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Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 805 | Just stay upright long enough to get past him!! Good job old man!! ;o)
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: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | David
Way to go. I remember my first (and last and only) triathlon. I was so sure that with my great marathon times and decent biking times that I could manage the open water swimming portion by training in the local swimming pool. Wrong! I go so disoriented as I was swam on top of by what must have been half human/half dolphin competitors that I missed the turn buoys and they sent a boat out after me to steer me back on course which put me way way behind. My poor wife was a nervous wreck as everyone else came out of the water and no sign of me. Finally, I staggered out, the third person from dead last in the swim.
Congratulations on finishing - very very impressive
Charm
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65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 212 | Hi David,
I have been off the forum for a while and glad I checked back in. I was an Ironman before Cancer about 3.5 years ago. And it took a LONG time to get back into it!!
Very proud of you! I know you are a biker but now a swimmer and runner too! WAY TO GO
Steve
70 male, athlete...again
SSC of undetermined orgin , early july 09
40 tx radiation, 8 chemo cisplatin and ebuterx
finished TX in mid Sept 09
Clear at the 6 year mark!
Back to swimming, biking and running! just a tad slower
never regained my weight, even when I eat lots and lots, just a skinny guy now
Just way glad to be seeing the green side up!
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Tristeve,
YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!
I may be a tri biker but I am not a tri runner nor a tri swimmer. I don't have the time to dedicate myself to 3 disciplines. You people are animals!
Charm,
I'm with you on this first, last and only thing. Maybe when(if) I retire?
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 $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 945 | DavidCPA - your accompliment is all the more impressive knowing about the flan recipe ....
Maria
CG to husband - SCC Tonsil T1N2M0 HPV+ Never Smoker
First symptoms 7/2010, DX 12/2010
TX 40 IRMT (1.8 gy) + 10 Cetuximab
PET Scans 6/2011 + 3/2012 clear, 5 year physical exam clear; chest CT's clear of cancer. On thyroid pills. Life is good.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I make it; I teach classes on it; I love it but I rarely eat it.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 47 | It must feel good to take on new challanges, I like Tristeve was a triathlete a few years before HPV introduced cancer and the treatment as a new part time hobby. I have used my old training styles add a little each week stay focused folloe instructions and advice from others to complete this course the same as I did ontriathlon courses. 4 weeks since Chemo radiation finished each day is a step back to gaining 30 lbs I lost. Ten minutes on the bike has replaced 2 and a half hour bike rides, but the feeling on the ten minutes is great. Still on peg for every thing but I want to eat and food smells good again. In a week or so I get the standard removal of a few shruken lymph nodes. I have entered the "Slateman" and olympic distance tri in the rural Welsh Valleys easter 2013. So happy to be progressing to eating Cristmas dinner with a knife and fork. All my triathlons including the 1/2 ironman world championship in Clearwater 2007 were a walk in the park compared to Chemo and Chemo radiation concurrent, please a meddle for everyone who has wnet through this treatment. And a thank you for this site to all the regular supporters for keeping me informed and positive all the way. Cubankeith in a cold dark London. Oh! PS any body know who won the Ryder Cub over there in Cowboy Country???
21st March squall cells.Endescopy not oesophagus, ENT .April endo nose CAT MRI general Panendoscopy prim-HPV 16 base of left tongue one node-stage 2.23rd of May.14/5/12 9 teeth out.8/6/12 PICC inserted.11/6/12 1st Chemos 25/6/12 2nd Chemo Cisplatin5FU:27/6/12 PEG23/8/12 Radiation finished 1/9/12.
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