#8775 11-13-2006 03:54 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OP  OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Here is someone with the heart to really put themselves out there. No money, no sponsors, never ridden more than a few blocks on a bike before, and a grass roots effort to get publicity. She needs places to stay enroute, help getting publicity when she gets into your town, and more. The people here could really help her make this journey, and make PR in you own towns happen for her. She is riding the old Route 66 path across country. If you live on it or have connections to people on that route, I encourage you to help her out. http://route2outsmartcancer.com
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8776 11-15-2006 07:33 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Bringing this back to the top, still looking for enroute supporters to help out.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8777 11-16-2006 05:43 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | Hey, Brian.....I would adore being part of this project, exc. that I am not on the riding route. If she wants to dip down into Louisiana, I will throw open my doors and cook up some gumbo and crawfish etoufee' and call the newspapers! I just wanted you to know that we aren't ignoring this project.
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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#8778 11-28-2006 03:10 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Michelle has reached the edge of New Mexico, and in a few days will be in Albuquerque, continuing on 66 west from there. Do we have any people in NM or AZ that could help with a place to stay for a night? It is getting really cold in that part of the country and she is capmping much of the time. A break in a warm house would be a wonderful thing about now. Please check her web site for updates as to her progress, more pictures and stories of the people she has met enroute are going to be psoted tomorrow.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8779 11-28-2006 07:36 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 16 Member | | Member
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 16 | Unfortunately, I am in the Phoenix area which is quite a bit south of Route 66. 
8/2006: SCC, right lateral tongue, well differentiated, superficially invasive. 10/2009: recurrence, rt lateral tongue, surgery, rt mod neck dissection. 2/2010: metastasized node under left mandible. 3/2010: Induction chemo 3 rounds, Cisplatin, Tax, 5-FU. Surg and rad to follow.
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#8780 11-29-2006 04:20 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 | I am in Lake Havasu, about 60 miles south of Kingman, Az. Depending on her route, she could get close to me. The junction of I-40 and Az 95 is about 20 miles north of me. If that is her route, depending on the date, I have a spare bed. I will also try to get the local paper to do a story. Linda
Husband diagnosed 2/9/05 SCC Larynx (piriform sinus)Stage IV,T4,N1,MO
cisplatin/5FU 3/21-3/25 & 4/11-4/15, began 39 rad 4/21/05 last rad 6/17/05, mrnd 10/7/05
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#8781 11-29-2006 05:46 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Here is a list of cities that she will be passing thorugh. Even if you are close to them you could perhaps be involved in getting her a local paper interview in an adjacent town.
NM -Newkirk, Santa Rosa, Colonias, San Ignacio, Milagro, Moriarty, Albuqerque, Mesita, Laguna, New Laguna, Villa de Cubero, San Fidal, McCarty
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8782 11-29-2006 05:50 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Muffet that is a great offer. Please contact Michelle's sister regarding this since she is in daily contact with her. Donna Thompson-Becker < [email protected]>
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8783 11-29-2006 05:59 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Muffet that is a great offer. Please contact Michelle's sister regarding this since she is in daily contact with her. Donna Thompson-Becker < [email protected]>
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#8784 11-29-2006 09:06 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 | I've e-mailed Donna to see if we can work something out. I work full time but maybe??? I'll keep working on the local paper. Linda
Husband diagnosed 2/9/05 SCC Larynx (piriform sinus)Stage IV,T4,N1,MO
cisplatin/5FU 3/21-3/25 & 4/11-4/15, began 39 rad 4/21/05 last rad 6/17/05, mrnd 10/7/05
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