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Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 33 | Cheryld and Tina 77 thanks for the suggestions. The hard drive on my desktop is growling badly this morning. I am responding on my iPhone and do not know if this will even work. I will post more from a new or repaired unit. This is barbaric!
Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain
Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign
Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd
Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab
No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd
No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT
No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer
De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT
De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | It needs some TLC ... And maybe a hot water bottle (Canadian humor)
Last edited by Cheryld; 12-06-2013 11:03 AM.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 33 | You are probably right. This is being typed on my new $$$$ computer which seems to have lost all our old data, including my wife's accounting files and email. The -20C (-4F)outside is warm compared to the reception this unit is getting. Her anger is keeping her warm.
I'm not impressed either as I type Dvorak, and this hunt and peck (qwerty) is as barbaric as using my phone. More later when normalcy returns. Stay warm.
Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain
Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign
Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd
Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab
No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd
No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT
No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer
De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT
De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords
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Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Carpe - Deja vu is a sinister friend. No sooner did I send you a PM on ideas to recover data from your old tired computer, mine cratered too.
Fortunately, I had another hard drive complete with functional operating system that I could swap in.
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 33 | Cheryld the new PC is running but lots of data needs converting, transferring etc., so I will be busy for the next while. It appears nothing is lost, just archived. Take care.
Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain
Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign
Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd
Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab
No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd
No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT
No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer
De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT
De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Love toying with new technology. ;o) tis awesome fun... and frustrating.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 381 | -20? You BC folks are such pansies....Come to Alberta, we'll show ya what cold really is.
Tina
Diag: Aug. 13/12
T3N0M0
50% + glossectomy and bilateral radical neck dissection, removal of nodes zones I - V
Surgery October 11/12
Chemo/rad on hold due to clear margins and nodes
Sept 21/13 clear CT with anomaly thought to be the artery, being watched closely.
Dec 16/13 - anomaly confirmed artery, all clear
nickname: "get 'r done"
Plans: kick cancer's butt
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Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 805 | Kevin is on the Arctic Slope right now...it's -40 there right now. Or at least it was yesterday. Crazy. I don't know how he does it. He went back to work in January 2012 in that kind of weather, 2 months after finishing tx. Crazy man, but I'm glad he's mine!!
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: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | HE IS CRAZY... Even when I feel great... -40 is NOT MY THING... in fact... I prefer +40.
tell him to keep warm. HUGS
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 33 | Hello again folks. Had to work right up to Christmas Eve afternoon. We're still trying to get the new computer right. And our nice sunny -20C gave way to gloomy wet snow, rain, and temperatures around zero. A real mess.
Heard something interesting out on the road one day. One trucker asked another "Are you still living the dream, or looking for another one"? I said to myself, "Hell, I'm just dreaming to live"!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas. My present will be surgery in Vancouver on New year's Eve, of all days! They have been telling me it's early stage, and hope to remove all the ca by surgery. I know others on here have heard this before, but I'm buying it for now and staying optimistic.
If I really do get away with such minimal treatment, it will make me feel like a kid with a Bandaid on a scraped knee, compared to the suffering many of you have endured. I am unworthy.
Tomorrow we get ready to travel on Sunday. Everyone have a Happy New Year and I will check in next year!
Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain
Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign
Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd
Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab
No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd
No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT
No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer
De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT
De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords
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