A Web 2.0 Project – My Facebook Fan Page in the Making…

It began with a class assignment of what to do for a Web 2.0 Project that could be distributed to the masses. It became an assignment of the perservance and hopefully of triumph…

What could I do? What would have meaning? What has affected my life that should be heard? I could think of only one thing that had dramatically affected my life in the last month and of those of my family, the diagnosis that my sister had been stricken with Cervical Cancer.

Many do not know my sister; she is a tell-it-like-it-is person with a brash attitude and a straighter shooter vocabulary. She likes to be informed about all of the details and hates those people who can never give a person a straight answer. Her gruff manner and direct conversation mask her sensitive and caring personality that many have witnessed and been recipients of her let-me-help nature. Those who do know her soon realize that she has the one of the biggest hearts in the U.S.

So now you are asking what has this to do what digital communication. My sister is one of those people who does not have a traditional social life. Yes she goes out to dinner and to see my brother when his band is playing. Yes she enjoys shopping and talking with friends. Yes she is in a wheelchair and many of those people she knows and speaks / communicates with are online.

Although difficult for me and my sister to reveal information about a very personal situation our hope is that through social media we can inform others about this cancer and how with proper detection this cancer can be detected early thus making it curable. Also, that we create a forum for those who are undergoing treatment to speak with others and learn that they are not alone.

This brings me to my Web 2.0 project. I, with my sisters blessing, choose to create a Fan Page on Facebook that discusses the radiation treatment that my sister is undergoing to cure this cancer. This Fan Page will have links to sites that will help define Cervical Cancer, different forms of treatment used to cure the disease and sites / places where those affected by this cancer can go to seek answers.

Early next week I will be posting this Fan Page on Facebook with a link to my blogg and Twitter account. I hope all of you who read this blog will help me by sending the link to others so that together we can inform women of the importance of yearly exams and let those who are undergoing treatment know there are others out there who understand exactly what they are enduring.