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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | Eric, you having me laughing hard right now. That was an answer that only you can give. I luv it.
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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Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | Eric- you definitely have a great sense of humor and tell it like it is!! I can still feel the pain in my mouth when I think about that procedure! Never again!!!
Susan
Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland.
10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck.
T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22.
Never smoked, light social drinker
Also happen to be ICU RN
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Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | We finally got some results after having to postpone the morning appt. to the afternoon because the pathology report was not in yet! The biopsy of my thyroid gland shows papillary thyroid CA, which is the most common thyroid cancer and the most easily treatable. The lymph node biopsy was insufficient for any type of diagnosis. So, I am being scheduled for surgery which will involve removing the thyroid as well as the mouth lesion and the lymph node all at once. I am thankful the for the thyroid diagnosis and still praying for a negative report on the lymph node and mouth lesion. Hopefully the surgery will be scheduled in the next week or two.
Susan
Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland.
10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck.
T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22.
Never smoked, light social drinker
Also happen to be ICU RN
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | Nurse Lady,
Awesome attitude, just because you got a cancer diagnosis doesn't mean it's the end of the world. Keep us updated and definetly keep your outlook. Some of the best advice I ever got was "Eric, the only things you can control right now is your attitude and your nutrition...the rest is up to how your body responds to treatment!" The only thing I would add to that is I could control where I recieved my medical advice and thankfully was getting some of the best in the world.
Keep your chin up!
Eric
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.
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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 229 | Glad you were able to get some answers. 
Patty
08-10-09 Partial Glossectomy w/suprahyoid neck dissection
SCC T1NOMX Stage I | 46 years old
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