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I Had Cancer Guidelines

We're all here for similar reasons - we've been touched by cancer in some way. It’s up to all of us to show each other that no one is alone. Your IHadCancer profile is your own place to call home during this crazy thing called cancer, we just ask that you keep these simple guidelines in mind when participating.

1. Always Be Nice. This is a place for connections and conversations – we encourage you all to talk openly but please remain considerate in all of your engagement. Don’t post obscene, hateful or objectionable content. Abuse and disrespect will not be tolerated in the IHC community and is subject to deletion and user removal at our discretion.

2. Be a Good Friend. The IHC community is a family. Please remember to be a good friend to the connections you make on IHC. Ask questions that you wish someone would ask you; if you can’t find the right words to say, send a hug, it can speak louder than words. A simple gesture goes a long way.

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4. Think Before You Post. Everything you post on IHadCancer is secure, but it is up to you to monitor how much or how little information you are sharing about yourself and your experience. Please don’t share personal or identifiable information like your mailing address or your full name and don’t share other member’s information.

5. If You See Something, Say Something. We work hard to make sure these guidelines are followed closely but if you see something that doesn’t’ feel right to you, please let us know. We review every report we receive and will take anything you say to heart. We promise.

6. Be Open. Welcome newcomers and help guide them through this journey based on your own experience. Whether you are a survivor, fighter, caregiver or supporter, you have valuable information that can very well help someone else who is just beginning the cancer journey. Be open to sharing experiences and give someone else the gift of your time.

Thanks for being a part of our community. It’s up to all of us to ensure that IHadCancer remains a place for us all to call home when dealing with the ups and downs of a cancer diagnosis.

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Survivor: Head and Neck Cancer

Dear Cancer, You took my father from me 27 years ago and now you're trying to take me from my daughters. It's not going to happen. Fortunately, I know the Creator of the Universe on a first name basis and have walked closely with Him for the past 14 years. He gave me the wisdom to recognize you were dwelling in me and He pointed me to doctors who were quick to address your presence. I praise God for Dr. Bryan Fong of Walnut Creek Kaiser who removed you from my body through robotic surgery. I'm grateful for the Santa Rosa Kaiser Cancer staff - Dr. Ye, Dr. Wong, Dr. Lee and Dr. Anderson - for their sound advice and professional services in attacking you through chemotherapy and radiation, to insure that you have no place to live in my body. As a singer, the irony is not lost on me in how you manifested in my throat, trying to destroy one of the greatest sources of joy in my life. But after two surgeries and 4 weeks of chemo/radiation, I still have my voice and I will tell the world about your failure to take from me that which I hold dearest: my life, my family and my voice with which I sing my heart out in gratitude to the Lord of my Life. You took my father from me, and that still hurts to this day. I so miss him, more each day. But you failed to take me from my daughters, and I guarantee you that I will make it part of my mission to help others whom you attack in the future. I will help fill them with hope and faith and I will let them know that you can be defeated. I will make sure the world knows that Cancer is not always a death sentence. I'm already gathering up other survivors at my new website at http://theSurvivorClub.com and I'm telling everyone I know how you failed to take me down at http://CancerSurvivor.us and I will not stop my mission to help raise money to defeat you and to inform other innocent victims of the ways that we can take care of ourselves in order to insure that you don't show up in our lives ever again. Go to Hell, Cancer, where you belong. For me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
Jul 19 2012 1:19pm |
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