#11439 07-24-2007 03:20 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 | Hello all. I am waiting for a bed at the hospital. I will start getting my chemo. I will try to get a lap top for the hospital stay. IT IS NOT OVER YET, BUT I DID HAVE HOSPICE VISIT YESTERDAY (JUST IN CASE) AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS IF NECESSARY. I hope to write again. I'm scared to death. I just wanted EVERYONE TO KNOW how much ALL OF YOU MEANT TO ME IN HELPING ME THRU MY JOURNEY. Brian, the OCF is a Godsend, as are you. Thank You! God Bless everyone. I will have a long talk with God about cancer, and ask him for a cure. NO ONE deserves this horrifying disease. I Love You All. Petey 
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
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#11440 07-24-2007 05:23 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Hang in there man.
You've got lots of people pulling for ya!
KC
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
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#11441 07-24-2007 10:35 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 | Petey,keep positive and fight as hard as you can.Dont ever give up.
My thoughts and my prayers are with you and Rob says do it for us.
much love Liz
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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#11442 07-24-2007 10:36 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 102 | Oh Petey, there you are! How is your radiation going? and why the delay with your first Chemo?
Wasn't your first supposed to be last week?
Please try not to get down. There are plenty of prayers and positive thoughts going south to you.
I know you're scared, I would be too; but when you feel fear creep in, try to turn that fear into determination to get through this. You can do it and you will!
Can Melanie post for you when you're in the hospital if you can't get your hands on a laptop?
Hugs from Long Island,
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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#11443 07-24-2007 10:36 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 | Petey,keep positive and fight as hard as you can.Dont ever give up.
My thoughts and my prayers are with you and Rob says do it for us.
much love Liz
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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#11444 07-24-2007 10:40 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Petey,
This is just another fight that you can and will win so think positive thoughts and stare your opponent down.
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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#11445 07-24-2007 10:46 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Petey, I'm confused about why you haven't had chemo yet too--or did you already have the first one? And I hope your radiation is going well. I'm thinking of you and sending wishes your way that you stay positive through the tough stuff. Lots of folks pulling for you here--let us know how you're doing when you can.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#11446 07-24-2007 11:04 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 68 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 68 | Hang in there Petey.My prayers are with you,everything will be alright.Stay positive all the time and think about beating this thing up and we are all behind you.
Your Friend
Lynn
linda anderson
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#11447 07-24-2007 12:24 PM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | God Speed Petey, I have a long talk with God every night and I'll talk to him about you again this evening.
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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#11448 07-24-2007 02:01 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 | Petey,
I think about you everyday and know that you will come through this, as you have in the past.
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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