OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 104 | Hello all. Just a short post to let you know hubby lost his battle Jan. 17th. I was able to keep him at home and comfortable to the end with the support of our medical team and my family. It was what the palliative care movement would call "a good death". He died free of pain, in his own bed surrounded by the love of his family. I miss him terribly but am thankful he is now free of the physical and emotional suffering oral cancer imposed on him. Thank you all for the emotional support over the past months.
Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.
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