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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 143 | Mom was taken to the Operating Room at 8:00 am for her mandible resection and reconstruction.  She will also remove as much muscle from her right cheek as the tumor is the size of a marble. Our only form of communication is via text messaging since we are all 20,000 miles away. It is very difficult and heart breaking to be far. By tomorrow morning I will be able to give you more updates. Need all your thoughts and prayers.
Joyce March 1940 to January 2014
A wife, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She fought oral cancer from late 2009 to Early 2014.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 440 | Praying that your mom's surgery was a success and that she recovers and heals quickly.
Dx 3/27/09 @ 28 years old with High Grade MEC T4N2M0
Elizabeth, 33, mother of 3 girls (4,7, &8yrs old)
3 rds of chemo(Carbo/Taxol)
Rt Mandibulectomy, rt fibular flap,& rt ND with trach, picc,& g-tube.
30 rds of rads with weekly cisplatin
SCANS ALL CLEAR!
OCF Regional Coordinator of San Antonio Walk
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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 143 | Mom has been post-op for the last 2 days. She continues to be in the ICU due to her breathing problems. She is on the respirator. I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. It is a very stressful journey but OCF is keeping my hopes up.
Joyce March 1940 to January 2014
A wife, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She fought oral cancer from late 2009 to Early 2014.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 143 | Each time I receive a text message or email my heart cries.....
Joyce March 1940 to January 2014
A wife, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She fought oral cancer from late 2009 to Early 2014.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3 | Ina,
My thoughts and prayers are with you | | | | | Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 143 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | OP Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 143 | �there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.�
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
I prefer to be sad and voice out what I feel with all of you!!
Keep the faith and keep on hoping!!
Joyce March 1940 to January 2014
A wife, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She fought oral cancer from late 2009 to Early 2014.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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