 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | One of the things I did when I retired was kill the life insurance -- It was intended to be a replacement for my income which I no longer had anyway! Left with small policies on wife and myself, suitable for funeral expenses (Burn, Baby, Burn!), which we cashed out and divided up when we divorced.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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