If you have something to share, please do.

If you are going through treatment or have a friend or just want to encourage someone, please email it to us. We will only use your name if you request it. What one person goes through or has gone through may help someone else that is going through the same thing and needs a little encouragement. You can send it to us at chemocaps@yahoo.com.

Note received from one of our 'cappers'

We received this note from Dawn today:

Thank you and the Allen Seniors for the cap. I got a new one today while at the North Texas Regional Cancer Center to match a couple of pair of my pajamas.

I had another one which I still use and has withstood many washings.

Your time and effort is greatly appreciated by those of us who have little or a lot less of the hair we used to have!

I replied and asked her if it was ok to put her thank you on our blog. This is the response that we got from Dawn.

Perhaps my cancer experience would be helpful to others. I was diagnosed with stage 4, an inoperable tumor, lung cancer (I am a non-smoker) in the fall of 2004. I have been on 3 different sets of drugs, each has worked very well up to a point and the side effects have been manageable and allowed me to live a ‘normal’ life. I have the side effects but they have not been devastating as they are with many people. The tumor has been reduced significantly over this period of time. Earlier this year, in March, the side effects were more than I could tolerate and my doctor decided to give me time to recover. The tumor has been stable so I am still off chemo and I am feeling so much better and will have tests and learn more the first part of November.

God has blessed me through every part of this journey and I am walk daily hand in hand with my Healer. I hope I can encourage others to know that God is in control and wants the best for you. I also have many friends and relatives who care and are always there and I Praise God for them and His guidance.

Dawn

Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Dawn. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. I know it will help someone else that is going through the same thing you are and will help others that have a loved one or friend that needs encouragement.

Ribbons of Many Colors

The pink ribbon for breast cancer is probably the most worn ribbon for the support of cancer survivors and cancer patients. Did you know that there are other colors representing other forms of cancer? Here is a chart of the ribbons. If you click on the picture, it will get bigger so you can see which ribbon represents the types of cancer.

Happy Birthday, Vivian

A special birthday to Vivian on September 16. She is currently on a cruise with her mother to Spain, Italy, France and England. We hope she's enjoying the trip. We sure miss her here. She's the glue that keeps things together in our project.

Cap Deliveries

Monday, Sept 14, we delivered 75 caps to the Texas Oncology Center and today, Wednesday, we delivered 75 more to the Baylor Medical Center. We're working on winter caps now and Halloween caps. It'll soon be time to start knitting Christmas caps.
Thanks to all that are knitting the caps making it possible to give them to those that need them.

WANTED!!!!!!

Knitters and crocheters! If you like to knit or crochet and would like to make caps for our project, we welcome new people!! We'd love to have you join us. No regular meetings, you can make your caps while watching TV or waiting in a waiting room for an appointment. We have the patterns. If you don't knit or crochet but know someone who does, let them know of our work. (I should say 'fun'.) Our email address is:chemocaps@yahoo.com.
And tell others of this blog. Thanks to all of our knitters and crocheters. Next week we're making a delivery of caps that are going to put a lot of smiles on the faces of those that need a smile. And we can be proud that we helped them smile.