PETEY B
It's time to move on to the next step which is your FUTURE LIFE!!

Thank all of the wonderful people who took time from there own nightmires to pray for you,
and be your friend without prejudice for your reactions to your situations. (A REAL FRIEND!)
Love your immediate family, for they do not know how to react appropriately because they are so full of grief for your plight.
Be the sunlight of everyday that God has given you
and be kind to all and patient with your family and friends. Live life to the fullest each day and love your wife who grieves for you alone in the darkness.
You were always so loving. Come back.

Dang it! I just wrote an update (20 minutes) and lost it when I posted it. I hate when that happens. Now I will always write in a word document first, then copy and paste. I hate when I spend all that times and it "gets lost". I will update later. I'm going back to bed!

WA WA WA WA WA , BIG BABY, LOST YOUR POST, WA WA WA.....

Just a quick update

It's exactly 2 weeks from surgery & 1 week out of hospital. I have been feeling better each day.

Tongue feels a little swollen but does not look it. I have hardly any pain and good movement. Practicing my speech therapy words two, no, go, key, laryngeal elevation eeee high pitch and then eeee low pitch. Everyone says I'm speaking clearly, but it sounds "to me" a little off.

My neck hurts a little from ear to ear dissection and I have good movement but my left ear is numb. Very little swelling. I go to MO for check-up Monday 6-4-07. I will then set up an appointment with my RO. Only mask fitting and getting zapped and take this for pain has been discussed. I have many questions for him.

I felt like eating yesterday but I have no teeth. My swallowing is good and tongue movement is good and not much pain now. The cancer did not get to the jaw bone thankfully. So they took 1/2 the tongue front to back. I have bottom dentures but they pulled my 4 teeth for my top plate so I need that, but they say to wait until radiation TX. as my jaw & gums might shrink.

I do have questions about what to do to save my saliva glands. Is there anything other than amofostine that I can take for xerostomia?

I hate to say I feel lucky as I have been through so much, but some of the posts I have been reading are overwhelming. I try to encourage when I can but some of them I can not find the right words or just ...no words....

Petey with no words....theres a thought!!!you do yourself an injustice Pete your words are always a tonic.

PeteyB,

Glad to know you made it through OK.

Sometimes there are no words, just a loving understanding.

Take care,
Diane

Goodmorning!

I'm feeling better every day, little by little. I will attempt shaving for the first time. A scary job as I must shave on my neck dissection scar. I have gained back 10 of the 21# I lost in the hospital.

I get this "todays word with Joel & Victoria E-mailed to me daily.

I felt compelled to share this one with you. I watch Joel Osteen every Sunday morning. His is the only religious program I truly enjoy and he does not sell Prayer Cloths and Holy Water. Here is his link also:

www.joelosteen.com

Fight the Good Fight
Today's Scripture

"That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our inner strength in the Lord is growing every day.

Hello Everyone

The Tv crew just left my house. I will be on the 11:00 (EST) news. So it should be on a vidio on their website by midnight (EST) It will stay on the website for 24 hours.

www.wptv.com

He promissed that my mentioning the OCF and the www.oralcancer.org would be televised.

That made me feel good as this was very important to me that people new where to come for advise. And I also said again about checking anything in your mouth that stays for more than 2 weeks.

I recieved my official "Pathology Report and Pathologic Diagnosis". I will post on that later.

Wishing You All The Best. Petey