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The Plymouth Laryngectomy Club (PLC) is an Affiliated Member of: The National Association of Laryngectomy Clubs (NALC)

In Association with Macmillan Cancer Support

Registered Charity Number: 273635

Our Funder: Macmillan Cancer Support

A Member ofThe Plymouth Third Sector Consortium (PTSC)

Patrons & Medical Advisors : Mr. W.M. BRIDGER, FRCS - Consultant ENT Surgeon,

Mr. Tass MALIK, BSc FRCS (Gen), FRCS (ORL H&N) - Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck / Thyroid Surgeon, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.

The Plymouth Laryngectomy Club (PLC)A Charitable Support Group for Plymouth Cancer Laryngectomees

The Voice of PLCAugust - September 2011

Address: c/o 80 Warleigh Avenue, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1DH, Devon, UK

Mobile: 07745819828 (text only) Email: [email protected] Website: http://plymouthlc.webs.com

FOREWORD BY THE CHAIRWritten by Edward (Ted) BURNETT

Dear Friends & Supporters!

Well... another month has gone by and I should like to

thank Mr. Miles WILLIAMS of Platon Medical Ltd. for hismost interesting and informative talk about his products at

our August 2011 Meeting!

I should also like to say that I really hope as many PLC

Members, Family and Friends as possible will be able to

attend our first Annual General Meeting on Monday, 5th

September 2011. Further details appear later in this

Newsletter.

I also hope that as many PLC Members, Family and Friends

as possible will be able to attend our coach trip outing to

Dartmeet for a Cream Tea on Saturday, 10th

September

2011. Again, further details appear later in this Newsletter.

A few PLC Members and Friends will be travelling down to

Devoran, near Truro on Wednesday, 15th

September 2011

to meet up with members of the Speak Easy Club in

Cornwall. Further details appear later in this Newsletter.

I do hope youre all enjoying this British Summer Time and

making the most of it!

Best Wishes,

Ted

EDITORIAL COMMENT

NTERNET LINKS. If youre reading this on-line and come

across words with blue lettering that are underlined, you

can click on these links and be taken directly to another

site for more information on that particular topic.

Put your cursor over the link, hold down the Control (Ctrl)

Key and click! Ed.

GREETINGS!

APPY 40TH

BIRTHDAY to Gillian CLAYTON of

Countrywide Supplies Ltd. We shouldnt divulge a

ladys age I know... but this is a very special one! The Friends

& Members of PLC would like to wish Gillian a very special

day on Sunday, 14th

August 2011! We should also like to take

this opportunity of thanking Gillian and her Team for the

excellent service they provide us Laryngectomees year in,

year out! Thanks a lot Guys!

EST WISHES to Susan STEPHENSON for her birthday

on Sunday, 25th

September 2011. Susan is staunch

and loyal member of PLC. Have a lovely day Susan!

THE PLC AUGUST 2011 MEETING

UR AUGUST 2011 Meeting took place at the Mustard

Tree Cancer Support Center at Derriford Hospital on

Monday, 1st

August 2011 at 11 a.m. There were 11 of us in

attendance including two Friends. We have one or two of our

Members tucked up in hospital at the moment so they were

unable to attend of course. We have sent them cards to wish

them well, and we hope their situations improve soon. We

were fortunate to have Mr. Miles WILLIAMS in attendance

who gave us a very informative talk on the products available

from Platon Medical Ltd.

OMMITTEE MEETINGS. The Committee (thats Ted,

Geoff and Jean) finally managed to meet up in July 2011

to resolve one or two ongoing problems on the Clubs behalf.

This saves a lot of time discussing items at our Monthly

Meetings which means we have more time to chinwag

amongst ourselves... which is surely what we are about after

all?

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Contact The Voice of PLC Newsletter Editor Geoff Read on (01752) 563800 or 0774581928 (text only)

or email: [email protected], or go to PLC website at http://plymouthlc.webs.com2

RESCRIPTION ITEMS. This advice appeared in last

months newsletter but has been reworded slightly on

advice of our medical professionals:

Maggie explained that all medical supplies obtained from

Countrywide Supplies Ltd.,Heimomed UKor elsewhere, were

prescription items and as such were budgeted for from each

local GPs purse. Patients must be registered with their local

Allied Health Professional ( for our Club Members, this would

normally be Maggie or Julia) before ordering anything from

any company. Julia stated that Base Plates from PlatonMedical Supplies Ltd. were professionally preferred to start

new patients off with, and the hospital only keeps Platon

base plates in stock. However, other products would be

trialled as necessary if there is a clinical need. Patients should

never order a different item just to try it! Always consult with

Maggie or Julia prior to ordering anything different. And, if in

doubt, consult Maggie or Julia first!

