Rad. Removed Jugular vein, Lymph gland & some neck muscle. TX finished 1/20/06... B.Cancer 3/29/07 Finished 6/07 Bi-op 7/15/09 SCC in-situ, laser surgery removed from 1st. sight. Right jaw replacement 11/3/14. 9 yrs cancer free as of Jan. 2015
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#8687 11-17-2006 11:47 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 209 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 209 | Diane, I'm glad you got the pictures. I will foward them to Brian.
The necklace I wear the rings on get a lot of attention. People will comment and ask about them. The words on mine that Mike gave me were
HOPE,PATIENCE,DREAM,SERENITY. They would really be great with the Oral Cancer Foundation on the flip side. I wind up explaining about my husband's cancer anyway.
Ginny, spouse of MikeG. SSC BOT T2N1M0 Stage III, Dx 06/27/06 at age 52, Tx 07/31/06 through 09/28/06 Chemo Cisplatin & 5FU x2, Radiation x42. Cancer free and doing well.
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