BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB'S LAST AND FINAL MEETING!

It was held on Sunday the 17th. of November with my having the sad duty of announcing the results of the affirmative vote to disband.
It is also sad to note the Barbara Smith, of Danbury, who started this wonderful support group in the Burritt Bank Basement here in New Britain during the early sixties.
I am initiating the final resolve as this group's president.
Hospital visits will continue and trust I will get help from the membership with some of the visits.
There are three other support groups within our state New Haven, Danbury, and Norwich and there is also one in Springfield Mass. Their information data may be obtained by visiting the IAL website in order to get the meeting dates and locations. The Oral, Neck & Head cancer group meets at the Manchester Memorial Hospital each month and they would be very happy to have our membership meet with their group.
I am sure all the past officers of this group are willing to be of help to you with any problems or information you may need.
Sincerely,


Frank Smith, your President

It Pays to be cautious.-- Bed bugs are an epidemic . . .
Bed bugs are an epidemic . . .

Hi All: A bit of information that you might like to know about. We have friends here in our community and one of their sons is an entomologist (insect expert), and has been telling them that there is an epidemic of bed bugs now occurring in America. Recently I have heard on the news that several stores in NYC have had to close due to bed bug problems, as well as a complete mall in New Jersey.

He says that since much of our clothing, sheets, towels, etc. Now comes from companies outside of America, (sad but true), even the most expensive stores sell foreign clothing from China, Indonesia, etc. The bed bugs are coming in on the clothing as these countries do not consider them a problem. He recommends that if you buy any new clothing, even underwear and socks, sheets, towels, etc.. That you bring them into the house and put them in your clothes dryer for at least 20 minutes. The heat will kill them and their eggs. DO NOT PURCHASE CLOTHES AND HANG THEM IN THE CLOSET FIRST. It does not matter what the price range is of the clothing, or if the outfit comes from the most expensive store known in the U.S. They still get shipments from these countries and the bugs can come in a box of scarves or anything else for that matter. That is the reason why so many stores, many of them clothing stores have had to shut down in NYC and other places. All you need is to bring one item into the house that has bugs or eggs and you will go to hell and back trying to get rid of them. He travels all over the country as an advisor to many of these stores, as prevention and after they have the problem.

Send this information on to those on your e-mail list so that this good prevention information gets around quickly.

tious.
Posted by Frank Smith at 20.11.10
1 comments:

Anonymous said...
Have they touched on this subject on the new sitcom, "Out Sourced"

This problem is disgusting and you can bring these pests home from the bus, airplane, movies, you name it. If you live in an
apartment building, look out.
November 20, 2010 6:43 PM

Connecticut Ranks Poorly in Protecting Kids From Tobacco!

Ranking the forty fifth state and this past year Connecticut has virtually eliminated funding for tobacco prevention from $6.1million to $400,000.

As a direct correlation of this reduction in funding by our state legislators has resulted in 15.3 of the high school students are smokers and 4,700 more kids become smokers each year costing our state $1.6 billion in health care bills.

Tobacco use is leading cause of the annual deaths in the U. S. killing 400,000 people with an approximate annual cost of $96 billion in health care each year.

Will this lack of providing prevention by Connecticut for our youths create future Laryngectomees?

Cigarettes Being Attacked Uruguay

Tighter rules for the major cigarettes Companies recommended by Uruguay!
Philip Morris International sued that country citing its tobacco regulations were excessive.
Uruguay's mandate that health warnings cover 80 % of the cigarette packages.
This will certainly help with the prevention of New Laryngectomees through the reduced use of this product.

IAL --blood issue for laryngectomees

Consistent amounts of blood which include blood content greater than trace
elements (minor streaks or spots) should likely be evaluated by
professionals. It is winter in many parts of the country so make sure your
home environment supports adequate humidity levels (about 50%) which will
help minimize drying out our tracheas. Extreme aridness is often
considered the culprit of blood in mucus secretions.


Written by crazy Donkey of the iAL
11-12-10

BSLC Meeting November 21, 2011

Attention all Members of the Barbara Smith Laryngectomee Club!

I have been approached by an officer of our group to disband the organization because of poor meeting attendance therefore, it is imperative that all interested members attend our meeting scheduled for the twenty first of November in order to make your comments known and help us with this decision.

It is sad to hear such comments however, the attendance by the membership has diminished and possibly warrants the dispersing of our organization.
During the past three months we have been notified of 78 new Laryngectomees nationwide however we only had two locally. We also lost 20 nationally during the same period and one locally.

I have Heard from Andy Lees regarding the new problems with the insurance reimbursement for TEP replacements in the event the Lary attempts to make his purchase directly from a supplier since the purchases after Jan 1, 2011 will only be covered if purchased from a service provider. Andy make within his comments that TEP users solution is maintain a spare on hand.

If in the event this club is dissolved I will continue to post periodic information of interest for Laryngectomees on the BSLC blog. I realize that some of our members do not have computers and I ask for those that do to print out a copy of the future postings for your computer less friends.

frank smith