AFFLE. Geoff won the August 2011 Raffle which was an

orchid plant very kindly donated by Miles WILLIAMS, our

Guest Speaker. Thanks Miles! Geoff will provide the prize

for the September 2010 Raffle!

UBSCRIPTIONS. Our current subscriptions rules are:

A mandatory fee of 5 per Friend or Member on joining

and a voluntary contribution of 1 per month.

Ted intends to make a formal proposal at our AGM in

September 2011 that the Club changes Subscriptions to:

A mandatory fee of 5 per Friend or Member payable at

each AGM.

Geoff intends to second this proposal. If the new scheme is

accepted it will become payable with effect from the

October 2011 Meeting and thereafter at each Annual

General Meeting.

REASURERS REPORT. Jean reported that she was

holding 69.45 in cash and that the remainder was held

in the Clubs Bank Account. The accounts are open to view

by any Club Member at any time on application to Jean.

OTE OF THANKS! Our Members formally recorded a

Vote of Thanks to both Maggie (Clinical Specialist Nurse)and to Julia (Speech & Language Therapist) who stepped

into the breach for a couple of months to run our Club when

both Ted and Geoff had problems that prevented them from

performing their Clubbish duties! PLC is most grateful to

them both for keeping our Club alive when it might

otherwise have died. A lot goes on behind the scenes!

THE PLC FORECAST OF EVENTS

ALENDAR of EVENTS. A copy of the ClubsCalendar of

Events, including Future Entertainments for the next 12

months or so, is available on our Clubs website. Please keepyourselves up-to-date by taking an occasional peek!

EPTEMBER 2011. Monday, 5th

September 2011: The

PLC Club Annual General Meeting starts at the Mustard

Tree Cancer Support Centre at 11 a.m. Please look at the

next page for more details.

EPTEMBER 2011. Saturday, 10th

September 2011: There

will be a coach trip from Plymouth to Dartmeet for a

Cream Tea. We will be departing from the Tescos

Superstore at Roborough at a time yet to be notified

Please meet outside the Main Entrance. Those with cars

can use the Tescos Car Park all day! Geoff has seven

names of those attending so far. Have you given your

name to Geoff yet? Please do so as soon as poss!

Members going on the trip will be asked to pay Jean just

5 on the day towards the coach hire cost. Friends and

other family members will be asked to pay the full whack!

Please bring some loose change with you as we will be

having a whip-round for the driver on the return trip!

EPTEMBER 2011. Wednesday, 14th

September2011:

The Speak Easy Club in Cornwall has invited Members

of PLC for a trip to Devoran, near Truro, for a Soup &

Sandwich lunch. Those who have given their names toGeoff so far have a car seat reserved. Anyone else wishing

to attend should notify Geoff as soon as possible.

CTOBER 2011: Friday, 7th

October 2011: A

Laryngectomee Study Day is still in the planning stages

and is being organised by Julia and Maggie. It will be held at

the Mustard Tree Cancer Support Centre. Please make a note

of this date in your diaries as we have cancelled our normal

Club Meeting for Monday, 3rd

October 2011! Our Club

Meeting will take place in the Double Room of the Mustard

Tree between 11 and 12 noon on the 7th

...just prior to lunch.

Members should note that we have been invited to attendboth morning and afternoon sessions, as well as lunch, which

has kindly been provided by our Medical Equipment

Suppliers. So do please come prepared for a longer stay than

normal!

OVEMBER 2011: Monday, 7th

November 2011: John

MCKENNA of Colebrook Housing Carers has kindly

accepted our invitation to be our Guest Speaker.

ECEMBER 2011: Monday, 5th

December 2011: Members

agreed at the August 2011 Meeting that Ted should book

a Christmas Dinner to be held at theAcropolis Restaurant in

Plymouth City Centre at 7 p.m. Members also agreed thatthe cost of this event should be offset by Club Funds.

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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Clubs first Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place

at the Mustard Tree Cancer Support Centre at 11 a.m. on

Monday, 5th

September 2011. Please try to get there at 10.30

p.m. when refreshments will be served in the Reception Area

prior to the meeting. A rough programme of events is as

follows:

Introduction by the Chair (Ted)

Raffle

An Address by Mr. Michael W.M. BRIDGER,Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon

A Talk by Mr. Charles HANDLEY,Countrywide Supplies Ltd.

A Report by the Treasurer (Jean)

A Report by the Secretary (Geoff)

Club Business including:Subscriptions

Election of a New Committee:Chair

Treasurer

Entertainments Member

Secretary

Any Other Business

This AGM is open for all Friends and Members to attend.

However, only Members will have the right of vote. If anyone

has any proposals they wish to raise at this AGM they must

pass them to the Secretary (Geoff) by not later than Monday,

22nd

August 2011. New proposals will not be accepted after

that date.

