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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Excerpt from post apocalypse sequel novel
[quote]Fred:I've never been through anything like this
Pete:There's one school of thought that says worring doesn't change anything so why put yourself through it
Fred: Which school did you attend
Pete: Hard Knocks. Worry's about control. It makes you cover your bases. What have you forgotten. What haven't you considered. Sometimes you come up with something. So I say go ahead and stress over it if you need to[/quote]
-Elegy Beach by Steven Boyett
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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| I was watching that movie, "Smoke" last night with Harvey Keitel and at one point in the movie he shows his buddy his entire life photo project. There were thousands of photos, all taken at the same exact spot at the same exact time, everyday. His buddy just flips through the albums at a fast pace not stopping to look at the details. Harvey says, "If you don't slow down you're never going to get it". His buddy says, "Well what do you mean? They're all the same photo?" Then Harvey says this quote (which I love):
"They're all the same but each one is different from the other one. You've got your bright
mornings and your dark mornings. You've got
your summer light and your autumn light. You've
got your weekdays and your weekends. You've
got your people in overcoats and galoshes,
and you've got your people in shorts and
T-shirts. Sometimes the same people,
sometimes different ones. And sometimes the
different ones become the same, and the same
ones disappear. The earth revolves around the
sun, and every day the light from the sun hits
the earth at a different angle."
Everyday is a new day and different from the last.
Last edited by MeganCannon; 07-23-2010 09:58 AM.
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Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,301 | I think I get it Megan  Will check my video shop to see if they have a copy. Sounds like a movie that I would enjoy.
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: Mar 2010 Posts: 21 | If this is a repeat, I apologize, I just like the concept of this thread and thought I would revive it...
"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin to Pooh�
barbpl A. A. Milne
SCC, R Lateral tongue, T1N0M0, Diag: 3/15/10
38 yrs old at diag HPV Neg, Non Smoker Non Drinker
4/12/10 Partial Glossectomy, No Rads or Chemo
7/15/10 excision biopsy L mid posterior tongue - NEGATIVE
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Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 21 | �Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.�
SCC, R Lateral tongue, T1N0M0, Diag: 3/15/10
38 yrs old at diag HPV Neg, Non Smoker Non Drinker
4/12/10 Partial Glossectomy, No Rads or Chemo
7/15/10 excision biopsy L mid posterior tongue - NEGATIVE
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Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 21 | �Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.�
August Wilson
SCC, R Lateral tongue, T1N0M0, Diag: 3/15/10
38 yrs old at diag HPV Neg, Non Smoker Non Drinker
4/12/10 Partial Glossectomy, No Rads or Chemo
7/15/10 excision biopsy L mid posterior tongue - NEGATIVE
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 493 | My husband gave me a plaque with this quote on it for Chistmas. It is hanging in the bedroom.
Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.
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Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 158 | Though the future be hidden from me, like a candle in a darkened room, it cannot and will not be found, until a step is taken or a hand is put forth, by me, today.
No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. - Francois Mauriac
Thank you for leaving your mark.
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | ‎'Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.' Groucho Marx
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: Dec 2006 Posts: 147 | Thank you for these quotes - today is a day that is just pain stricken for me without my beloved, Jim. I couldn't get out of bed & go to work. I thought I was doing the best that I could, but after reading these quotes, I see that I'm not doing the best that I can. I come here often to read as it brings me solice. I miss my Jim so much but glad to see that there are still those of you keeping up the fight - it gives me hope that this horrid disease will not take any more from us than what it already has.
Paula
Caregiver to Husband 50 yrs.young-non smoker/non-drinker; Stage IV - all treatments stopped August 2009
Lost the battle November 23, 2010
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