{"id":1019,"date":"2023-03-02T22:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T22:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2023-03-02T22:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T22:05:49","slug":"march-meeting-1st-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"March meeting: 1st March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong>WELCOME!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>First of all let me welcome our new friends to Headcases. Fifteen of us gathered for the meeting, and since we hadn&#8217;t shared our stories for a while we had a quick round-the-table update mainly for the benefit of our new friends, some of whom have only just finished treatment.<\/p>\n<p>It always amazes me how differently each person reacts to the various aspects of treatment for head and neck cancer. It&#8217;s also true to say that discovering the problem in the first place happens in many different ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">LOTUS EATERS SHOW<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were hoping to decide on a day to go and see this show being put on by Restoke, to support our very own John, who plays a key role in the production. Unfortunately, after checking during the meeting, all dates are now sold out. This is great news for Restoke, but sadly not for us. We wish John all the best with it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong>Examination Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of you will know that we have purchased an examination chair for the department at the Royal Stoke, together with a high intensity examination lamp. The chair has now been delivered to the Hospital, but due to the usual red tape it hasn&#8217;t made it to it&#8217;s final position yet. The lamp is still on order. I&#8217;ll post pictures as soon as possible, so we can all see where the funds went. You can be assured it will be put to good use.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">EASTER RAFFLE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We decided to hold a raffle at the April meeting, due to take place on Wednesday 5th April. Please, please gather up some prizes and bring them along on the night to make this into a fun evening. We&#8217;ll probably hold the meeting in the larger room, so we can make use of the stage.<\/p>\n<p>See you all then!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Raffle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-713\" src=\"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Raffle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Raffle.png 702w, http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Raffle-300x107.png 300w, http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Raffle-624x222.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=''><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/headcases2\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-button=\"blue\" data-text-color=\"#800080\" data-link-color=\"#800080\" data-lang=\"en\">Follow @headcases2<\/a>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/cmsvoteup.com\/category\/wordpress-plugins\/\" title=\"Get Twitter Follow Button WordPress Plugin\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmsvoteup.com\/images\/power_by_2x2.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME! First of all let me welcome our new friends to Headcases. Fifteen of us gathered for the meeting, and since we hadn&#8217;t shared our stories for a while we had a quick round-the-table update mainly for the benefit of our new friends, some of whom have only just finished treatment. It always amazes me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1022,"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/headcases-staffs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}