|    |       Joined:  Oct 2011  Posts: 225    "OCF Down Under"  Gold Member (200+ posts)   |      OP      "OCF Down Under"  Gold Member (200+ posts)    Joined:  Oct 2011  Posts: 225  |    Simon has his 9 month check today, so please think of us. I've got the heeby-jeebies about it and remain concerned that it's a visual check rather than anything technological but I won't bore you all again with that as I know the visual check is within the guidelines. Best wishes to you all.        
Brother 49yo DX 22/6/11 Tonsil SCC HPV+ Stage IV T4N1(?)M0. Carbo/docetaxel (Taxotere)19/7, 11/8 (with E-tux), 1/9; E-tux 11/8, 25/8, 15/9, 30/9, 14/10, 28/10; IMRT X 35 (70gy tumour;63gy nodes;56gy gen area) 19/9-4/11/11. Clear PET scan 1/2/12. 1 and 2 year post treatment checks good.    |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  May 2012  Posts: 114    Senior Member (100+ posts)   |           Senior Member (100+ posts)    Joined:  May 2012  Posts: 114  |    Best of luck with the check up!  Never a bore, let us know how everything goes.          
Amy CG to mom Janet - diag w/ early SCC 8/11-surg w/ rad neck dissect & graft from arm/thigh 9/11-evid in nodes tx 6 wks rads (5/wk) w/cistplatin (1/wk for 6 wks) began 11/11-wk or 2 break 12/11 due to severe side effects-done 1/12- 3/23/12 mets to liver lung bone-hospice 4/7/12-lost fight 4/22/12     |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Aug 2007  Posts: 1,301    "OCF Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |           "OCF Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Aug 2007  Posts: 1,301  |    Sending positive vibes for Simon's check up Linda.  Mine were all visual but I usually had a yearly biopsy.  My visual will be next Monday!   Love to you both Gabriele        
History Leukoplakia bx 8/2006 SCC floor mouth T3N0M0- Verrucous Carcinoma. 14 hour 0p SCC-Right ND/excision/marginal mandibulectomy 9/2006, 4 teeth removed, flap from wrist, trach-ng 6 days- no chemo/rad. 6 ops and debulking (flap/tongue join) + bx's 2006-2012. bx Jan 2012 Hyperkeratosis-Epithelial Dysplasia 24cm GIST tumour removed 8/2013. Indefinite Oral Chemo.
  1/31/16  passed away peacefully surrounded by family
     |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jul 2011  Posts: 945    "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)   |           "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  Jul 2011  Posts: 945  |    Thinks of you and Simon - I get the heeby-jeebies, too!  Maria        
CG to husband - SCC Tonsil T1N2M0 HPV+ Never Smoker  First symptoms 7/2010, DX 12/2010  TX 40 IRMT (1.8 gy) + 10 Cetuximab PET Scans 6/2011 + 3/2012 clear, 5 year physical exam clear; chest CT's clear of cancer. On thyroid pills. Life is good. 
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Oct 2011  Posts: 225    "OCF Down Under"  Gold Member (200+ posts)   |      OP      "OCF Down Under"  Gold Member (200+ posts)    Joined:  Oct 2011  Posts: 225  |    Thanks, ladies. He's just rung with a good report! I can breathe easy (for a couple of months, at least, until the next check).         
Brother 49yo DX 22/6/11 Tonsil SCC HPV+ Stage IV T4N1(?)M0. Carbo/docetaxel (Taxotere)19/7, 11/8 (with E-tux), 1/9; E-tux 11/8, 25/8, 15/9, 30/9, 14/10, 28/10; IMRT X 35 (70gy tumour;63gy nodes;56gy gen area) 19/9-4/11/11. Clear PET scan 1/2/12. 1 and 2 year post treatment checks good.    |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Dec 2010  Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5    "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Dec 2010  Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5  |    Yeah! Congrats that's awesome!        
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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