#10495 05-06-2007 09:55 PM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 75 Senior Member (75+ posts) |  Senior Member (75+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 75 | Lisa
I to am so sorry for your loss.My thoughts are with you and your family.
Tongue Cancer, stage 4, spread to neck/ Radical neck, 3 chemos, 33 radiation. 5-18-2005
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#10496 05-07-2007 05:51 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Lisa,
My deepest sympathies to you, your Uncle Bob and the rest of your family in the loss of your Aunt Rosie. May your fond memories keep her with you forever.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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#10497 05-07-2007 08:53 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 | Thank you all so much for the kind words. You can't imagine what being a part of this group has meant to me during the years that my Aunt was ill. You've all been so kind and supportive.
Yesterday my husband and I chose to spend our anniversary with our Uncle Bob. Although at times it was hard, it was very nice looking at old pictures and telling old stories, kind of wandering down memory lane. After crying for three days straight, I finally "felt" her with me for the first time today and that was a very good feeling.
The things you have all said are very true. Amy, I AM a stronger person for having known her.
Nelie, she was a remarkable woman and as Uncle Bob said, she wormed her way into your heart and just didn't let go. He said that's how he got "hooked" for 44 yrs. We had to smile at that. Eileen, it's interesting that you called her Rosie because to me she's always been Aunt Ro. Uncle Bobby had "Rosie" emblazened on a LOT of things that he loved. He's a older gentleman of 61 now, but if you had lifted the hood of his impeccably kept race car 35/40 years ago, you would have seen "Rosie" with a rose painted perfectly under the hood.
Please pray for our dear Uncle. He is such a good man and he is hurting so badly. He absolutely adored his wife and can't imagine being without her. We're a little bit worried about him.
Love to all.
Niece to Aunt Ro- Dx: 4/03. SCC Stg 4 BOT with mets to fl of mth & crvcl lymph node. AdenoC 1 sal gland. Two add. reconstrc. surgeries for adhesions. Recurrence 7/06- Sub-Mand AdenoC. Mets to both lungs. Lost her battle 5/4/07.
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#10498 05-07-2007 10:58 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Dear Lisa, when you are a little more over the shock of losing Aunt Ro, we are going to need to have a talk about "Uncle Bobby being an OLDER gentleman of 61". It probably will take him a long time to heal form this loss and whatever time you can spend with him will be good. Amy, the older lady in the Ozarks. 
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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#10499 05-07-2007 11:02 AM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Lisa - I am an older lady, too.
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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#10500 05-07-2007 02:09 PM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 36 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 36 | Lisa,
My heart goes out to you and your family. Your Aunt was a very special lady. Spend lots of time with your Uncle. He will need the attention.
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#10501 05-09-2007 06:49 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 |  I'm no spring chicken myself anymore, but no, I don't think 61 is old- although my Uncle is a true gentleman. They just don't make them like him anymore. (I'm trying hard to be funny but it's not working out too well). I think he's just exhausted right now. He just feels old. Aunt Ro was sick with something or other her whole life. She had 19 major surgeries for different types of illnesses and he survived a heart attack and had a couple of stents put into his heart when stents were a pretty new invention. They've been through alot and he's just tired. We talk to him for an hour or two every night and we're encouraging him not to make any major decisions for a while. He was talking about selling their beautiful home but we don't want him to move away or have any regrets. We'll help him take one thing at a time. Love, Lisa
Niece to Aunt Ro- Dx: 4/03. SCC Stg 4 BOT with mets to fl of mth & crvcl lymph node. AdenoC 1 sal gland. Two add. reconstrc. surgeries for adhesions. Recurrence 7/06- Sub-Mand AdenoC. Mets to both lungs. Lost her battle 5/4/07.
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#10502 05-09-2007 12:50 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | From another 61 year old,
Lisa, I have 3 nieces and none can measure up to you.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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#10503 05-10-2007 03:25 AM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | Sincere condolences
Liz in the UK
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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