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                    |    |       Joined:  Dec 2003  Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Dec 2003  Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2  |    Dave,
  Many of us have shed a few tears for your mom and for you, my friend. It is nice to have some of those be tears of joy. She is such a trooper. You are amazing!  Hang in there. Best wishes for both of you. 
  Ed        
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0 Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days  radiation Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03 Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.  Cervical Spinal Stenosis  01/11 Cervical Myelitis 09/12 Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12 Dysautonomia 11/12 Hospice care 09/12-01/13. COPD 01/14 Intermittent CHF 6/15 Feeding tube NPO 03/16 VFI 12/2016 ORN 12/2017 Cardiac Event 06/2018 Bilateral VFI 01/2021 Thoracotomy Bilobectomy  01/2022 Bilateral VFI 05/2022 Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2013  Posts: 262    Gold Member (200+ posts)   |           Gold Member (200+ posts)    Joined:  Jun 2013  Posts: 262  |    [quote=Uptown] Many of us have shed a few tears for your mom and for you, my friend. It is nice to have some of those be tears of joy. 
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  Beautifully said, Ed.  Didier, our hearts are with you and your Mom....keep the faith.
  <<<Hugs>>>        
53 T3N2aM0  HPV+ 5/26/13 discovered painless superball-sized lymph node in neck 6/26/13 DX SCC R palatine tonsil 7/16/13 TORS tonsillectomy & selective ND, mets to 2 nodes 9/3/13 Cisplatin and rads begin, tolerated 1.5 of 3 planned chemo doses 10/16/13 Treatment ends Dec 13  Ulcer appears at surgery site Jan 17  Biopsy -- no cancer! Feb 17 CT/PET Scan lights up tonsil bed & nasal cavity, docs say probably inflammation, don't panic, rescan when ulcer subsides 
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