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Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 1 | Thanks Brian, more exposure! It is a difficult, sensitive topic. This will bring out more discussion, which is needed, and much is still to be learned with this disease.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 493 | Hey, it's FOX New, should that surprise anyone? I was negative for HPV, and I never smoked in my life, but I certainly applaud Michael Douglas for speaking out. The more information out there the better. I don't that there is such a thing as TMI for any type of cancer.
Female, nonsmoker, 70, 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. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 476 | My local radio station was joking around about it this morning saying that Michael Douglas said he got cancer from "going down" on someone. Really??? What are we 13 years old. I 100% agree with getting the information out there about this sensitive topic but I don't necessarily agree with Michael Douglas being so crude about it. Women get cervical cancer from the HPV virus but I don't hear anyone joking about that. Not so funny when your loved one is dealing with it.
Wanda (47) caregiver to husband John (56) age at diag.(2009)
1-13-09 diagnosed Stage IV BOT SCC (HPV+)
2-12-09 PEG placed, 7-6-09 removed
Cisplatin 7 weeks, 7 weeks (35) IMRT
4-15-09 - treatment completed
8-09,12-09-CT Scans clear, 4-10,6-11-PET Scans clear
4-2013 - HBO (30 dives) tooth extraction
10-2019 - tooth extraction, HBO (10 dives)
11-2019 - Left lateral tongue SCC - Stage 2
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Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 58 | I wouldn't go political with this. The brutal comments were also in the Huffington Post, NY Daily News etc.
The comments directed towards his wife were brutal.
It now appears that Michael Douglas claims that he was misunderstood and that he never said that.
Stacey (Caregiver to Husband)
Lymph Node Removed 10/12
Dx SCC MET 10/12
No Primary Tumor Found
IMRT x 33 (Started RT late 11/12)
CT Scan and PET Scan Clear 4/13
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 493 | Didn't mean to get political, the comments on Huffington and the New York Daily News were horrible, as well, but girlcat's concerns were that the actual anchors on her local FOX station were kind of pooh poohing the HPV link, while applauding Angelina's preventative surgery for breast cancer. I guess any way to get the information out there is good. At least people are talking about it. Hopefully, those of us who deal with this horrible disease can set the record straight to those who are making jokes and show their ignorance.
Female, nonsmoker, 70, 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. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.
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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | I am upset that the negative and ignorant comments from people have made it necessary for Michael Douglas to "clarify" that he wasn't blaming his cancer on oral sex http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/dougla...his-throat-cancer-spokesperson-1.1308306and that "experts" are maintaining that it is not possible to pinpoint one single cause. These prudes are going to undo the wonderful work that people like Brian Hill and Christine B have spent years doing. Michael Douglas needs to know that he has a lot of people from this forum who applaud his courage in stating what is a fact.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | I am going to put out a press release tomorrow AM on PR Newswire that make Michael look like a real hero for talking about this and the enormous impact that it has on the world. That should help him feel good about what he has done and hopefully get him to own this. Sent out a Tweet today praising him. By the by OCF is getting slammed with interview request from the media and for backgrounder info in the disease and HPV. The interviews have not stopped since 4 AM. People Magazine, Time CNN, FOX news etc. So we are really getting lots of play from a this. I hope that Michael realizes that he is changing the world and wants to own this, not back up from it.
Last edited by Brian Hill; 06-03-2013 01:07 PM.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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Anita (68)
CG to husband, Clark, 79,
DX SCC 11/07, T4N0Mx, PEG 1/08, RAD, post rad infection 3/08,
HBOT 40 dives, ORN, Surg 11/09 mandibulectomy w/fibular graft.
Plastic Surg 4/10, 12/10, 3/11, 10/11, 4/12, 10/12. All PETS clear,
PEG out 1/11. 6/11 non union jaw fracture
Fractured jaw w/surgery 7/14
Aspiration pneumonia 7/21, 10/22
PEG 7/21
Botox injections
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Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 58 | Brian,
Michael's wife is being vilified and maybe he didn't have her approval to discuss this.
Some of the 'experts' are also making statements that are not what I have heard from my doctors. Are they correct?
Thanks
Stacey
Stacey (Caregiver to Husband)
Lymph Node Removed 10/12
Dx SCC MET 10/12
No Primary Tumor Found
IMRT x 33 (Started RT late 11/12)
CT Scan and PET Scan Clear 4/13
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