#38796 07-15-2005 11:00 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Karen, I has fun with it - I tinted a digitial photo of myself green and sent it out to everything telling them I was the "Creature From The Black Lagoon".
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#38797 07-16-2005 02:51 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 | Gosh a mask that tight sounds horrible. It must be different for each cancer? Mine is not tight at all. I have to hold my chin up in it when they are ready. No wonder so many say they are so bad. I am sorry you two had to go through that. Okay gary you can put one on him now. I will not tell.
I get 33 treatments of 180 greys per. Man the side affects are the pits. My neck itches so bad today and that Biafine seems to be doing nothing right now. Do they have some anti-itch stuff or do you have to feel like you have skitters living in your house with you?
Karen...congratulations on the 4 years. I hope you enjoy many, many more. Gary...You are so funny! I love it. I am making paper mache and turning my mask into a MartiGras mask with feathers, sequins and the works and hanging it on my wall. You need to put that picture in your profile. I will when I get mine done. hahahaahahha
Laughter is the best medicine, God bless and keep you, Barbara~
[i]"The artist, a traveler on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being." -Fran
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#38798 07-16-2005 06:19 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Paper mache on the mask-what a great idea-I wonder if John will let me do that! Gary and Barb, please clarify something for me [I've been wanting to ask for a while but didn't have the guts being the shy, retiring Southern gal I am] WHAT does LOL stand for ? Could be "lots of luck",or "lack of luck" or "Lord Oh Lord",or "last on line",etc. Do you think I may have had one too many glasses of wine tonite? Amy
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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#38799 07-16-2005 07:51 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | LOL is internetese for "laughing out loud". There are many others like ROTFLMAO "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off" or shortened to ROTFL "rolling on the floor laughing" and SWMBO "she who must be obeyed" aka "the wife".
Larry likes to use CU "see you". There are sites that have lists of all the acronyms.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#38800 07-17-2005 04:08 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 | Amy! HAHAHAHAAHAHHA Because of your post I am now ROTFLMAO
[i]"The artist, a traveler on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being." -Fran
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#38801 07-17-2005 08:00 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Gary,thanks for the enlightenment It is truly amazing what one can learn here. John has started calling me his "2Cal" girl[because I wake him up every 4 hours or so to do the tube feed] But I am gonna tell him my new name is SWMBO. Amy
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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#38802 07-18-2005 12:13 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Other common ones - IMO "in my opinion" IMHO "in my honest opinion". See http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/?lookup=R for a complete list Some that are unique to here: RO "radiation oncologist" IMRT "intermodulated radiotherapy XRT Standard radiotherapy
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#38803 07-18-2005 04:33 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 | XRT. So thats what it is. Remember when I thought I was having IMRT? I finally remembered to ask and I am having the standard so now at least I "know" what I am having even though I might now know my butt from a hole in the ground today.Now I can put that in my profile and be correct. Feeling a bit yucky but the end is now exactly 3 weeks away. yeeeeeehawwwwww Bless you, Barbara~
[i]"The artist, a traveler on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being." -Fran
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#38804 07-18-2005 09:33 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Congratulations, Barb on being OVER halfway there. That's a bog deal. Hang in there.
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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#38805 07-19-2005 01:07 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 | Thank you babe! I will be glad to get it over with even though I know I won't be feeling fab anytime soon I can sleep late. I arranged my apts. early because the ACC was providing my transportation and now I only have one person from there and everyone else wishes it were later including me.
Gods love to you, Barbara~
[i]"The artist, a traveler on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being." -Fran
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