Calling all Arizona Semicolons!!

trainer
trainer Member Posts: 241
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Several of us have been having messages about getting together some evening after New Year's for a fellowshipping/support/social gathering. If you're interested, please drop me a message with your name and where you live, so we can figure out the best place to get together. Probably a dutch treat evening meal. Everyone is welcome to attend, including caregivers, family, etc.

Mike Walker

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  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #2
    Count me in
    That sounds great to me. I live in Coolidge, its about an hour out of Phoenix, but I dont mind the drive, providing its not on a chemo day. I wont know when I will start chemo or how often until I see my ONC on the 12th, will keep everyone updated. I am excited!
    Beth
  • trainer
    trainer Member Posts: 241
    #3
    dorookie said:

    Count me in
    That sounds great to me. I live in Coolidge, its about an hour out of Phoenix, but I dont mind the drive, providing its not on a chemo day. I wont know when I will start chemo or how often until I see my ONC on the 12th, will keep everyone updated. I am excited!
    Beth

    The Gathering
    Great to hear. Mike49 says he will also attend. He lives in Gilbert. Hope we can get some others in on it. If you know others, encourage them to get in on it.
  • VickiCO
    VickiCO Member Posts: 917
    #4
    trainer said:

    The Gathering
    Great to hear. Mike49 says he will also attend. He lives in Gilbert. Hope we can get some others in on it. If you know others, encourage them to get in on it.

    I am jealous!
    I am too far away (north of Denver!) but I will be with you in Spirit! When the weather breaks next Spring, and we are all on our feet, everyone's invited up here!

    Vicki
  • trainer
    trainer Member Posts: 241
    #5
    VickiCO said:

    I am jealous!
    I am too far away (north of Denver!) but I will be with you in Spirit! When the weather breaks next Spring, and we are all on our feet, everyone's invited up here!

    Vicki

    Colorado
    I could enjoy some cool Colorado air when it's cranked up here in the desert. What town or city do you live in? Maybe we'll just have to expand our get together here if it's successful and have a regional hang out time.
  • VickiCO
    VickiCO Member Posts: 917
    #6
    trainer said:

    Colorado
    I could enjoy some cool Colorado air when it's cranked up here in the desert. What town or city do you live in? Maybe we'll just have to expand our get together here if it's successful and have a regional hang out time.

    Colorado
    I am in Fort Lupton, a small town about 25 miles due north of Denver. We'd love to have you all come on up (after the Holidays, of course!)

    Vicki
  • trainer
    trainer Member Posts: 241
    #7
    VickiCO said:

    Colorado
    I am in Fort Lupton, a small town about 25 miles due north of Denver. We'd love to have you all come on up (after the Holidays, of course!)

    Vicki

    Snow means No!
    Would enjoy sharing a cup of coffee with you, but you'll just have to wait until the snow is gone. I used to live in Hays, KS a long time ago and taught journalism at the state university there while I got my MS. We used to blast off for Denver whenever we could in the winter to go skiing. But now, I think I'll wait until spring. I do get up to Denver now and then. Next time I go, I'll drop you a note.
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #8
    Funny you should mention 'dutch'....
    I'm only a state away...California.

    BUT, on New Year I will be in Holland. It is tradition there to light fireworks at midnight to scare off all the old year's bad spirits...

    I will DEFINATELY be lighting a few for you all!!!

    Have a GREAT get-together...

    Hugs, Kathi
  • trainer
    trainer Member Posts: 241
    #9
    KathiM said:

    Funny you should mention 'dutch'....
    I'm only a state away...California.

    BUT, on New Year I will be in Holland. It is tradition there to light fireworks at midnight to scare off all the old year's bad spirits...

    I will DEFINATELY be lighting a few for you all!!!

    Have a GREAT get-together...

    Hugs, Kathi

    Semicolon Arizona meeting
    We're not meeting on New Year's, but sometime afterwards. And you'd be most welcome, but I didn't think you'd want to drive all that way just for a dinner meeting. Holland? You seem to be quite the world traveler. Turkey, now Holland. My daughter is a gung-ho traveler. France, Peru and China. She also writes a travel column for the Arizona Republic called Compass Points. It's a Q and A kind of format.

    Holland sounds like fun, please do all you can to blow away the cancer bad spirits that have ruined so many lives. I like that.
  • Mike49
    Mike49 Member Posts: 261
    #10
    Health Care Community Discussion
    I have been tracking the Presidential Transition online at Change.gov, and I received a communication soliciting Health Care Community Discussions to help inform the Next Presidents HealthCare Policy on issues from the perspective of citizens. I was thinking it would be interesting to discuss as an "Arizona Community of Semi-Colons and their significant others". I have been deeply interested in health policy for years but now when I read on these discussion boards of the people who are experiencing real challenges it hits home.

    If we feel this would be a good ice breaker, I will get the discussion kit from the transition team and we can make sure the voice of cancer survivors and the significant people supporting us gets heard. If it doesn't strike a cord as something interesting to the group, don't worry, its just an idea. We can keep it social.

