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Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 104 | Congratulations! Merry Christmas and many, many Happy New Year's!
Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Congrats!!!!! Glad everything is ok. What a nice way to celebrate the season with a clear bill of health 
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,301 "OCF Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,301 | Congratulations..great news!!
Putting your 80 yr old parents through this again is also a fear I have.
Now you will be abe to enjoy your Christmas with them as I will with mine.
May your future scans also turn out the same way.
Gabriele
History Leukoplakia bx 8/2006 SCC floor mouth T3N0M0- Verrucous Carcinoma.
14 hour 0p SCC-Right ND/excision/marginal mandibulectomy 9/2006, 4 teeth removed, flap from wrist, trach-ng 6 days- no chemo/rad.
6 ops and debulking (flap/tongue join) + bx's 2006-2012.
bx Jan 2012 Hyperkeratosis-Epithelial Dysplasia
24cm GIST tumour removed 8/2013. Indefinite Oral Chemo.
1/31/16 passed away peacefully surrounded by family
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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 148 Likes: 1 | Thank you all for all the good wishes! We share each other joys & sorrows. The bond we have is so genuine & unique. Without the pleasure of getting to meet each other face to face, it amazes me how compassionate we all feel toward one and other. If nothing else, cancer does bond us together. When one of you say "I know how you feel" you all really do! I can not even remember how I ended up even finding OCF, I just know that I am sure happy I did! I can not stop thinking about poor 23 yr. old Stephanie. News like that makes me want to avoid this computer. Try as I may, it's like an addiction, I keep coming back!
BOT T3N2M0 No surgery, 38radiation treatments,4 chemo rounds, peg removed 11/08, still have a port. Treatments ended 6/20/08. So far, so Good ! "I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much !"
*** Admin update --- Dianne has passed away on August 25, 2015 ***
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 595 | Congrats and now have a very Merry Christmas!! Enjoy the comming Holidays. Semper-Fi Bob
Bob age 57, non smoker,non drinker, ended treatment on 11 Nov 2007 and started back to work on 29 Nov 2007. Veterans Day 2012 the Battle was lowered, folded, Taps was played and the Flag buried as I am know a 5 year survivor. Semper-FI !!!
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