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Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4 | Hi,
I'm from Hong Kong, and I have been viewing this forum for quite the past month, and decided that I want to be a member in here
My mother was Dx with tongue cancer on 14 Feb 2011. I thought that it was the worst day of my life....
The doc was great, they arrange all the test and surgery right away, and my mother was wheeled into the operation theatre a week later. The surgery last for 14 hours, and she was on breathing machine for the first day post-op.
Exactly one month later, the whole family went to see a RO with her, and was being told that no rad is needed. That means her Tx is now finished.
She did struggle a lot during the course of her Tx, but what is more important is that she finally made it. Even though she still have a lot to learn, she win the battle for now.
For those who is still in the battlefield, keep on fighting, you will win this battle.
Michelle
CG of Miriam (mother)
SCC lf lateral tongue T2N0M0
Biospy 14 Feb 2011
Dx 15 Feb 2011
Partial glossectomy, left radical ND & right selective ND 21 Feb 2011
Clear Margin
No chemo/rad
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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 711 | Welcome. Michelle, and very happy to hear things went well. Sincerely hope that is the last of it for your mother.
David R. 65 yr old male non-smoker, light drinker, stage 3 or 4, depending on which doc you ask, scc rt. tonsil, 2 nodes, 7 weeks radiation and chemo. No surgery. Teatment ended 3/20/08. PET scan 8/08 showed no cancer.
And now, as of oct, 2010, caregiver to wife, Linda, with breast cancer.
May, 2013, Linda diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Enuf already.
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Michelle, I'm so glad to read that your mother came through that very difficult surgery and is doing well! Please keep us posted on her progress.
David 2 (there are a lot of us here... and in fact I'm even another David R.)
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4 | Thanks, David R X 2
I'm really glad that I found OCF when I was all lost, and didn't know a thing about the enemy.
My mother has improved a lot, her eating and swallowing is improving, and that she is now interested in food again. I think the most important thing is that her spirit is good. She is all hopeful now.
Michelle
CG of Miriam (mother)
SCC lf lateral tongue T2N0M0
Biospy 14 Feb 2011
Dx 15 Feb 2011
Partial glossectomy, left radical ND & right selective ND 21 Feb 2011
Clear Margin
No chemo/rad
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