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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | Liz...you have me cracking me up!! lol
Jim..it's about time you commented in this thread!!
Suzanne
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T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | OOHHH!!! man this thread is something I needed this week! David no offense at all! I'm a brunette/redhead guy myself but also married to a Latina so we'll have to keep the road show on the DL.
Charm, you made me shoot chili across the room! I didn't think I'd stop laughing man, that was great! I'll bring the testosterone patches!
Suzanne, yes it was rewarding, I ended up becoming a very young General Manager of multiple properties and winning national awards and I attribute it all to my experience in customer service. The experience is helping me even now in some new ventures so I'd say it's been rewarding.
thanks guys, after having to lay a friend to rest this week and my wifes grandmother passing, this was a spirit lifter!
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | Suzanne, I like to just read and chuckle sometime. LOL. The posting is one time where a guy or gal can't say, " But Honey I didn't say or do that." As they read the evidence. OH BOY time then LOL
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | Eric....sorry to hear you had a hard week. Glad we could help to put a smile on your face:) That's what this OCF family is all about. Keep each other's head up when the going gets tough.
xoxo
Suzanne
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T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)
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Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 307 | You are so right Suzanne, that's what this OCF family is all about. Eric, I'm sorry to hear you had a hard week too.
Now about this road show....I'm not as young as Suzanne...BUT I am blonde and I can dance....I would be happy to participate...now all we need is a red head and we're good to go....LOL.
Shelley
Caregiver to husband Ron. Throat Cancer. Finished 35 radiation treatments on 11/21/04. 8/2/11 small lesion on lower gum, laser Procedure to remove. 3/6/12 Doc. removed another lesion on outside of his neck. Did a skin graft from his chest to replace the skin on his neck. Went to Heaven on 6/24/12.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Shelley
Funny you should mention dancing just as I was reading about "Dancing with NED" as a popular slogan used by breast cancer survivors when asked how they are doing. [NED being a medical abbreviation for No Evidence of Disease- often used in lieu of remission] . My dancing is free form 60s and is more enthusiastic than elegant. Back in freshman year of college before I became a hippie, at a Richard Nixon Young American for Freedom fund raiser, I was recruited to dance with the cutest professional go-go dancers and their little white boots. We practiced for over an hour before they gave up and just had me do a modified twist while they shimmied and shook and wowed the crowd. Sort of like Dancing with the Stars back in the 60s.
charm
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 307 | What a great story Charm! So for our road show you can do the modified twist while Suzanne, me, and a red head will shimmy and shake and wow the crowd!
LOL,
Shelley
Caregiver to husband Ron. Throat Cancer. Finished 35 radiation treatments on 11/21/04. 8/2/11 small lesion on lower gum, laser Procedure to remove. 3/6/12 Doc. removed another lesion on outside of his neck. Did a skin graft from his chest to replace the skin on his neck. Went to Heaven on 6/24/12.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I have been the one in the croud that gets picked to dance at places like Disney Worl, Cedar Point ETC LOL and I have 2 left feet but fake it good, I'm fronm the days of the jitterbug, twist, cicken and all of the fun dances. I love to do all of them. But no guys please LOL
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | My wife has a purple wig from Halloween, will that do?
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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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | Totally...we need a purple head too!! Where is Liz? Does she have red hair?
Shelly, about the dancing...I may hang with Charm and do this modified twist he's talking about!! Something tells me David's wife will be a good dancer:)
Suzanne
***********
T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)
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