One for ALL and ALL for ONE

Hondo
Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Cancer Survivor Network (CSN) is just like having another family, only here everyone understands what everyone else is going through. Whether it is through advice, prayer, thoughts, or just kind words, it is the needed support we all need to be survivors in this world of cancer. Remember that Cancer, Treatment and the Side effects we all have for life and the best way to find out what to expect is to ask someone who has been there.

To all who are going through treatment remember many of us have been there and will continue to be there for you.

To all who completed treatment or maybe you are a Caretaker, thank you for continuing to stay and give your support to the many others on this site who need you.


All the best to each of you in this New Year.
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  • Vivi C
    Vivi C Member Posts: 70
    #2
    So grateful
    I have been so blessed by all the encouragement and support that I have received from all of you amazing and generous people. You have lifted me on some very dark days and for that I will always be grateful. Hope to give back a portion of what I have received. Praying for strength and health for all of you.
    Viv
  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #3
    Well Said
    Very well said Hondo....

    Our family here know, care and understand how each other feel.

    May everyone here on CSN and those not on but fighting the fight be given the award of NED.

    John
  • Hal61
    Hal61 Member Posts: 655
    #4
    In a nutshell
    Thanks Hondo, you said it all, we're all musketeers here. For some of us lucky ones here, CSN is not like another family, but like a family. The strong, honest people who paticipate provide all that you mentioned, and keep reminding us of the great lesson that cancer teaches us, humility.

    thanks to everyone, Hal
  • MarineE5
    MarineE5 Member Posts: 1,034 Member
    #5
    Agree
    I have no words of wisdom to add to what Hondo has already mentioned. I can only agree. I visit another site as well. I don't always post a reply, mainly because someone here has already replied with very good information.

    I do stop in each day to view the posts. Like already mentioned, part of a family.

    My Best to Everyone Here
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #6
    Hello
    Hello brothers and sisters....
  • BrianKrashpad
    BrianKrashpad Member Posts: 188
    #7
    fisrpotpe said:

    Well Said
    Very well said Hondo....

    Our family here know, care and understand how each other feel.

    May everyone here on CSN and those not on but fighting the fight be given the award of NED.

    John

    NED
    I'm a noob, so hafta ask-- NED? I see it a lot and have a vague general idea, but not the actual term.

    Thanks, and thanks everyone just for being here.
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #8
    BrianKrashpad said:

    NED
    I'm a noob, so hafta ask-- NED? I see it a lot and have a vague general idea, but not the actual term.

    Thanks, and thanks everyone just for being here.

    @BrianKrashpad
    NED = No Evidence of Disease. :)
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #9
    Skiffin16 said:

    Hello
    Hello brothers and sisters....

    Yes
    I'm with Hal- what he said. And John is right about who we are to each other. And Hondo, aka Big Daddy NPC, the truest of thanks from me to you. Mean it.

    kcass
  • sportsman
    sportsman Member Posts: 97
    #10
    Great Family
    Hondo: I think you said this very well. Even though I have a very strong family that has supported me wonderfully through out my battle with cancer, This web site has been a inspiration to me. Not only have I learned many things that has helped me on CSN, I also feel for the others who are going through this terrible cancer, suffering the side effects from treatment, presently going through surgeries and treatment and those who have lost loved ones. This is truly a family to me and even though we do not know each other personally it feels like we have known each other forever. Being from North Carolina I would like to quote what the late Jim Valvano, North Carolina State basketball coach said during the final days of his life in a speech on ESPN. "Do not give up, Do never give up". Cancer may change our lives drastically and it may take our lives but it can never take our heart and it never can take our soul. God Bless all my friends on here.
  • susan0803
    susan0803 Member Posts: 90
    #11
    Kent Cass said:

    Yes
    I'm with Hal- what he said. And John is right about who we are to each other. And Hondo, aka Big Daddy NPC, the truest of thanks from me to you. Mean it.

    kcass

    caretakers
    Hondo,
    Thanks for including caretakers in your message. Sometimes I am not sure if I fit in here (since I am not the one going through the cancer) and many times I feel like I say the wrong thing, but will say this again - without this board and my new family on-line (you guys), me and my husband (tonsil cancer - finished treatment in Nov) would not have made it through as well as we did. All the help, encourgement, etc was amazing. It truly is a great family to be a part of!

    and thhanks for reminding me to say thank you again!
    Suzanne
  • adventurebob
    adventurebob Member Posts: 691
    #12
    Family
    To family. Couldn't have made it this far without you. Thank you all.

