#12925 11-21-2007 04:50 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | I have so much to be thankful for and I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. May your day be all you want it to be.
Best wishes always,
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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#12926 11-21-2007 05:06 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | So funny ED ..I was thinking the same thing to ad a post to say happy Thanksgiving and all the things I am thankful for ...That is what tomorrow is for right ! ( See Ed Great Minds thinks Alike  ) SO here goes .... I am thankful to be alive , and for my children and family and freinds. I am Thankful to all my friends that I have made on here ... if it wasn't or you all I don't know where I would be .. I am thankful for the strength and courage you give me . I am Thankful TO Brian Hill for founding this site, for all the help , support and education it has brought me and countless others , He is an amazing man , whom dosen't even truley realize Or take credit should I say for all that he is done ...I would like to say a very special thanks to him !! I hope all of you have Happy Holiday and enjoy all you have to be Thankful for , I know somtimes we have to look hard to see it ..I know there are days I really need to open my eyes to see it !! But to you all I truley am THANKFUL !! Shar
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#12927 11-21-2007 06:31 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | ...and, Shar...I am thankful for YOU!
Lois & Buzz in NC
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!
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#12928 11-21-2007 07:11 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 | I'm thankful for another Thanksgiving with my Dad.
I'm thankful that if he has to have cancer that there is this site with all the wonderful people to offer advice and support.
Thank you Brian for all you do.
Thank you ALL and may each of you have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
Hugs,
Joy
CG to Father, 75 yo with SCC of the mouth; upper maxillectomy and neck diss. performed on 5/23/07. Father also suffered heart attack during surgery and now has CHF. RT complete on 8/28/07. Cancer back 11/27/07. RT and Chemo to start on 12/17. Cancer back 6/17/08. Finally at rest 08/08/08.
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#12929 11-22-2007 06:24 AM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | I am thankful to all my OCF buddies and of course to Brian for making that possible.
I am thankful that my wish four months ago that Bill would be able to enjoy a Thankgiving meal has come true. Two days after that, we celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary - we were married on Thankgiving day in 1977. I am thankful for my marriage -we are a pretty good pair.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you....Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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#12930 11-22-2007 07:16 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 231 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 231 | I am thankful to be able to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I am thankful for all of the friends I have made here and for all of your support.
I am thankful that God spared me to do His work.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Billy
Dx Mar 07 with Base Of Tongue Stage IV. IMRT 35x with 3 doses Cysplatin ran concurrent. Tx ended May 31,07. Left and right node involved. Radical neck disection 7/18/07
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#12931 11-22-2007 07:19 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Not to ruin the buzz, so to speak, but on this day in 2003 I went with Susan to Detroit to visit her family. It was a very cold, snowy and ending up icy few days. I hate the cold. I hadn't really eaten a good whole meal for many weeks and I took nearly an hour to chew and try and swallow the great Thanksgiving dinner. It is still a bit fuzzy but I distinctly remember how hard everyone was trying to smile and include me in everything (even passing those horrible dry, scratchy bowl of nuts over and over and over...you get the picture). But as our eyes met I was so taken aback because of the tears welling up in everyone's eyes as they looked at me. I am actually fighting back the tears now telling this because I those looks of total fear are so vivid to this day. As I marveled at how good it was to eat such great food, I had to run to the bathroom and watch all that food that looked so good on the plate...well you get the picture.
I want all of you to know that even that morning when I woke up, I distinctly rememember how thankful I was from just the simple fact that my eyes opened. Every day I started with a smile because my eyes opened. I never knew for months when I went to bed if that would happen. I silently prayed the old childhood prayer most of us know by heart,...
"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."
That is what got me through all the fears of going to sleep at night and gave me some pretty decent sound sleeping nights.
Without all of you and many who aren't with us this Thanksgiving, I am not sure I would have made it through the darkest of those days. As one of my heros (Brian, of course) has often reminded me, I am on this side of the grass! When it comes down to it, I probably could have made it without all of my friends here but like my faith, I am thankful that I didn't have to find out what it would have been like without both.
Thank you all and be sure and spend a moment today with kind thoughts (and prayers if you are so inclined) for those that we knew who couldn't be with us this Thanksgiving. I would list them by name but I fear I would miss one or the list would be so long that someone could become discouraged.
Live each day to make it the best day it can possibly be!
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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#12932 11-22-2007 11:05 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Very nicely said Ed and having met you and your lovely wife Susan I can picture it!
I am thankful that I have survived 5 years to this very day from my initial diagnosis (after being told to "get my affairs in order" and that "...I might not live another 6 months".
I actually still use the last day of treatment as my "official" anniversary.
I am eating some of those scratchy nuts as I write this and I am thankful that I can do that again as well.
There is hope and there is life after cancer.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#12933 11-22-2007 03:01 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | Gary , Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Anniversary !! Some how I am seeing some Irony in that !  but in a GOOD WAY !
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#12934 11-22-2007 04:59 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 | Ed,
It is so great that you started this thread so that we have a chance express our feelings and to say thanks to those that make this forum such a great place for support and friendship.
This is my third Thanksgiving since my diagnosis and like everyone else, I wondered if I would ever get to celebrate this great holiday again. Today I spent the day with my 2 children, 4 grandkids and extended family. It truly is a blessing to be able to do that and we so often just take these things for granted.
I hope that everyone had a good holiday and thanks to all for being here and sharing your love, knowledge and caring with everyone.
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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