#9405 01-31-2007 03:42 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) |  "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 | Hi Jerry,
As a result of Jack's case our dentist got a velscope for each of the 3 offices in their practice. I got screened with it in October. Today he told me that he has picked up 4 cases of early HNC using the scope. This is a great advancement and clearly going to do a lot of good.
Regards JoAnne
PS ...and have a nice vacation, we're right behind you leaving Friday morning for our long delayed anniversary trip to Hawaii
JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.
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#9406 02-01-2007 07:08 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Joanne,
Just tried to email you and for some reason, it is not working.
Could you please email me the names of the dr's with the Velscope. I want to make certain my husband gets referred to one the next time the white spots turn up in his mouth.
Have a great trip and hope you get to scuba.
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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#9407 02-01-2007 08:59 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | I don't live anywhere close to NJ, but I plan to call the company and find out where the closest dental practioner with a Velscope is. I will go there for such an exam! I can easily get to Houston, or New Orleans, or Memphis, or Birmingham.....I have family in each place, and it would be well worth the trip. What a wonderful discovery! What a terrific adjunct to an otherwise thorough OC exam. No longer will simply a visual exam be considered adequate.
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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#9408 03-04-2007 04:40 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Joanne,
Hope you had a great vacation. Haven't been to Hawaii since my honeymoon in 1969.
I had a wonderful time, but came down with a headcold two days after getting back. Still trying to get caught up with everything between naps. I'm sure it's still a great place to visit.
Eileen, send your husband across the river. I'll check him out and you, too. Gratis, of course.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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#9409 03-06-2007 03:14 PM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Jerry,
Thanks. No need to do gratis. My insurance pays for oral cancer exams. He is due in November so if my prosthodontist doesn't buy one, I may be sending him your way.
Glad you had a great trip. I'm jealous.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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