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Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 51 | Hi All, I have just been to see my GP. I had soe bloods taken
a few days ago and she phoned for me to come in asap. I thought no the big C cannot be back, besides it doesnt show up in bloods. But it seems I now have Rheumatoid Artharitis, I thought wow what else cand go wrong but at least I now have a na\me to put to all the aches and pains I have been haing over the last 20 years, she is the only doc who has asked for a full blood test to be done, and has booked me into to see a specialist on Monday as an urgent patient. Just that monday also happens to be my birthday, what a joke.
Well thanks again for letting me go on here but it is the only place that I can and I always feel better after writing/typing it all down.
Margie
SCC Base of tongue stage 4. 10 hour operation Radical neck dissection and hemiglossectomy 23/10/06 35 Rad treatments and 3 high dose Cistplatin Dec 06 - Feb 07. Ex casual smoker 6 to 8 a day - casual drinker. Very fit and diet conscious.
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Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | So glad you're here. Just vent anytime you feel like it. It really does help and can help someone else, too. It looks like a case of good news - it was not the big C, but bad news about Rheumatoid Arthritis. It's really good news too, that your Doctor was so on top of things and got you in for an appointment with a specialist so soon. Maybe you can celebrate your birthday after your appointment Monday and also celebrate that it was NOT the big C. 
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | Vent away Margie, you amongst people who understand my dear. Keep your chin up sister Eric
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
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Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 51 | thanks for letting me rave on....feel better now
SCC Base of tongue stage 4. 10 hour operation Radical neck dissection and hemiglossectomy 23/10/06 35 Rad treatments and 3 high dose Cistplatin Dec 06 - Feb 07. Ex casual smoker 6 to 8 a day - casual drinker. Very fit and diet conscious.
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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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