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Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 756 Likes: 1 | Awesome message Eric! Your attitude and this message have really inspired me. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Susan
SCC R-Lateral tongue, T1N0M0
Age 47 at Dx, non-smoker, casual drinker, HPV-
Surgery: June 2005
RT: Feb-Apr 2006
HBOT: 45 in 2008; 30 in 2013; 30 in 2022 -> Total 105!
Recurrence/Surgeries: Jan & Apr 2010
Biopsy 2/2011: Moderate dysplasia
Surgery 4/2011: Mild dysplasia
Dental issues: 2013-2022 (ORN)
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 62 | Very inspiring. Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year!
Catherine, SCC floor of mouth DX 2010,unclear margins, PET scan clear, no chemo or rad,biopsy in 9/2010, 2nd excision 10/2010 didn't get all carcinoma in situ; partial gloss & excis. right floor 2/2/2011 margins clear. Part.gloss-10/5/2011 sev dys clean marg. HPV neg. Don't smoke or drink. SCC floor of mouth left side 4/2016. Dysp excis. rt palate 7/2017 Part gloss sev dys lat marg 2/2019 Part gloss free flap rt neck disc 5/2020 Part gloss bilat neck disc 7/2020 33 rad 3 cis.
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Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Wonderful and inspirational, Eric! You and your family certainly deserve all the good things that life has to offer!
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | Well thanks everyone. I love my life. I love my wife and kids and feel fortunate for every minute I have with them. I think you have to "guard" that feeling from everything that life throws at you.
Anyway it's my hope that anyone that reads it feels it and makes it their reality...the feeling really is a choice.
Happy New Year everyone...much love to all
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: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Happy New Year Eric!!!!!
May this year be filled with good health for you and your family. Keep up your wonderful attitude!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 571 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 571 | Hi Eric, I just found your message. It is midnight March 9th, and I have been battling all day and all week to get a diagnosis that will help us move forward. Your words helped me realize the good times will return no matter what nightmare we're going through right now. It also reminds me to keep joy in my heart, to be thankful for all the wonderful things in my life, and to cherish the people I love and who love me. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and your spirit. Your words have brought me peace and have given me hope.
Ex-spouse MISDIAGNOSED with SCC-HN IVa 12/10. Tonsils out 1/11. 4 teeth out 2/11. TX Erbitux x2, IMRT x2 2/11. 2nd opinion-benign BCC-NOT CANCER 3/11. TX stopped 3/11. New doctors 4/11. ENT agrees with 2nd opinion 5/11. ENT scoped him-all clear 7/11. Ordered MRI anyway. MRI 8/22/11 Result-all clear.
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Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 63 | I just read that post too! Eric, you have a way with words that touches so many people. You certainly inspire me to put one foot forward at all times and keep walking no matter what life throws at me. So, thank you for being you, for your words of wisdom and for your never give up attitude :-).
@ Sandy...sending you lots of hugs xxx
Liza
SCC of the Buccal Mucosa (R cheek)- T1N0M0.10 hour Surgery on 27/9/10 involving resection with freeflap from radial forearm..clear margins. Neck dissection..negative nodes.Trachy, NGT, no rad or chemo needed at the time. Neck lump positive for SCC..again! MND 14/2/11. Waiting to have chemo and rads
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Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 571 | @ Liza: Love you, my friend xoxoxo
How lucky I am to have found OCF...and to have made such beautiful, insightful, inpirational, and loving friends. I'm thankful everyday for being so blessed.
Ex-spouse MISDIAGNOSED with SCC-HN IVa 12/10. Tonsils out 1/11. 4 teeth out 2/11. TX Erbitux x2, IMRT x2 2/11. 2nd opinion-benign BCC-NOT CANCER 3/11. TX stopped 3/11. New doctors 4/11. ENT agrees with 2nd opinion 5/11. ENT scoped him-all clear 7/11. Ordered MRI anyway. MRI 8/22/11 Result-all clear.
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