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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | Clear biopsy!!! YIPEE!!! Well, clean for me:) It was clear for top and back of my tongue and mild to moderate dysplasia on the bottom and right. I've always have severe so this is a first for me. My doc all looks good and I will see her again in May:) Thank you all:)
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 | That is great news Suzanne!! Now go out and celebrate with your hubby this weekend.
Hugs,
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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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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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: Jul 2009 Posts: 453 | Great news, now go celebrate xoxo
Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Susanne
The blizzard of 2010 wiped out my electricity so I am late in offering you CONGRATULATIONS. enjoy the good news, wow - clear MRI and clean biopsy - how sweet
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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Teresa
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CG to ANDY. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
T2N2cMxG4 stage 4. 43 @ dx 8/31/09
tx 9/21/09-11/06/09 cispatin/docetaxel/5-FU X3
PORT 9/9/09, PEG 12/07/09
35 IMRT-1/wk carbo 11/30/09-2/3/10
tx stopped due to complications
IMRT BOOST 3/08-3/12/10
PET 4/12/10 CLEAR!
PEG out 4/14/10
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Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 16 | Im confused???? You went to Sloan and they missed / misdiagnosed your oral cancer? Im frightened as hell now as I am going to be scheduling a consult at Sloan. Can you clarify a bit for me. Im new to the boards.
Michele
Long Island
Still Testing
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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Michele,
I hope Suzanne posts a response, but a quick look at her post and signature line tell me that she went to Sloan after treatments for a follow up in January. Looks like she had additional pain and wanted it checked out. Later in Jan, an MRI came out negative and in Feb. a Biopsy was also negative.
Having said that, I don't think she talked with a doctor that had a great bedside manner. Those of us that have been treated for cancer are hyper aware of our bodies after going through the fights we have. When we feel discomfort of any kind we want definitive answers pronto. Some doctors just don't get that.
Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 | Michele -- Not long after Suzanne started posting here, she mentioned that she was going to Sloan for another opinion. I was the one who recently asked her whether she had followed through on that appointment, and the comment you are concerned about was in response to that recent question. Evidently I missed this thread from July 2009 in which she talked about her appointment there: [quote]I went to Sloan Kettering in NY for a 2nd opinion. Since SK is supposed to be one of the best cancer hospitals in the world I thought this was a good move. I saw the head doc for head and neck cancer and he said what my doc at Fox Chase says. No PETs and just watch it. This should give me some comfort and it does....I just can't shake the thought of it coming back. Maybe I just have not had enough appointments where it looks good. I've only had 1 in the past 3 years and that was last month.[/quote] The quote is from a July 4, 2009, post on the second page of the thread. So I hope this relieves your mind about going to Sloan. Obviously things have turned out well for Suzanne!
Leslie
April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.
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