|    |       Joined:  Jan 2009  Posts: 1,844    Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |      OP      Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Jan 2009  Posts: 1,844  |    "Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." -FDR        
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.
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Feb 2007  Posts: 790    "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)   |           "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  Feb 2007  Posts: 790  |        
Tongue Cancer T2 N0 M0 /  Total Glossectomy Due to Location of Tumor
  Finished all treatments May 25 2007 Surviving!!!
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260  |     It is better to go when you gotta go than to go and find out you already went..    LOL  Guess who?        
     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
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260  |     As long as you aren't dumber in the head than a mule is in the ass!!!!  Same guy.        
     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
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260  |     If they can put your brain in a thimble and it rattles like a BB in a boxcar,  you have a problem.  Him again.  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
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jan 2009  Posts: 1,844    Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |      OP      Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Jan 2009  Posts: 1,844  |    "My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair." -Thomas Jefferson
  I got that in before the day ended! Yay me!        
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.
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jan 2009  Posts: 1,844    Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |      OP      Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Jan 2009  Posts: 1,844  |    "It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell." -Budha
 
  One for "today" as I'm there already I guess!
  Thanks Jim for the quotes, you make me smile my friend!        
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.
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260  |     I was trying to Eric and maybe cheer up some of the others.  LOL  I have many sayings and the mouth to say them.  I like yours better tho Eric.        
     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
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Mar 2002  Posts: 4,918 Likes: 68    OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    |           OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)     Joined:  Mar 2002  Posts: 4,918 Likes: 68  |    These are all really great, and most inspirational. I tend to remember ones that are of a slightly different ilk ...... 
  Light moves faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
  If you can't fix it with a hammer,  you can damn sure teach it a lesson!
  And my particular favorite when I want someone to keep their distance from me:
  I hear voices.... And they don't like you.        
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.    |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260  |        
     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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