#148207 - 04/13/12 08:09 AM
LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
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Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Registered: 03/15/12
Posts: 45
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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I just wanted to share with you all that today is my last treatment AND I didn't have to take any painkillers this morning! WooHoo! I want to yell from the highest mountain! (We have a lot of those in Arizona)  I never thought this day would come. I want to say thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome. Though I wish I would have found the forum earlier into my diagnosis you have all been so encouraging through rads. I will continue to read, post and update. You are all an amazing group of people. XoXo Miss B<3
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Female,26 yrs old,Non-Smoker/Social Drinker
T3 N1 M0 SCC Dx 11-10-11
11-23-11 Left Hemiglossectomy
11-30-11 Modified Radical Neck Dissection
01-25-12 Removed another spot on BOT, skin graft (left thigh)
38 RADS Tx Finished April 13, 2012
Living life in spite of cancer and not in fear of it!
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#148208 - 04/13/12 08:49 AM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: MissBazinet]
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Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Registered: 07/12/09
Posts: 1042
Loc: Los Angeles
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Miss B - felicitations and congratulations! The last day is the first day of your upward climb back to full good health. I'm so pleased to hear that you got through it. And without painkillers... you're a wonder!
Keep us posted on how the recovery goes. Wonderful news.
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David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage II TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 PET-CTs clear through 1/13!
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#148211 - 04/13/12 11:19 AM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: David2]
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Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Registered: 11/30/09
Posts: 433
Loc: Ohio
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Woo Hoo! My last day was nearly 3 years ago on my birthday. They gave me a certificate and a flower after I completed my treatments.
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Female, nonsmoker, 67, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 6 clear scans! Port out 9/11.
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#148215 - 04/13/12 12:04 PM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: zengalib]
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Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Registered: 11/03/06
Posts: 2213
Loc: TN
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The last day of Rads is always a great day! Congratulations! You soooo deserve the flower and many more happy days ahead!!
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Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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#148218 - 04/13/12 01:03 PM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: Anne-Marie]
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Administrator, OCF Ambassador at Large
Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Registered: 06/23/07
Posts: 6700
Loc: PA
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Congrats!!!! Keep up the good nutrition and hydration and very soon you will begin to feel like your old self. Let the healing begin!!!
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ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 rad end 9/27/07, no caregiver Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 155 HBO,trismus 3/09 teeth out 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma, 2 mo hospital PICC line IV antibiotics 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3 times in 3 years very happy to be alive
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#148220 - 04/13/12 01:23 PM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: ChristineB]
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Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Registered: 03/15/12
Posts: 45
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Thank you all! I received a "diploma" signed by my nurses and techs and a survivor pin:)
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Female,26 yrs old,Non-Smoker/Social Drinker
T3 N1 M0 SCC Dx 11-10-11
11-23-11 Left Hemiglossectomy
11-30-11 Modified Radical Neck Dissection
01-25-12 Removed another spot on BOT, skin graft (left thigh)
38 RADS Tx Finished April 13, 2012
Living life in spite of cancer and not in fear of it!
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#148225 - 04/13/12 03:57 PM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: MissBazinet]
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"OCF Canuck"
Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Registered: 12/22/10
Posts: 3446
Loc: Toronto canada
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So awesome! OnWards and upwards!
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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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#149258 - 05/07/12 09:33 PM
Re: LAST DAY OF RADS!!!
[Re: Cheryld]
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Member
Registered: 05/06/12
Posts: 22
Loc: Montana
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Lucky you!! On my last day, no matter what I feel like, I'll be kicking up my heels and whispering WOOT WOOT WOOT!
congrats on getting thru them...........it's all going to get better from here.
p
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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Stage III T1N2M0, diagnosed March, 2012...Treatments started April 24, 2012.
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