#27799 10-13-2005 09:32 AM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 | I just wanted to say thank you to those that responded to me during my time of panic!!!! My brush biopsy results came back today and everything is benign...no cancerous or precancerous cells...this has definately been my wake up call to quit smoking and at 29, it will do me a lot of good to stop now...although I cannot imagine what many of you have been through, you are all very lucky to have a place like this to vent and to get and give support...God Bless all of you!!! | | |
#27800 10-13-2005 01:16 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 | Congratulations on a great result.
I hope you HAVE stopped smoking now - I gave up younger than 29 and got cancer over 20 years later. Of course quitting is not easy to do. Like many here, I have given up nicotine and gone through cancer treatment. Believe me, the quitting was easier.
Thankyou for letting us know, good news is wonderful.
Love from Helen
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#27801 10-13-2005 04:46 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | I could hear your sigh of relief all the way hear in Minnesota! I am happy for you.
Take care
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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#27802 10-14-2005 02:51 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 | Great News!!!! Live a long and healthy life.
Danny Boy
Daniel Bogan DX 7/16/03 Right tonsil,SCC T4NOMO. right side neck disection, IMRT Radiation x 33.
Recurrance in June 05 in right tonsil area. Now receiving palliative chemo (Erbitux) starting 3/9/06
Our good friend and loved member of the forum has passed away RIP Dannyboy 7-16-2006
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#27803 10-17-2005 02:25 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | What great news! I hope you have a long and wonderful life ahead...without cigarettes, of course.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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#27804 10-20-2005 05:52 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 218 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 218 | Hey Dmvcc,
Congratulations, this is great news indeed and if it helps you to quit smoking so much the better. Quitting smoking is not an easy undertaking - getting rid of any addiction is tough work. You should check with your doctor and the local anti-smoking groups on recommendations for quit smoking medication and aids.
When you next want a smoke, try and remember the feelings of anxiety and uncertainty you've just been through and use it to help you get through that momentary urge.Good luck with this. - Sheldon
Dx 1/29/04, SCC, T2N0M0
Tx 2/12/04 Surgery, 4/15/04 66 Gy. radiation (36 sessions)
Dx 3/15/2016, SCC, pT1NX
Tx 3/29/16 Surgery
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#27805 10-21-2005 03:27 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Hooray! Enjoy a good and smoke-free life.....
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#27806 10-25-2005 11:52 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 117 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 117 | Congratulations on the negative results! Now, I hope that you can quit smoking because you know what it felt like to have that panic in the pit of your stomach. You dodged the bullet this time. I any of those white areas are not gone within three months of the day you quit smoking, have them removed by an oral surgeon. Better safe then sorry because, statistically, they have about a 50% chance of becoming precancerous.
Good luck, Barb
SCC tongue, stage I (T1N0M0), partial glossectomy and modified neck dissection 7/1/03
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#27807 11-03-2005 07:59 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 497 | Wooooooooohoooooooooo! healthy may you stay and smokefree to boot.
Rock on!
Barb~
[i]"The artist, a traveler on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being." -Fran
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