#37636 07-13-2004 05:17 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | My 25 year old son got married on Saturday; my younger son turns 20 today, and on Monday we got the results on Dan's 4 month post treatment PET/CT scan. At this time, no areas of concern!! I worry so much about the future at times, but from this last weekend, so much to be thankful about!! I am trying to learn to stay in the moment and just be so very thankful to God for what I have today...just wanted to share some happy times with friends!
Take care,
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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#37637 07-13-2004 07:34 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 | Debbie, good on you and Dan!!!!
Times like this you can just relax a little bit, enjoy the present and be euphoric for a bit. You deserve it!
Bob
SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.
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#37638 07-13-2004 09:19 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Hi Debbie
Hope all went well and that you got to wear the new hat..
Sunshine... love and hugs
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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#37639 07-14-2004 01:08 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | Debbie,
Congratulations to you and your family! As you know, the cancer experience so often delivers a string of bad news -- sometimes one right after the other -- so it's great when you reach a point where there's a string of really good news.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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#37640 07-14-2004 03:55 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 | Debbie,
Great to hear when people can get beyond cancer and enjoythe normal moments of life!! My youngest was 7 when I was diagnosed and I have 3 more in their 20's. Being there to see milestones in their lives keeps me fighting! Enjoy the good times and take lots of pictures to remember the moments. I am thankful for every day that another good memory can be made. I'm saying a prayer and having a toast to you and Dan and your family that you'll have many, many more years of family memories!! - Kris
SCC Stage IV left tonsil neck disection 3/02 radiation finished 6/02 chemo finished 9/02
Stage 2A left breast cancer 3/09, chemo and radiation, finished treatment 2/7/10 -Stage 2 right beast cancer 10/14 chemo and radiation
Every day is still a gift :-)
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#37641 07-14-2004 07:55 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 | Debbie, Congratulations to your son; Happy Birthday to your other son; HOORAH to Dan (and you, of course). Hmmm...sounds like your news traveled in 3's. Think about that for a while. Praise God for all the blessings he has rained down on you and your family! I almost forgot to mention, both boys are in Columbia since before Memorial Day with their birth mother. I sure miss them and I think of them every time I see a post from you. Don't stop posting, though, I can deal with it fine.  Ed 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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#37642 07-14-2004 09:52 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Thanks Ed!
Interestingly enough, my husband had accepted a transfer in his job to Birmingham, Alabama just before his neck recurrance. They have been holding the job for him since Jan. 1...we are planning to be down there probably about the 2nd week of August, so I will be posting from another state. I will feel as you do though...both my boys will be in Columbia. It will be hard, but also I feel it will be good because it means we are moving forward with Dan's good results so far!
Take care and God bless,
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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#37643 07-14-2004 01:17 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | | Platinum Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 | Congrats on such great news... Rejoicing with you and your family!!!
Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.
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#37644 07-14-2004 06:46 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 71 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 71 | Debbie-
Congratulations on all the good news. I was just about to post a "good news" note today and read yours first...so if you don't mind I'm going to jump on your bandwagon. Tuesday we received the news that Don's 6-month post treatment CT scan was clear and that there were no signs of any residual cancer cells or tumors. YEAH! I know what you mean about worrying about everything and especially the results the the follow-up tests.
Life continues to bring on new and improved challenges but like you we are trying to take it one day at a time...and though Don wakes up to ringing in his ear (damaged from the radiation) and he will have to get a hearing aide (50%hearing loss from the treatments) we are very thankful that he is waking up. The medical oncologist brought this to full impact when he told us today that had Don not received treatment when he did the odds were that he would not be waking up at all today. We are truly blessed!
Like you, life continues on and Don & I shared the news about the clear CT scan with our daughter as she was celebrating her 21st birthday in Cabo. We are also thanking God that she felt comfortable enough with Don's recovery to be able to go out and enjoy life...and yes, CELEBRATE!
This entire ordeal has brought on new experiences...yes many very stressful...but like they say...anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger...I'm telling you we must all be the strongest people around.
Again...congratulations on your news. I'm glad to see others are being blessed too.
Lorie
Lorie/wife of Don, DX:8-7-03, Tonsil cancer left side stage III, IMRT x 35, 6 chemo (Cisplatin/Taxol), clear CT Scan 12-26-2003. Mets to both lungs & AML 11-6-05, mets to brain Jan 2006, mets to liver & bones April 2006, passed away July 20, 2006.
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#37645 07-15-2004 05:32 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 |  Squeeling with glee!!  Isn't it just great to even hear good news.  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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