#13223 12-23-2007 05:51 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 11 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 11 | Hello to all on the site. Hope is a powerful thing, especially coupled with prayer and vigilant self care. At least for me. I want to wish everyone a HEALTHY & Happy Holiday season. I will not let illness, mine or someone else's, get the best of me today. When I feel terribly down from all of the consequences of cancer, I try to lift myself out of it with a return to gratitude. I have strong hopes that I will be cancer free for a long time and that should I have another recurrence, it will be dealt with swiftly, and I will not die from this awful disease.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Gerry
gerry f.
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#13224 12-23-2007 10:03 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 | Merry Christmas Gerry! May you have a Happy and Healthy 2008.
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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#13225 12-23-2007 03:43 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | Gerry: I love your attitude...You are certainly in our prayers and hope that we are in yours....Have a blessed Christmas!
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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#13226 12-23-2007 04:05 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | Gerry, I am glad you are a fighter. I'm getting ready fo my 2nd go round Wed and I hope I can keep the gonna beat it thing thru this like you are. The 1st time I beat it big time. Have great Christams and New Year.
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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#13227 12-24-2007 12:42 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | I woke up this morning with a big smile on face, thinking,
'Yay, it's Christmas Eve, so it means I should actually make it through Christmas'.
It's 11 months since my first symptoms and at one point I didn't think I would make it through the summer.
So Christmas is definitely a bonus!
Hope you all have a good one as well!
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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#13228 12-24-2007 02:23 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | To all,
The mental aspect of our fight is at least 50% of the battle. You all have a strong and healthy attitude that will be most beneficial in defeating this horrid disease. Like many before you, you will get thru this and you will be better for the small price you pay. Stay focused and stay tough and your journey will be better.
Happy Holidays with plenty more to come.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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