We are beyond thrilled to announce that because of your generosity and support, Revolutions 2025 exceeded its goal! Together, we’ve raised life-changing funds for Anchorage Project Access, bringing critical medical, dental, and mental health care to Alaskans who need it most.
Your impact is real. Patients are receiving the care they desperately needed, smiles are being restored, and lives are being changed—all because of YOU!
We couldn’t have done it without our incredible community, and we are endlessly grateful for your compassion and commitment.
Watch the video to see the difference you’ve made and to celebrate the impact we’ve created—together.
Special shoutout to our Champions of Care who donated $10,000+ Alaska Emergency Medical Associates, and Imaging Associates -your leadership-level generosity is transforming healthcare access in Alaska.
THANK YOU for riding with us, supporting us, and making a difference.
Together, we’re building a healthier, stronger community.
There are 100’s of lymph nodes in your neck. From time to time they may enlarge. This is often related to an infection, a cold, or a sore throat for example. If infection related, they will often be tender/sore, moveable, and will feel like a pea or blueberry. In contrast, if you find a hard lump like a small stone, first compare it to the other side. If it feels different from the other side, if it doesn’t move around, if it is not tender/sore, and persists for more than two weeks, have it checked by a dental or medical professional. Firm, doesn’t move about easily when pushed on, enlarged, painless, those are the red flags. A hard, fixed lump or a visible swelling that is often painless and persists for more than two weeks should always be checked by your dental professional.
Anchorage Project Access offers donated dental services for those in need. Call 907.743.6600 or visit https://anchorageprojectaccess.org/ to see if you qualify.
Using your fingertips, use a circular motion or rolling stroke to check the lymph nodes from the corner of your jaw all the way forward to under your chin. You likely will feel nothing, and that is good. It is the hard, painless, swollen ones we are concerned with. They are usually about the size and shape of a small almond.
Next with your fingertips on the inside of the muscle that runs down each side of your neck, roll your fingertips from under the jaw down to your collarbone. Turn your head one way then the other to feel the area occupied by the deeper nodes along this muscle. It is not unusual to feel a number of different lymph nodes in this area. Healthy ones are soft and move about easily when you push against them. Next check the lymph nodes above your collarbone. To do this, you will want to raise your shoulders and round them forward. This allows you to feel inside the hollow area above your collarbone.
Anchorage Project Access offers donated dental services for those in need. Call 907.743.6600 or visit https://anchorageprojectaccess.org/ to see if you qualify.
You’ll want to look and feel both sides of your neck, under the jawline, along the muscle that runs down each side of your neck, then ending with feeling the hollow above your collarbone.
There are many lymph nodes in these areas that give us a lot of information about our health. They tell us about the presence of an infection in our body, and also can be related to cancer. Most often they are related to an infection and this causes swelling and tenderness. But lymph nodes that swell and enlarge, are not tender to the touch and feel firm and fixated in place are a red flag. In general, painful means infection not cancer (which if it does not go away still needs to be evaluated), swollen and not painful nodes, a warning sign that needs to be evaluated by a professional.
Anchorage Project Access offers donated dental services for those in need. Call 907.743.6600 or visit https://anchorageprojectaccess.org/ to see if you qualify.
Posted: February 2, 2025 by Mickela Olson
We Exceeded Our Goal – Thank You, Heroes! 💙
We are beyond thrilled to announce that because of your generosity and support, Revolutions 2025 exceeded its goal! Together, we’ve raised life-changing funds for Anchorage Project Access, bringing critical medical, dental, and mental health care to Alaskans who need it most.
Your impact is real. Patients are receiving the care they desperately needed, smiles are being restored, and lives are being changed—all because of YOU!
We couldn’t have done it without our incredible community, and we are endlessly grateful for your compassion and commitment.
Watch the video to see the difference you’ve made and to celebrate the impact we’ve created—together.
Special shoutout to our Champions of Care who donated $10,000+ Alaska Emergency Medical Associates, and Imaging Associates -your leadership-level generosity is transforming healthcare access in Alaska.
THANK YOU for riding with us, supporting us, and making a difference.
Together, we’re building a healthier, stronger community.
Posted: April 22, 2024 by Mickela Olson
Oral Cancer Awareness Month – What am I looking for?
There are 100’s of lymph nodes in your neck. From time to time they may enlarge. This is often related to an infection, a cold, or a sore throat for example. If infection related, they will often be tender/sore, moveable, and will feel like a pea or blueberry. In contrast, if you find a hard lump like a small stone, first compare it to the other side. If it feels different from the other side, if it doesn’t move around, if it is not tender/sore, and persists for more than two weeks, have it checked by a dental or medical professional. Firm, doesn’t move about easily when pushed on, enlarged, painless, those are the red flags. A hard, fixed lump or a visible swelling that is often painless and persists for more than two weeks should always be checked by your dental professional.
Anchorage Project Access offers donated dental services for those in need. Call 907.743.6600 or visit https://anchorageprojectaccess.org/ to see if you qualify.
#anchorageprojectaccess #dental #dentist #dentistry #teeth #oralcancer
Learn More about Oral Cancer: https://checkyourmouth.org/wp/
Posted: April 15, 2024 by Mickela Olson
Oral Cancer Awareness Month – How do I check my lymph nodes?
Using your fingertips, use a circular motion or rolling stroke to check the lymph nodes from the corner of your jaw all the way forward to under your chin. You likely will feel nothing, and that is good. It is the hard, painless, swollen ones we are concerned with. They are usually about the size and shape of a small almond.
Next with your fingertips on the inside of the muscle that runs down each side of your neck, roll your fingertips from under the jaw down to your collarbone. Turn your head one way then the other to feel the area occupied by the deeper nodes along this muscle. It is not unusual to feel a number of different lymph nodes in this area. Healthy ones are soft and move about easily when you push against them. Next check the lymph nodes above your collarbone. To do this, you will want to raise your shoulders and round them forward. This allows you to feel inside the hollow area above your collarbone.
Anchorage Project Access offers donated dental services for those in need. Call 907.743.6600 or visit https://anchorageprojectaccess.org/ to see if you qualify.
#anchorageprojectaccess #dental #dentist #dentistry #teeth #oralcancer
Learn More about Oral Cancer: https://checkyourmouth.org/wp/
Posted: April 8, 2024 by Mickela Olson
Oral Cancer Awareness Month – Examining your neck. Why do we check this area?
You’ll want to look and feel both sides of your neck, under the jawline, along the muscle that runs down each side of your neck, then ending with feeling the hollow above your collarbone.
There are many lymph nodes in these areas that give us a lot of information about our health. They tell us about the presence of an infection in our body, and also can be related to cancer. Most often they are related to an infection and this causes swelling and tenderness. But lymph nodes that swell and enlarge, are not tender to the touch and feel firm and fixated in place are a red flag. In general, painful means infection not cancer (which if it does not go away still needs to be evaluated), swollen and not painful nodes, a warning sign that needs to be evaluated by a professional.
Anchorage Project Access offers donated dental services for those in need. Call 907.743.6600 or visit https://anchorageprojectaccess.org/ to see if you qualify.
#anchorageprojectaccess #dental #dentist #dentistry #teeth #oralcancer
Learn More about Oral Cancer: https://checkyourmouth.org/wp/