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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 12 | I wanted to update those of you with concern and kind words. My MIL lost her battle with Metastatic Tongue Cancer on January 21st 2011. She went rapidly and now is at peace. Thanks again for your kind words, great information and condolances. Thanks again! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 177 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 177 | Thanks for the update and I am truly sorry for your loss. God Bless
Wendy
46yrs@ DX 9/16/09 T1N0 SCC of leftlat tongue, poorly differentiated.Partial glosectomy 10/01/09 & 10/16/09 & 11/10/09 60-70% tongue removed, Radical fff, 38 nodes-clear, no rads/chemo. 3 petscans-clear
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,406 | I'm sorry to hear about your loss, MM. But glad she went in peace.
d2
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 14 years all clear in 6/23 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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Joined: May 2010 Posts: 224 | Sorry to hear about your loss and that she was soooo stubborn. I had stage 3 that spread to my lymph node and they did surgery then radiation and i am still going strong about 9.5 months later with no severe issues. she reminds me of my grandma. My grandma didn't tell any of us that she had cancer, but she was trying to fight it, but all they offered her was surgery.
And that pill you were talking about, it's a chemo pill, not radiation. My friend was on it for his brain cancer till it started growing again. I personally don't think it's that great as he was only on it for 3 months and his tumor started growing again.
I wish for you, her children and her grandchildrens sake she would have at least tried to fight, but some people are just so stubborn, and honestly, sometimes, if you think about quality of life after treatment, to some people its not worth it. I know there are some things that I think of that if this Beast comes back and they say certain things have to happen, at the age of 26, it might just not be worth it to me to keep going. but that is everyone's choice, and sadly she felt her best option was to go out without treatment.
At least now she is not suffering anymore. I wish you and the rest of the family the best and that you will be able to go on and enjoy your lives and remember the good parts of her, and not her stubbornness!
25/female at diagnosis
Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010
Surgery 04/13/2010
Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube
Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue.
30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010
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