 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | When I was nearing the end of Tx and in that hell part of the tunnel and I couldn't speak, I wrote my wife a letter telling her how much I appreciated her and how sorry I was that I was a bad patient at times and how grateful I was to have her, blah, blah, blah. I told her that ANYTIME she felt like I didn't appreciate her in the future to save this letter and show it to me to remind me. Obviously my depressed painful drugged state of mind and body overcame me and because I couldn't speak I had to memorialize those once in a lifetime thoughts!!
Believe me that damn letter is still alive and well and hidden from me only to be pulled out in the most inopportune times of negotiating between husband and wife.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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