    Mike
  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #11
    Mike49 said:

    Health Care Community Discussion
    I have been tracking the Presidential Transition online at Change.gov, and I received a communication soliciting Health Care Community Discussions to help inform the Next Presidents HealthCare Policy on issues from the perspective of citizens. I was thinking it would be interesting to discuss as an "Arizona Community of Semi-Colons and their significant others". I have been deeply interested in health policy for years but now when I read on these discussion boards of the people who are experiencing real challenges it hits home.

    If we feel this would be a good ice breaker, I will get the discussion kit from the transition team and we can make sure the voice of cancer survivors and the significant people supporting us gets heard. If it doesn't strike a cord as something interesting to the group, don't worry, its just an idea. We can keep it social.

    Mike

    Great IDEA
    I too was following the new presidents health care, honestly McCains idea of health care scared the heck out of me, so I was glad he didnt win. I would be very interested in participating in this. Hope others will too, great ice breaker and a great idea!

    Beth
  • Mike49
    Mike49 Member Posts: 261
    #12
    dorookie said:

    Great IDEA
    I too was following the new presidents health care, honestly McCains idea of health care scared the heck out of me, so I was glad he didnt win. I would be very interested in participating in this. Hope others will too, great ice breaker and a great idea!

    Beth

    Thanks
    I just noticed that these discussions have to be completed by Dec. 31, 2008. It may make it tough to get it done.
  • Mike49
    Mike49 Member Posts: 261
    #13
    dorookie said:

    Great IDEA
    I too was following the new presidents health care, honestly McCains idea of health care scared the heck out of me, so I was glad he didnt win. I would be very interested in participating in this. Hope others will too, great ice breaker and a great idea!

    Beth

    Thanks
    I just noticed that these discussions have to be completed by Dec. 31, 2008. It may make it tough to get it done.
  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #14
    Mike49 said:

    Thanks
    I just noticed that these discussions have to be completed by Dec. 31, 2008. It may make it tough to get it done.

    Scanner
    Do you have a scanner where you could scan it and send it out in an email? If that would be to much trouble then I am guessing we will have to pass. It does sound like a great way to have a voice though. Whatever you decide, just let me know. My email is DOROOKIE2003@yahoo.com, feel free to write me there anytime!
    Beth
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #15
    dorookie said:

    Scanner
    Do you have a scanner where you could scan it and send it out in an email? If that would be to much trouble then I am guessing we will have to pass. It does sound like a great way to have a voice though. Whatever you decide, just let me know. My email is DOROOKIE2003@yahoo.com, feel free to write me there anytime!
    Beth

    Does the discussion have to be in person?
    Any reason we can't discuss it here and consider it done?
    mary
  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #16
    msccolon said:

    Does the discussion have to be in person?
    Any reason we can't discuss it here and consider it done?
    mary

    Good Point
    We could just post some of the questions and we could respond here, What do you think?
  • Mike49
    Mike49 Member Posts: 261
    #17
    dorookie said:

    Good Point
    We could just post some of the questions and we could respond here, What do you think?

    I like the idea of a virtual discussion
    Let me get the package mailed to me and I will post them. Once I receive it I will see what I can do. I am glad to see the interest.
  • Mike49
    Mike49 Member Posts: 261
    #18
    Mike49 said:

    I like the idea of a virtual discussion
    Let me get the package mailed to me and I will post them. Once I receive it I will see what I can do. I am glad to see the interest.

    Links to the participants guide a
    Here is the online link to the participants guide
    http://change.gov/participantguide

    It contains all the questions. I thought that one way to do this would be to start a discussion string for each question. That way we stay on track to capture the discussion point by point. If it is OK with those commenting I will work on this later today and towards the weekend. I am registered as the moderator so I'll take responsibility for recording transmitting to the transition team our responses.
    Since we have access to the questions we can start to pencil in our thoughts before the question appears as a string on the discussion group.

    Sounds exciting
    Mike
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #19
    Mike49 said:

    Links to the participants guide a
    Here is the online link to the participants guide
    http://change.gov/participantguide

    It contains all the questions. I thought that one way to do this would be to start a discussion string for each question. That way we stay on track to capture the discussion point by point. If it is OK with those commenting I will work on this later today and towards the weekend. I am registered as the moderator so I'll take responsibility for recording transmitting to the transition team our responses.
    Since we have access to the questions we can start to pencil in our thoughts before the question appears as a string on the discussion group.

    Sounds exciting
    Mike

    Action!
    I printed up the guide, will be prepared for when the questions get posted, thanks for handling this, Mike!
    mary
  • trainer
    trainer Member Posts: 241
    #20
    OK, let's give this Az. meeting a name!
    We should name this small get-together, class it up a bit. Think of some fun, clever or descriptive name for it. I'll start it off with
    Cactus Cancer Conference or

    Grand Canyon State Colon Cancer Confab or

    Your Turn! Give it a shot!

    Mary Christmas and to all a good night!

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