I made these pins to raise funds for Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research Foundation. Esophageal cancer research is severely underfunded, there are currently no early screenings, or any effective treatments for this very deadly disease!
My father developed a problem swallowing which he never mentioned. He had been caring for our mother for 3 years post stroke at 80 years old. He cleaned her, changed her, fed her and checked her blood sugar, absolutely refusing to put his wife in a nursing home. We also noticed he was getting extremely thin, always had heartburn and was not eating much. On September 23rd 2016, my sister took him to the hospital because he couldn't even swallow water. He had an endoscopy with biopsy the next day. The doctor had the Oncologist meet with us the following day telling us he had a golf ball sized tumor right above the stomach in his esophagus. The biopsy came back poorly differentiated high grade adenocarcinoma. On April 25, I took him to the ER. He woke all sweaty, couldn't breathe or talk well, could no longer stand on his own. I asked the admitting doctor if he could order the CT now which he did. He called me to come in on April 27, because Dad wasn't doing well. He waited for me even after his shift was done to tell me that the CT showed the tumor had invaded straight across the abdomen, into the spinal cord, lungs, brain, prostate and hip. The absolute worst thing I had to do was inform the rest of my family and sign a "Do Not Resuscitate, Do Not Intubate." Dad had told the doctor this was what he wanted. On April 30 2017, he passed in his sleep at 4:40am. Ironic that it was the last day of Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month. I am raising funds for Salgi in hope of finding a way to test early and development of a better treatment. All proceeds are being donated In Memory of Raymond John Glazer.
Periwinkle is how we raise awareness and support research for these very deadly cancers. To date, there is no early testing and no cure.
I sell these pins for $5 plus shipping. I donate the while $5 to Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research. Salgi.org.