THE GARDEN CONCERT

ARDEN CONCERT. A few PLC Members and Friends

attended the Open Air Garden Concert with theCity of

Plymouth Concert Band at Chaplins Superstore in Plymouth

on Saturday, 23rd

July 2011. The price included a Cream Tea

withLangage FarmClotted Cream, Tea, Coffee and Soft Drinks.

A delightful afternoon in aid of the Alzheimers Society.

And this is how the event was covered in the Plymouth Herald

on Tuesday, 26th

July 2011...

GARDEN OF DELIGHTS. A SANCTUARY in the corner of

the city certainly provides a secret haven for sufferers of

Alzheimer's and their carers.

The Memory Conservatory, based at Chaplins in Plympton,

was founded by Rosemarie STEPHENS and is run by

volunteers who have all lost a loved one to the condition.

Weather permitting, members can enjoy the surroundings

from the many seating areas in the garden where they can

feast their eyes on containers full of flora and fauna includingpetunia, lobelia, fuchsia, lilies, marigolds and hosta.

Proprietor of the discount superstore Linda THOMPSON

generously provides the conservatory and garden area rent

free to the group, which has around 50 members.

Volunteer Karen WELLARD said: "Without the generosity of

Linda and her staff it wouldn't happen.

"We are just so grateful for their kindness."

Food is put out for feathered friends and wildlife attracting

blackbirds, robins, squirrels and wild rabbits. The group have

their own animals, chickens and rabbits, to look after.

Members hold an annual runner bean competition to seewho can grow the longest bean, making sure they water their

plants to ensure good growth.

As well as the beans other vegetables are grown in among

the plants, which include strawberries and pumpkins.

Rose and Barrie FUSZARD live in Manadon. They have been

attending the group for the past four years. Carer Rose said:

"It's lovely here, even if we are inside and we enjoy the

company. Everybody with Alzheimer's has a plinth full of

plants and beans. The beans are measured to see who has

grown the longest one and they get a prize."

Bernard POLKINGHORNE, who cares for his wife Edna, said:

"The garden is beautiful and we have been coming for about

12 months."

As well as providing the drop-in centre for Alzheimer's

disease sufferers and their carers, activities organised by the

charity include musical bingo and quizzes.

Sessions are free and take place at Chaplins in Galileo Close,

every fortnight on a Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For further information, call Karen WELLARD on (01752)

344923.

THE PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTCANCER SERVICES USER PARTNERSHIP GROUP

EOFF ATTENDEDA meeting of this Group at the Mustard

Tree Cancer Support Centre at Derriford Hospital on

Wednesday, 13th

July 2010, as a Plymouth Patient. Anyone

wishing to have further details should get in touch with Geoff.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF LARYNGECTOMY CLUBS

(NALC)

UR CLUB RECEIVED a cheque recently for 200 from

NALC to assist us in setting-up our Club. This much-

needed sum will help us tremendously. Geoff has sent a

Letter of Thanks on behalf of our Chair and all Club Members

to the President and Committee of NALC.

THE SPEAK EASY CLUB CORNWALL

EWSLETTER. Geoff received the July 2011 edition of

their newsletter on Saturday, 23rd

July 2011 and emailed

it out to those Members who are on-line. Those not on-line

should contact Geoff for a hard copy. See the newsletter onfull screen at Scribd.com

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NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS

DISCLAIMER

Please note that the views and opinions expressed in this section are

not necessarily those held by the PLC Committee nor its Members.

150M 'NEW HEART' Plan for Derriford Looks Set to be

Rejected. This article was published in the Plymouth

Herald on Thursday, 28th

July 2011.

A 150MILLION scheme which has been described as a

"new heart" for Derriford is in jeopardy.

The developers yesterday accused Plymouth planners of

"changing their minds" over plans for the north of the city.

APPLICATION: Plans for Plymouth's new North West

Quadrant development at Derriford Hospital (see pic!).

Wharfside Regeneration (Devon) Ltd. wants to develop the

"North West Quadrant" of the Derriford Hospital estate.

Their plans would see 356 homes along with shops, offices

and restaurants and a hotel.

Members of Plymouth City Council planning committee are

being recommended to refuse the outline application at their

meeting today.

Planning officers say the scheme fails to take into account

how the council wants the north of the city to develop.

The 6.6 hectare site lies to the east of the Derriford

roundabout. It is bounded by Derriford Road, the Derriford

Hospital loop road and western perimeter road, Morlaix Drive,

the ambulance station and the Norwich Union office building.

John OXLEY, a director of Wharfside Regeneration, said

yesterday: "We have had extensive discussions with planners

and theHighways Agency.

"We have held public consultations and had no objections from

the public and nothing but positive vibes from the hospital.

