On my last visit I literally begged the doctor to give me a chest xray and a PET scan although my one year post treatment date is actually October 8. (I guess I let my kids open their presents on Christmas Eve, too...but only 1!) The radiologist had major surgery right after my xray and was out until after Labor Day and everyone else booked out for the holiday. Eight days later, xray came back find with mild apical pleuresy whatever that is. I had the PET scan a week later because the faxed orders were lost and finally re-faxed after the place was booked up for another week. I drove for almost an hour home to a message that I moved during the neck portion and had to reschedule another PET scan. I called and they were booked for another week. I held very still this time.

Net of all this, all exams, blood tests, xray, PET scan(s) came back with no disease detectable or disease free or cancer free, depending on who relayed the results to me! laugh

I aged about five years and asked them if I could get a 5 year checkup now but they didn't knw what I was talking about...stupid doctors eek . Just kidding, after I rested a few days, I thought I would share the news, even though it was pretty long-winded. If it seemed too long, imagine what it was like from this side!


Love you guys!

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