#12539 10-14-2007 07:36 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) |  "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | BTW--I, too, am curious about where your cervix went!! You are a medical marvel, a medical mystery-girl!
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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#12540 10-14-2007 07:38 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | .....and you know what?? If you don't have a cervix, or a uterus, you can't get cancer there! I find that to be a great comfort! You still need to get checked since you still have ovaries, but some of your risk has been removed. Yippee!
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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#12541 10-15-2007 10:42 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | LOL
I know that is what I said ..WOHOOO 2 less places for cancer ..specially since I have family history of cancer in those area's !! As far as where the cervix went ..I didn' get a straight answer, dr said it could have been lacerated during childbirth..But wouldnt someone have noticed or even noticed it as gone after the fact during pap smears ?
I asked the clinician I worked with at Planned Parenthood that question when she came to see me the other day and she said the cervix changes in looks after childbirth, so depending on where or what part was actually missing , they may not have noticed. ONLY ME I SWEAR !!LOL the strangest and most unusual things happen to me .
I am trying to acccept that it will be a bit before I can DO things..BUT you know how it is being a mom ..an being I just went through everything and wasn't capable..I just got back to "NORMAL" ( somewhat anyhow) and now I am on bed rest again ..UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and this time more so , Last time I could at leasr get up and walk around and I could go to store and bend over ..not that I had tons of energy or wanted to even ..but this time ..Not really even possible..I do get up and walk around house a bit ..BUT I wouldn't even try to go to store right now..It hasn't even been a week yet so I need to relax ..It takes time I know ..LoL
I am sooo impatient. tomorrow is one week and Dr says 6-8 ..I stil have 20 staples in me LOL... I know I know RELAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...
Shar
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#12542 10-15-2007 03:14 PM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Shar, When my friend went through this she was young like you and had the same problem with the idea of 6-8 weeks of recovery--especially having to be off her feet a lot of the time.
All of her friends donated videos from our collections for her to watch--she was a real movie buff anyway--to help her through it. She watched about 50-60 movies in those 6 weeks I think, but at least it gave her something to do. Maybe if you're a movie lover that might be a help for you. I imagine it is very hard being a mom of 5 and getting enough rest right now.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#12543 10-16-2007 01:26 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 346 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 346 | Shar,
If you can, please rely on family help to get you through and take care of yourself or something else will happen to you. You must just step up and take care of yourself sometimes. It will pay off in the longrun. I know you have really been through quite a lot. Your good day is coming though. Hang in there and keepup your sense of humor.
Admiring your courage,
Debbie
Partial mandibulectomy and neck dissection 2/3/07. T2NOMO.
Had 14 hour operation which included reconstruction of jaw.
Reconstruction failed. Some radiation, no chemo.
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