#159368 - 12/24/12 02:20 PM
It's great to be alive!
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Senior Member (100+ posts)
Registered: 04/03/03
Posts: 110
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Thanks in no small part to you terrific folks I am experiencing stable health and feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this Christmastime. Thank you one and all and may every good continually come into your lives. Much love and many thanks!
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SCC right tonsil Dx 14 Feb 03
No surg till Apr 03
Lip resection Sep 05 "frankenface"
Recurr Apr 10
2/3 tongue removed Jun 10
SPEECH/SWALLOW/DROOL challenges FUN!
Dec 10 Tumor @ nodes/larynx/cart artery growing
Erbitux Mar 11 Hyoid bone regrows!?
recur Dec 12
begin taxo chemo
10yrs-still kickin!
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#159370 - 12/24/12 03:09 PM
Re: It's great to be alive!
[Re: gpk101]
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Senior Member (100+ posts)
Registered: 01/26/12
Posts: 107
Loc: br
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You have such a story! So glad to see all this brightness with you! Keep well and merry xmas! 
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December, 2011 - T1N0M0 SSC Oral Tongue sugery (Dec 07, 2011). Partial glossectomy, primary closure. Selective Neck dissection, all 57 nodes free. 29 at diagnosis, no risk factors at all. No smoking, drinking and HPV negative. Can you explain? I can't.
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#159389 - 12/25/12 08:40 AM
Re: It's great to be alive!
[Re: gpk101]
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Senior Member (100+ posts)
Registered: 02/25/11
Posts: 116
Loc: Huntley, IL
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You are such an inspiration to all of us. Keep up the good work !
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DX 12/6/10 of T3 SCC Tongue.
Surgery 1/3/11 was hemigloss & forearm free flap, midline mandibulectomy, Neck Disection-All nodes clear.
Ended rads 5/11/11. Taste buds back to about 80%. PEG removed 4/5/12, experimenting eating real food again. If I can do this, so can you !! Stay Strong.
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#159399 - 12/25/12 04:25 PM
Re: It's great to be alive!
[Re: gpk101]
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Administrator, OCF Ambassador at Large
Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Registered: 06/23/07
Posts: 6708
Loc: PA
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Hope you had a great day! Best wishes for your wonderful outlook to continue thru all your days ahead
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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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#159411 - 12/25/12 10:21 PM
Re: It's great to be alive!
[Re: gpk101]
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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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Merry Christmas and more power to you.
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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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#159429 - 12/26/12 09:59 AM
Re: It's great to be alive!
[Re: gpk101]
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"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Registered: 07/06/12
Posts: 815
Loc: NYC
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Happy Holiday's!
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10/09 T1N2bM0
11/09 IC TPF
11/09-5/10 in hosp, BT
7/10 NED
9/10 Eye surg, blinded
10/10 Met
2/11 35 IMRT 70Gy
6/11 30 HBO
7/11 BT shingles
7/11 NED
8/11 Met
10/11 RND ECS
2/12 NED
5/12 Met
6/12 ND +Marg ECS PNI LVI
7/12 Met
8/12 RND HD-IORT 15Gy Pec flap
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy Tax Erbitux
11/12 BT
2/13 NED
5/13 CT BT
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#159431 - 12/26/12 11:07 AM
Re: It's great to be alive!
[Re: gpk101]
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Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Registered: 07/12/09
Posts: 1042
Loc: Los Angeles
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A great and refreshing outlook after so much, as we say in the old country, tsooris (trouble). Best for the new year.
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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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