| Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 | Thanks Christine. They just told me my biopsy is scheduled for 11:30. It's 9:45 - oh geez. Has anybody had a lung biopsy? I'm getting nervous!!!!!
BOT-SCC Partial glossectomy 7/16/09. Stage IV, Rt ND 10/2/09. Teeth out 11/5/09. Port/peg in, 11/20/09. 7 wks rad & chemo, end 1/22/10 lung, colon biopsies 1/9/11 - both cancer colon resect surg 1/10/11 Folfox + Avastin - discontinued 6/11 lung surgery 3/13/12, 5/1/12 mets to liver and bones passed away 9/4/13
| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 126 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 126 | Praying for good results, and that you start getting answers and feeling better soon. Keep us posted.
Sharon
Sharon, 57; Hard Palate; T1, High Grade, DX 6-12-09, Surgery, maxillectomy 7-14-09, 33 RT (9-2-09 to 10-19-09); Prothesis (obturator). None smoker, non drinker.
| | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 | Had my biopsy today...no big deal. The results are the scary part now. Haven't gotten them yet.
Tomorrow morning I have my colonoscopy to look at what the blockage in my small bowel is, which is what I originally came to the hospital for. Should have results from both tomorrow. Hoping I can go home then since I was planning SC Tuesday. Only thing that will stop me is if I need surgery on my bowels.
BOT-SCC Partial glossectomy 7/16/09. Stage IV, Rt ND 10/2/09. Teeth out 11/5/09. Port/peg in, 11/20/09. 7 wks rad & chemo, end 1/22/10 lung, colon biopsies 1/9/11 - both cancer colon resect surg 1/10/11 Folfox + Avastin - discontinued 6/11 lung surgery 3/13/12, 5/1/12 mets to liver and bones passed away 9/4/13
| | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 790 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 790 | Hey there- Hoping it comes back as nothing. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Tongue Cancer T2 N0 M0 / Total Glossectomy Due to Location of Tumor
Finished all treatments May 25 2007 Surviving!!!
| | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 | Had my colonoscopy today and I have a mass. They biopsied it so I don't know 100% that it is cancer, but the GI doc. asked who my oncologist was with oral cancer so that sounds pretty much like cancer to me. I will be here until Monday when they will decide what kind of surgery to do based on lung biopsy and colon biopsy. Has anyone had their cancer spread all over so fast in one year? My pet scan last March had "activity" only in the head and neck area, nowhere else in my body.
BOT-SCC Partial glossectomy 7/16/09. Stage IV, Rt ND 10/2/09. Teeth out 11/5/09. Port/peg in, 11/20/09. 7 wks rad & chemo, end 1/22/10 lung, colon biopsies 1/9/11 - both cancer colon resect surg 1/10/11 Folfox + Avastin - discontinued 6/11 lung surgery 3/13/12, 5/1/12 mets to liver and bones passed away 9/4/13
| | | | 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 hope it turns out well for you. Maybe the biopsy is to confirm for the Dr that there is no Cancer there.
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: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Come on Barbara!!! Do not go into panic mode. Please!!!!! You know its not cancer til they say it is. Repeat that over and over til you believe it. Do not jump to conclusions because a doc asked you a question just in case it is cancer. Nobody said it was and you havent gotten the results yet. I am saying extra prayers for you. Be well!!!!! 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: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 | You are in my thoughts. Hang in there, Barbara!
Anita (68) CG to husband, Clark, 79, DX SCC 11/07, T4N0Mx, PEG 1/08, RAD, post rad infection 3/08, HBOT 40 dives, ORN, Surg 11/09 mandibulectomy w/fibular graft. Plastic Surg 4/10, 12/10, 3/11, 10/11, 4/12, 10/12. All PETS clear, PEG out 1/11. 6/11 non union jaw fracture Fractured jaw w/surgery 7/14 Aspiration pneumonia 7/21, 10/22 PEG 7/21 Botox injections
| | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 756 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 756 Likes: 1 | Barbara, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!
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)
| | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 | Well the GI guy didn't just ask who my oncologist was, the oncologist came to the hospital and ordered a CT scan of my neck to find out if the lung possible cancer is a new cancer or has spread from my neck. He said it's worse news if it has spread from the neck. I think he meant if it has spread this fast to the lungs and possibly the colon, then it has probably spread throughout my body.
I debated doing the ND and radiation and chemo and now, of course, if it turns out to be this I sure wish I wouldn't have. My husband's cancer did the same thing. He had prostate cancer and it just spread like wildfire through his body. He only lived a few more months.
BOT-SCC Partial glossectomy 7/16/09. Stage IV, Rt ND 10/2/09. Teeth out 11/5/09. Port/peg in, 11/20/09. 7 wks rad & chemo, end 1/22/10 lung, colon biopsies 1/9/11 - both cancer colon resect surg 1/10/11 Folfox + Avastin - discontinued 6/11 lung surgery 3/13/12, 5/1/12 mets to liver and bones passed away 9/4/13
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