#13176 12-16-2007 09:51 PM | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 37 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 37 | just about to set of for hospital, appointment for biopsy results at 10.45, so scared again. i hope im o.k for my daughters sake.
thanks
Derek | | | 
#13177 12-16-2007 11:55 PM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | 10.53 here Derek.fingers and toes crossed,will check in this evening to see your news.
love liz
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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#13178 12-17-2007 02:31 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | Derek
I will be thinking of you !
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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#13179 12-17-2007 02:45 AM | 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 wish you good luck Derek . We all understand what you are going thru. Will be praying for you today. Jim
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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#13180 12-17-2007 07:15 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Stay close and you will get through this. After the biopsy comes the horrid waiting time. Here's a little bit that I have found helpful about worry:
"Shut off the past! The load of tomorrow, added to that of yesterday, carried today, makes the strongest falter. Shut off the future as tightly as the past.....The future is today....There is no tomorrow. The day of mans salvation is now. Waste of energy, mental distress and nervous worries dog the steps of a man who is anxious about the future. Shut closed the great force of yesterday and tomorrow, and prepare to cultivate the habit of a life of "day-tight compartments."
It takes practice to do that - when worries come into your head which belong in tomorrow - shut them out. Tell them they don't belong in today. Nothing you can do today about them anyway - so shoo them away until the day when you do hear biopsy results, or whatever you are waiting for.
"Day Tight Compartments"
The load of tomorrow added to the that of yesterday makes even the strongest falter....
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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#13181 12-17-2007 08:15 AM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | come on derek where are you?
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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#13182 12-17-2007 10:31 AM | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 37 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | OP Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 37 | hi all,
well i will cut to the chase.. all clear !!
went and when i got in to see someone ( within 2 or 3 minutes, place was empty again ) it was the girl who done my biopsy, she looked at the notes and realised the results were not there,
so she went to get them from upstairs or was going to phone patholigist in glasgow dental hospital, she dissapeared and then the consultant popped her head in said hello and went to phone as well, some kind of aux nurse i think was in the room doing some things and spoke away to me keeping me calm but i think she could see i was quite nervous,
eventually some one totally different appeared with my results which kinda scared me, but she sat down and straight away said what i had been hoping to hear for four months " there is absolutely nothing nasty or to worry about there, it has came back much the same as last time, irritation with slight inflamation at edges, no sign of dysplasia of any malignancy whatsoever ", man i could have cried with sheer relief.
asked her what i could do to help myself and she said i was already doing it, no smoke no drink, which i will never do any of again.....thats a promise !!!!!
said they would like to take a look at it again in 6 months just incase i didnt visit the dentists regularly, but tmy dentists is a place i will visit regularly now , no doubt,
wow the relief tonight is so strong i am so happy and cant wait to enjoy time with my daughter.
i am defo not going to dissapear off this site if its o.k with yous, i have shed alot of tears for alot of you people in the last few months of dark clouds and terror worries, and feel so so much for what yous have been through.
i am going to try and knowledge local high school kids to the dangers of smoking and alcohol abuse ( i know not everyone with o.c are drinkers or smokers, but im sure it doesnt help ),and its effect in alot of o.c cases by hopefully making up some sort of booklet and try to get local funding or help to make this possible.
i would be grateful if i could maybe use a paragraph or 2 of some peoples storys ( obv i wont attatch names ) but im sure images matched with some of the harrowing treatments and surgery could change the attitude towards smoking, cos it defo aint cool, and ive learned after 16 years at it, with a big fright.
i now intend to buy loads of the badges from the site shop area to hand in to my dentists office, in the hope that it can be some sort of contribution to the running of this site.
i will be visiting on the regular ( prob daily ) to see how things go for all.
i wish everyone the best as i have been humbled in the presence of your individual strenghth and courage.
thanks to everyone who replied to me and made me feel so much better.
love to best wishes to all
Derek | | |
#13183 12-17-2007 10:43 AM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | WWWWWWWWooooooooooohhhhhhoooooo.
Just what i wanted to hear before i fly off.
merry merry christmas derek
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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#13184 12-17-2007 12:13 PM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | So happy for you Derek--that is absolutely the best news for a Monday night!
Brenda
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!
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#13185 12-17-2007 12:34 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 | Derek,
Congrats on the good news. I'm sure you are feeling a load off of you right now.
Good luck in maintining your current new healthy lifestyle.
Merry Christmas!
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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