THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB
Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2009: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov
Meeting Date: Sunday Sept. 20, 2009 at 2:00PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain
Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.
THE JULY MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON September 20th.
Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain
We do need help from volunteers for hospital visitations and to also help with the very important anti-smoking
School lectures as well as the school of nursing, post operative laryngectomee care, lectures. Please consider in providing a helping hand with these important activities provided by our group.
We have set up a new website which will be more accessible in communicating with our officers: http://BSLC2.blogspot.com
We had two new cases of new patient laryngectomees cases at the Connecticut University Health Center in Farmington Ct. and one at The Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Ct.
Unfortunately, they were 61 additional cases reported nationwide and four deaths.
The American Cancer Society has alerted that 90% of all colon cancers begin with a polyp. They suggest the removal of all polyps in order to prevent colon cancer from ever starting. We highly recommend your visiting your Gastroenterology Specialist.
At our last Meeting Mrs. Alice Nadeau of the oral, Head and Neck Club of Manchester, Ct made her presentation as our guest speaker. Mr. Mucha, Mr. Valeri and I attending their club meeting at the Manchester Memorial Hospital on June 1, 2009. Amazingly, to find an organization so close to our location, with the similar everyday problems that we face as laryngectomees has made us aware that other groups do have similar problems to deal with and it is called CANCER.
A new nail affecting the tobacco industry was passed this June by the Congress with their giving the U. S. Food and Drug Administration control over tobacco.
The Canada Free Press had an interesting article entitled “Is Cigarette Control Turning citizens in Criminals?” In this article they point out cigarettes in New York City cost nearly $10.00 per pack with the federal ATF finding counterfeit New York State/ City tax stamps?
The Day Newspaper in New London, Ct. said it well with their headline “If smoking won’t kill you, the taxes will.
Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off the end of a burning cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of the smoker. This mixture contains more than4,000 substances, including 40 that are known to cause cancer in humans. When smoking in the presence of children they are susceptible in developing pneumonia, bronchitis, and other lung diseases such as cancer. So please if you must smoke do not smoke in the presence of your children or adults. You must all remember young Justin from East Hartford, Ct. who begged the Ct. Legislature to make it against the law for drivers to smoke while driving with youngster in the vehicle. The State of Maine passed their no smoking law with children in the vehicle. Why is Connecticut so difficult to get this mandate passed? As reported; I was asked to speak to the legislature by a state representative, regarding the second hand smoke issue, during the past session however, no invite or notice was received to make this important plea.
I have mentioned on many occasions that we do need help with hospital visits, school anti-smoking lectures and Health Days presentations at all our area schools.
Anyone willing to provide the time please contact me.
BSLC Meeting Agenda:
1 The Treasurer’s financial report.
. The Acceptance of the financial report.
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2 Nominations committee:
A. To present its recommendations.
B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.
4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.
5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.
Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.
I hope we will see you all at the Sept. 20, 2009 meeting.
Frank Smith
President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 31 Mattabassett Street, East Berlin, CT 06023
860-224-0218 phone 860-828-3198 Phone
Email: S-NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com
Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lee
18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489
860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net
School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
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FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.
The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.
If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET
Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.
The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com
Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net
Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org
IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm
For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net
A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.
The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.
I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .
