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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Wendy
Words fail me. Your story and Jim's fight is one of the more poignant ones here on OCF. I hope you have found some comfort here. So sorry to hear of your loss
Charm
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: Oct 2011 Posts: 805 | I agree with Charm Wendy, you have had a huge impact on our family. The kids and Kev and I have prayed for Jim every night in our family prayers. Praying for healing in the beginning, then after your posts praying that he would be able to enjoy family until the end and when the time was here that he would go peacefully. It sounds as though those prayers were answered.
I know this has got to be unbearable for you. We are here for you if you need us. Not that some of us can even imagine your pain, but there are some who most definitely can.
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 2009 Posts: 875 | Wendy:
I just found out about your terrible loss, and have no words to say, except how sorry I am. It's not fair when something like this happens and we wonder why bad things happen to good people. You can tell by these responses that many who did not even know Jim, cared and prayed for him. Like you said, he is suffering no more, and that is the one thing for which you can be thankful. That, and the fact that Jim will always be with you and the children, watching and guarding over you - he is now your GUARDIAN ANGEL.
julieann
Julieann Nov 2007 SCC on right tonsil following tonsillectomy. Was smoker, QUIT. (Stage IV T2 N2b) 7 weeks radiation one day/wk chemo (carboplatin and 5-FU). Allergic to Taxol; PEG in, lost 30 lbs. TX completed January 2008. PEG out mid- 2008. PET/CT 1/17/2011;2/3/12 NEGATIVE for cancer  | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 | Wendy,
I send my deepest condolences for the loss of your beloved Jim. I haven't been on the boards much of late but please know that I followed your posts. I am so sorry.
Anita
Anita (68)
CG to husband, Clark, 79,
DX SCC 11/07, T4N0Mx, PEG 1/08, RAD, post rad infection 3/08,
HBOT 40 dives, ORN, Surg 11/09 mandibulectomy w/fibular graft.
Plastic Surg 4/10, 12/10, 3/11, 10/11, 4/12, 10/12. All PETS clear,
PEG out 1/11. 6/11 non union jaw fracture
Fractured jaw w/surgery 7/14
Aspiration pneumonia 7/21, 10/22
PEG 7/21
Botox injections
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Joined: May 2012 Posts: 114 | Wendy I am so very sorry to hear about Jim's passing. My heart goes out to you and your family as you make your way through your new life without him.
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
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Joined: May 2012 Posts: 18 | i feel your pain, i wondered how i could go on as well, since i was young when we got together and never really lived my life without him being there. It is very hard, keeping busy helps and having people around to bring u out of the blues. Family and friends will keep u going through those difficult times. my thoughts and prayers are with u.
CG to Joel 1st tumor flr of mouth 1998, 38 rad trmts 2nd tumor back of mouth/throat, rad neck, part remvl of jaw, soft palate rmvl, no chemo or rad, has a peg tube since dec 2011.Frmr smkr 25yrs ago, drinker, worked in HVAC indus 35yrs. 3rd dx on 6/20/12, hospice6/29/12, died July 17, 2012
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