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Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 307 | Hi all,
Ron doesn't like me posting his health issues on facebook and I just needed to vent a little...so thanks for listening. A couple of weeks ago Ron went to his Dermotologist to check out an area underneath his chin. They did a biopsy that turned out to be positive for squamus cell carcinoma.
He had an appt. with his Doc at UCLA on the 6th to do a clean up lazer procedure on his gums. His Dermo faxed the results on his neck to the Doc at UCLA. What was suppose to be a no big deal lazer procedure turned into a 6 hour surgery.
His Doc had to call in a plastic surgeon. There were two teams working on him. The first team removed the skin on his neck that had the cancer. Then the plastic surgeon's team did a skin graft from Ron's right chest and attached it to his neck. He ended up being in the hospital for 6 days. Fortunately he is going to be fine and in a couple of months it will probably look like he had a neck lift!
The main point I want to share is to please always check out anything that looks "weird" because you just never know. Ron and I were both caught off guard by this...
Love you all,
Shelley
Caregiver to husband Ron. Throat Cancer. Finished 35 radiation treatments on 11/21/04. 8/2/11 small lesion on lower gum, laser Procedure to remove. 3/6/12 Doc. removed another lesion on outside of his neck. Did a skin graft from his chest to replace the skin on his neck. Went to Heaven on 6/24/12.
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Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 805 | Wow Shelley. Thank you for sharing. That must have been an awful time for you in the waiting room. I'm sure they kept tabs with you though, but still.
Glad to here they expect all will be ok.
Kathy
Kathy wife/caregiver to:
Kevin age:53
Dx 7/15/11
HPV16+ SCC Stage IV BOT/R
Non smoker, casual drinker
7/27/11 Cistplatin, taxotere,5FU 2/3week sessions, followed by IMRT 125cgy x 60 (2x daily) w/Erbitux weekly. Last rad 10/26/11. Last Erbitux 10/27/11
PEG placed 9/1/11 Removed 11/8/11
Clear PET 10/12 and 10/13 and ct in 6/14
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Poor Ron! Im very sorry to hear that his 'spot' turned out to be SCC. Im sure it was quite a shock to both of you. So glad that it was taken care of quickly. Hope he has a fast recovery from the surgery. You can never be too cautious when it comes to getting checked after going thru oral cancer treatments. Thanks for letting everyone know about this so they will be careful.
Wishing Ron continued good health!
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  | | |
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