#10287 04-27-2007 07:37 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) |  "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 | Petey,
I too am glad to hear you are finally on your way and getting some help. You have truly had to go through hell to get it!
Take care,
Diane
2004 SCC R.tip 1/4 tongue Oct. 2005 R. Neck SCC cancer/Chemo Cisplatin 2x/8wks. Rad. Removed Jugular vein, Lymph gland & some neck muscle. TX finished 1/20/06... B.Cancer 3/29/07 Finished 6/07 Bi-op 7/15/09 SCC in-situ, laser surgery removed from 1st. sight. Right jaw replacement 11/3/14. 9 yrs cancer free as of Jan. 2015
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#10288 04-27-2007 12:50 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 21 Member | | Member
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 21 | Petey I just wanted to tell you GOOD JOB!!! I have been following your journey to get treatment. It sickens me that you have had this added stress on you. Stay strong and I will be following your journey to get well. You are an inspiration!!!
All the best,
Amy C. and Garron
amy cole, caregiver to husband, stage IV BOT, dx 10/06, 2 cyles induction chemo (cisplatin, taxotere, 5FU), 33 IMRT with weekly Erbitux, completed 3/07.
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#10289 04-27-2007 12:58 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 Member | | Member
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 | I'ld like to mention that this article appeared in today's edition of the "Times Picayune" newspaper in New Orleans, LA. Petey, thanks so much for putting the word out.
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#10290 04-27-2007 04:32 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | WOHOOOOOOOOOO
Way to go petey !! I know alot of us are gettin the word out !! I am not done yet though LOL..I am contacting the today show and good morning america and Oprah ..anyone who will listen and i national ! And If it oK I plan on giving others names on here so incase they want to talk to just more then one of us !
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#10291 04-29-2007 03:14 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 | Hey you Do-gooder. Carol l said Montell Williams is into helping people. He advocares for the uninsured and low income people. WE KNOW it's a longshot but people do win the lottery. Man, if you could get on Oprah, (14 million viewers per day) Oral Cancer would become a household name! 
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
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#10292 04-29-2007 11:27 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Petey, your article was awesome, now when do you begin some treatment? yes, I know Montel helps people and Oprah too, I have written to Oprah about my being an oral cancer survivor, etc. and wondered if she would ever do a show about oc....didn't hear back, yet.
Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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