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| Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 63 "OCF Down Under" Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP "OCF Down Under" Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 63 | Hi all Just a short post to say "hi" and wish you all well.
I was recently reminded of how stubborn the non-logic side of us can be once you've been through cancer. I was playing in my weekend soccer comp and had had the flu all week so within 15 minutes or so of the game starting, I had developed a pretty mean headache. During a stoppage i ran to the sideline, rummaged through my bag, found headache tablets and threw a few in my mouth and gulped a mouthful of water. Not enough water, it turned out, and so i spent the next five minutes of the game trying to fish the broken debris of painkillers out of the inside of my mouth with my less-than-helpful tongue.
One little bit managed to make a little cut in the floor of my mouth right near where part of my tongue had been removed several years ago.
I knew that was what the cause of the cut was and yet...
Within a couple days it hadn't quite healed and my mind started to play the usual tricks. Was this more than just a little cut from the painkillers? was there already something there and it just helped me notice? etc.
Sure enough it went away after three or four days. But for 48 hours or so, no matter how much the logical side of my brain argued for reason, the rest of me feared the worst.
Not sure the reason behind posting this. Maybe just reflecting on the intensity of our experience and how completely it affects the rest of our lives.
Anyway - thoughts out to all of those who are freaking out at various times for what you know is nothing. But can never again be nothing!
Stay calm.
stage 2 scc in left oral tongue. 32 at dx removed 21/12/09 plus left neck dissection and upper arm flap. clear pathology 24/12/09 non-smoker active footballer/surfer social drinker lives stress-free!
| | | | Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 1 | Thanks for sharing JonP. Been there, done that, being overly concerned of some issues, but sometimes that nothing does turn out to be something, so it's good in some ways finding it.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil 11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp 01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks 06/11 30 HBO 08/11 RND PNI 06/12 SND PNI LVI 08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy 10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux 10/13 SND 10/13 TBO/Angiograph 10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI 12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo 11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO 03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN 09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy 04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site 06/17 Heart Attack Stent 02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
| | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Very true... Hugs... Happy soccer-ing!
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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