"We had one of the largest developers in the country lined

up and prepared to invest."We can't understand why, after all this time, the council

has changed its mind."

Mr. OXLEY said Wharfside would appeal to the Secretary

of State if the council turned down the application.

"Our architect is apoplectic over the recommended

refusal," he said.

Wharfside bought the 6.6 hectare site near Derriford Hospital

in April 2006.

At present the land is used for car parks and blocks of former

hospital accommodation which are being demolished.

The northern Rowans Building is used as a children's day

nursery and an office base for the applicant.The company wants to build:

82 three-bedroom houses, 54 one-bedroom flats,

104 two-bedroom flats, 53 three-bedroom flats,

32 two-bedroom duplexes and 31 three-bedroom duplexes.

There would be a large supermarket, other shops, cafes,

restaurants, bars and takeaways. There would also be offices,

a bookshop, caf, library and community facility, and a multi-

storey car park.

The developers are proposing a new hotel on the site, plus

care homes and other healthcare facilities. The residential

densities are high, partly reflecting the large number of flats

and duplexes, ranging from 65 dwellings per hectare to

160. The master plan includes areas of open space and aproposed pond.

The outline planning application has been held up for about a

year while the developers negotiated with city planners over

whether the scheme can be made more in keeping with the

council's own Derriford and Seaton area action plan.

The city's vision for Derriford and Seaton has changed over

the past year, but includes a major

shopping centre near Tavistock Road.

The Highways Agency says that not

enough evidence has been given to

assess how the development willaffect the road network, in

particular Manadon roundabout

and Forder Valley link road.

EALTH CHARITY Says Four in Ten People Will Get Cancer.

This article was broadcast on Thursday, 14th

July 2010 by

Adam BRIMELOW Health Correspondent, BBC News:

Rising cancer rates mean four in ten

people in the UK get the disease at

some point in their lives, a health

charity says.

Macmillan Cancer Support says thefigure has risen significantly in the past decade.

The charity says the rise poses a "massive challenge" for the

NHS.

Ministers in England say they are working to improve cancer

survival rates and the quality of life after diagnosis and

treatment.

Macmillan Cancer Support says a decade ago about a third of

people, or 33%, developed cancer at some point in their lives.

The charity says that figure has risen to more than 40%.

The estimates are drawn from projections published two

years ago in the British Journal of Cancer, which concluded

that at the end of 2008 there were two million cancersurvivors in the UK and that the figure was rising every year.

Macmillan also looked at recent cancer incidence and

mortality statistics for the UK, indicating that 310,000 people

were diagnosed with cancer in 2008.

About 157,000 people died from the disease, and 89,000 who

had been diagnosed with cancer died from other causes,

making a total of 246,000 who died "with" cancer.

The charity says this accounted for 42% of total deaths in the

UK... which stood at 580,000.

Macmillan says the increase is partly down to an ageing

population... older people are more likely to develop cancer. It

says lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise, and improveddiagnosis have also contributed to the rise.

Clickfor more on this article, including a video.

APITEX HEALTHCARE Ltd. Kapitex have just announced

the introduction of a new

Buchanan Protector Buchanan

Lite. For this and other products

(available on NHS Prescription)

please visit their website. If you are a patient and have not

used this Company before, do please remember you will need

to speak to Maggie and / or Julia before placing an order.

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The Plymouth Laryngectomy Club (PLC) is an Affiliated Member of: The National Association of Laryngectomy Clubs (NALC)

In Association with Macmillan Cancer Support

Registered Charity Number: 273635

Our Funder: Macmillan Cancer Support

A Member ofThe Plymouth Third Sector Consortium (PTSC)

Patrons & Medical Advisors : Mr. W.M. BRIDGER, FRCS - Consultant ENT Surgeon,

Mr. Tass MALIK, BSc FRCS (Gen), FRCS (ORL H&N) - Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck / Thyroid Surgeon, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.

The Plymouth Laryngectomy Club (PLC)

is a Charitable Cancer Support Group.

PLC aims to offer support and care to laryngectomees and their carers and families.

PLC also encourages understanding and support by the public.

And, just for those who may not be aware...

Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx and separation of the airway from the mouth, nose andoesophagus. The Laryngectomee breaths through the neck, a stoma. It is done in the cases of

laryngeal cancer. However, many laryngeal cancer cases are now treated only with radiation and

chemotherapy, or other laser procedures, and Laryngectomy is performed when those treatments fail

to conserve the larynx.

If youre a Laryngectomee you would be most welcome to come along on you r own or with your

partner and / or Carer.

Come join us!

Our Members and Friends meet on the first Monday of every month.

Do please see our website for further details.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Our grateful thanks to :

THE PLYMOUTH DIOCESEhttp://www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk/

for their assistance in reproducing copies of this newsletter.
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