    Bob
  • charles55
    charles55 Member Posts: 87
    #13
    we have come full circle
    Great words and sentiment behind those words, Hondo. I suppose that just as we were so reliant on our caretakers, we are now the caretakers to those that have come after us. Something poetic in that. God bless, and love you all. charles.
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #14
    susan0803 said:

    caretakers
    Hondo,
    Thanks for including caretakers in your message. Sometimes I am not sure if I fit in here (since I am not the one going through the cancer) and many times I feel like I say the wrong thing, but will say this again - without this board and my new family on-line (you guys), me and my husband (tonsil cancer - finished treatment in Nov) would not have made it through as well as we did. All the help, encourgement, etc was amazing. It truly is a great family to be a part of!

    and thhanks for reminding me to say thank you again!
    Suzanne

    Suzanne
    Don't sale yourself or caregivers short....you are very important.

    When we don't have the drive, ambition, faith or perseverance to keep on pushing, you guys (gals), are there. You give us the encouragement (one way or another, LOL) to keep on pushing....

    As said before, "When going through Hell, Keep going"....

    You may nor be feeling the physical pain, but you are going through as much mental anguish as any of us are.

    I thank you for being there....

    Best,
    John
  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #15
    Ditto
    Ditto. What Hondo said... and what everybody else here said, too.

    Deb
  • Jan Trinks
    Jan Trinks Member Posts: 477
    #16
    Amen
    Hondo:

    That was so beautifully said and you are so right. This network and all of you has been, is and always will continue to be a Godsend for me. All of you were encouraging during Charlie's remission and so comforting during his last bout and passing away. Thanks and God bless!

    Jan (Basketcase)
  • mwellsg
    mwellsg Member Posts: 66
    #17
    Thanks one and all
    This site and you folks maintained my sanity the first night of the day I found out about this crap and each time I've hit a roadblock and expressed it out here, I have received tons of answers and good advice. I'm just starting this journey and I'm with you for the duration. I actually look forward to getting out here now to see what's going on and to share my thoughts.
  • 3Mana
    3Mana Member Posts: 811
    #18
    Thanks to you Hondo!
    I'm sure we all realize how great this site is. Not that any of us ever dreamt that we'd have to be on a site like this, but it's so nice to have met so many great people. Like you said they are either suffering from cancer or else survivors or caretakers. I was a caretaker so know what that's like. Anyhow, thanks for being who you are. I've enjoyed reading your posts. Saw my counselor for the last time ( I think) today. Been seeing her since April, one month after I lost my husband. It's helped me so much along with all of you on this site. don't worry, I'll still keep coming on here to see how all you guys are doing. I really am addicted to this site and have told so many people about all my "new" friends.
    Take care!! Carole
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #19
    3Mana said:

    Thanks to you Hondo!
    I'm sure we all realize how great this site is. Not that any of us ever dreamt that we'd have to be on a site like this, but it's so nice to have met so many great people. Like you said they are either suffering from cancer or else survivors or caretakers. I was a caretaker so know what that's like. Anyhow, thanks for being who you are. I've enjoyed reading your posts. Saw my counselor for the last time ( I think) today. Been seeing her since April, one month after I lost my husband. It's helped me so much along with all of you on this site. don't worry, I'll still keep coming on here to see how all you guys are doing. I really am addicted to this site and have told so many people about all my "new" friends.
    Take care!! Carole

    Hi Everyone

    If there is a pat on the back it is to all of you who are the support teammates of CSN.
    Hal said it in a nut shell; we are All Musketeers because we are all on the same side and fighting the same battle.

    I am glad to be a small part of that great team
  • arjenkins
    arjenkins Member Posts: 36
    #20
    couldn't have made it this far
    without this site. So many wonderful people and wonderful advice!

    Thanks to all of you. i look at the site everyday to check on everyone. It is wonderful to have support.

    Andrea
  • delnative
    delnative Member Posts: 450 Member
    #21
    arjenkins said:

    couldn't have made it this far
    without this site. So many wonderful people and wonderful advice!

    Thanks to all of you. i look at the site everyday to check on everyone. It is wonderful to have support.

    Andrea

    Dittos ...
    ... to what Hondo said.
    Not only are we a family here, but we share something with every cancer survivor on the face of the planet.
    It's pretty cool when you meet someone and find they're a cancer survivor. You immediately share a special bond.
    Cancer: the gift that keeps on giving.

    --Jim in Delaware

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