#89659 02-06-2009 06:39 PM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 | We've had a very busy and hectic January. We have moved into our new home - something that should be exciting and gleeful. It is anything, but that. I had to be out of town for work for (2) weeks after being in the house a few days. Gone from Jim was excruciating...the day I landed back in Dallas, met him at the ER - he had a virus that took its toll. We received the PET results while in the hospital - not good; there is a tumor in his chest, his shoulder blade lesion went from a 3 to a 9 (not sure what that means, but it's not good) and a tumor pressing against his trachea, plus 3 compression fractures in his spine. We are to start chemo again on the 25th. We've been unpacking, but both irritable with the disorganization - at least that's what we say to each other...both really knowing the reasons for our irritability. Sorry to be so depressing, but that's how I feel right now.
Paula
Caregiver to Husband 50 yrs.young-non smoker/non-drinker; Stage IV - all treatments stopped August 2009 Lost the battle November 23, 2010
| | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | HEY YOU i was so pleased with the e- mail you sent me at christmas,as i presumed that as you had moved into the house all was well. You have been out of touch for so long Paula and i know that things have been really busy,but perhaps its time to rest a while here and chew the fat with old friends.
we miss you
love Liz
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007 Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 | I'm here - hung a few pictures in the house today and made a banana cake as I had some bananas going bad...Jim is feelin' better today - my sadness has lifted some today, but know it will be returning when he returns to the dreadful chemo on the 25th. We are planning an open house on the 28th, which he wants, but I am hesitant as he will likely not be feeling very well....It was good to see your message, Liz.
P
Caregiver to Husband 50 yrs.young-non smoker/non-drinker; Stage IV - all treatments stopped August 2009 Lost the battle November 23, 2010
| | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Banana cake.....I want to go there!!!
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
| | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Paula: Take a vacation from cancer until the 25th. Ban it from your lives and enjoy each day until then!
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 | I am taking your advice, Donna. I am having a good luck celebration for my boss as she has received a promotion. Jim and I hosting a party in our home on Tuesday evening for about 25 people that work with me - from VP on down.... It seems exhausting to me right now, but know that it will lift his spirits having something to concentrate on - besides cancer.
I read the posts about Neil and cannot help but compare it to Jim. Since Jim's has metastized to his chest and his trachea, can we expect this thing to burst out of his neck? I am sick with fear....
Caregiver to Husband 50 yrs.young-non smoker/non-drinker; Stage IV - all treatments stopped August 2009 Lost the battle November 23, 2010
| | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Paula!! You are on VACATION - forget it all and enjoy your time off. Signed: Dr. Donna Butcher (yes, that really is my last name, and no - no one in the family has yet become a surgeon!)
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Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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