#33473 06-09-2004 12:23 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 153 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 153 | God Bless Mrs Nancy Reagan.
There are many on this board.
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#33474 06-09-2004 03:56 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | I so agree Larry...10 long years and no complaints. Our journeys here deal more with body deteriation, but it must be also hard to go thru a long time when the body is fine and the mind is not and doesn't know anyone. She sure was by his side and loved him dearly...that was obvious! Such an inspiration!
Thanks,
Debbie
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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#33475 06-09-2004 04:15 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 | Larry,
Thank you for that compassionate post and reminder that so many go through similar circumstances no matter what the disease. I have nearly wept every time I've seen Nancy on TV this week. She loved him so much. I feel so close to her, knowing exactly what she went through (but for only a short time compared to her experience).
It is so hard to watch the person you love and adore deteriorate before your very eyes. She had to watch it happen in slow motion. It is just so sad. Her strength is surely profound.
Christine
Wife of Scott: SCC, Stage I retromolar 10/02--33 rad; recurrence 10/03--Docetaxol, 5FU, Cisplatin; 1/04 radical right neck, hard palate, right tonsil; recurrence 2/04--mets to skin and neck; Xeloda and palliative care 3/04-4/04; died 5/01/04.
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#33476 06-10-2004 02:20 AM | 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 | Amen to all of your comments. I believe one of the most touching things I have ever seen was the clip of her smoothing out the flag and rubbing her hand across the top of the casket. I could see her mouth moving and could only imagine the loving, tender words she was whispering to the man she stood by for almost 60 years. I shed a few tears for this incredible woman this week, too.
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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#33477 06-10-2004 07:58 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | As a full time caregiver for almost 20 years I'm sure the time will hang very heavy.. she will be still 'on watch' but I admire her quiet dignity..
Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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#33478 06-10-2004 02:07 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 | I watched an interview with Nancy on the TV programme, 60 Minutes Plus yesterday night. She talked about her relationship with Reagan for the past 50 years. They were both hit by cancer and went through a lot in their life. She said she has an extraordinary life. No words of regret or complaint and her tone was full of passion, love and fond memories. An exemplary model for us here. When cancer becomes part of our life, our life becomes extraordinary too. Nancy had the 50th Wedding Anniversary in March while I will celebrate my 25th in July. There is so much I can learn in keeping a successful marriage going.
Karen.
Karen stage 4B (T3N3M0)tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/2001.Concurrent chemo-radiation treatment ( XRT x 48 /Cisplatin x 4) ended in 12/01. Have been in remission ever since.
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