Hello Everyone and Welcome to our November 2007 Newsletter
The number of Americans who died of cancer has
dropped for a second straight year, marking a
milestone in the war on the disease, officials
said yesterday. More than 3,000 fewer Americans
died from cancer in 2004 than in 2003.
The biggest drop occurred in colorectal cancer, with 1,110
fewer men and 1,094 fewer women dying from the disease.
The decline with attributed to broader screening efforts and
improved treatment. The work that Susie's Cause
is going is effective and we need your help!
The Holiday season is rapidly approaching and there are many
wonderful causes seeking support. All of our supporters realize that
there are no more important than ours. We would like to take this
opportunity to thank you for your generous past donations to our
Foundation. Your dollars have been used to fund our Save Our Parents
program that helps educated people of all ages throughout North
America about the necessity of early screening for colon cancer. We
have been tirelessly working in High Schools, College Campuses,
Museums, Health Fairs, Hospitals, Community Events and many more
settings to reach out to tens of thousands of people. Our work has
consistently been featured on Comcast/CNN reaching millions of
viewers. We have continued our Sharing, Caring, and Surviving Colon
Cancer series to provide a day of physical and emotional support for
the colon cancer patients, their families, and friends. We spend hundreds
of thousands of dollars to create and implement the first live accredited
education series for 5,000 Primary Care Physicians in 10 cities, to better
educate them and attack colon cancer at a very important source.
As many of you know, we receive millions of visitors on our website,
which is the leading colon cancer website in the world. We take
great pride in responding to each and every person; personally doing
everything in our power to provide information, guidance, second
opinions from our brilliant medical advisory board, and often times
just someone to talk to. We have been able to arrange life saving
surgeries for people who simply could not afford their care. We are
saving lives each and every day.
However, this is just the beginning. Our most important work is
still ahead of us. There are still over 50,000 men and women who often
times die prematurely each and every year. Hundreds of thousands
of family members and friends unnecessarily lose their loved ones.
We are more motivated than ever to turn the tide of the tragedy
of colon cancer.
We have created a series of programs for 2008 that we believe will
raise the bar in colon cancer and all cancers for decades to come.
We will be able to provide education, support, and assistance for
millions of people. This is the most aggressive campaign ever devised
in the battle against colon cancer. We can only imagine the impact
that this could have had on the loved ones lost. We cannot bring Susan
back to her husband, children, and family. We cannot change the
past, but we can work harder than ever to stop a disease that is 90%
preventable and save countless families that pain that many
of you have endured. With your help we can literally change
the world!
We are asking you, our most generous contributors, to reach
into your hearts and help us fight the fight. Please hold onto
your passion and your memories for loved ones lost and support
the most aggressive campaign in history to help stop colon cancer
and help those battling this disease. Please visit the donations section
on our website www.coloncancerfoundation.org to make an online
contribution or send your check to:
Susie's Cause
201 N. Charles St. Suite 2404
Baltimore, MD 21201
For more information please contact our National office at 410-244-1778.
Again, thank you for your past support and Bless you for your continues support.
Robert Smith
Executive Vice President
Susie's Cause
5 comments:
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Hello My sister has just been told she has colon cancer ,she has a colonoscopy bag on now and is going to be going to liverpool ny for more tst .Her mass tumor is in a weird place,it is on the end of her rectol and the beginning of her lg intestine. We are all so concerned.
my mother n law just got the news friday we dont know what stage it is except it is cancer in the colon n they want to rush surgery im scared to death shes only 56 im 32 and she has been in my life for 15 years so shes like my second mom and i dont know what to do for her
Hi, my name is Nora. I'm a colon cancer survivor. This was the most terrible time in my life. I lost so much weight but the worst part was when I was going to Dr's. & they didn't know what I had & not having insurance at one time was no help. I went from 222lbs. to 98lbs. in a few months time. But my faith in God was so big & I didn't give up. My family didn't support me as much as they should have but my hubby stood by me through the whole thing. I got so skinny that many friends & family thought I had AIDS & was hiding it. But Thank God, I had surgery & chemotherapy & I have gained my weight back & then some & it's in remission. But this is a terrible disease. And what Dr's don't wanna understand is that diseases don't have a specific age. I was only 37 at the time & they were shocked because of my age. My advice to all is that if there's any kind of cancer in ur family , get screened for this also. I had no family history of colon cancer, but of other cancers I do. My heart goes out to all those that have had to go thru this & I beg of the relatives to be of major support. We need it. God bless all
Thank you, thank you, thank you for shouting it out loud - THIS DISEASE HAS NO AGE BOUNDARIES!!!! I am a 36 year old survivor of stage III colon cancer, dx in Feb. '07 at age 34. I had been having heavy rectal bleeding since I was 32 - hemmorhoids my doc said. When she finally sent me for my colonoscopy, I remember her telling me "Don't freak out, you're too young, they won't find cancer or anything like that". Famous last words. A resection and six months of Folfox later, I have been NED for almost 2-1/2 years now. I was extremely blessed - it could have been SO much worse. I had a tiny (.9cm)tumor that was only invasive to the submucosa, but did have a positive node (1 of 12), making me a stage III. T1/N1/MO, tumor at rectosigmoid juncture. No family history, no genetic mutations (I was tested). Anyway, that's my story...check out my CRC Connections link for more: http://www.mycrcconnections.com/profile/KimberlyBishopHargis
Thanks for all you're doing to bring awareness!!
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