#2365 04-23-2004 06:21 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 316 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 316 | Hi all,
I don't where this came from, but I like it:
"I shut the door on yesterday and threw the key away. Tomorrow has no fears for me, since I have found today."
Cheers!
Tizz
End of Radiation - the "Ides of March" 2004 :-)
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#2366 04-23-2004 06:29 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | OK if we are going to get deep...
this dedicated to you all.
A lot of people will walk into your life, But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart..
Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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#2367 04-23-2004 08:10 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 143 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 143 | Do not walk behind me,for I may not lead......Do not walk in front of me, I may not follow....................Walk beside me, that we may be as one.............Ute philosophy.........one of Frank`s favorites........Dee | | |
#2368 04-23-2004 09:08 AM | 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 | Yesterday is a memory and tomorrow is just a vision but today is a gift, that's why we call it the present.
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
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#2369 04-23-2004 09:18 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 162 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 162 | The biscuits and the syrup never come out even.
-Brett
Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.
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#2370 04-23-2004 09:04 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 189 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 189 | "If God brings us to it, He will bring us through it."
A new favorite: "Get on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet."
Husband diagnosed with stage III tonsil and floor of mouth cancer in August 2002. Three rounds of chemo/42 RAD treatments. Upper right lung lobectomy in March 2003. (Benign)
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#2371 04-23-2004 10:15 PM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 143 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 143 | Hi,All, my thought for the day is a song....I`ve been listening to Joe Cocker for at least a week now, and the song "Up Where We Belong" certainly rings true for a lot of us "There are Mountains in our way, but we climb them anyway" Dee | | |
#2372 04-24-2004 03:00 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Hi Mandi, love what you wrote...where are you in Maryland??? I am in Bel Air....Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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#2373 04-24-2004 03:21 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8 Member | | Member
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8 | We can't change the direction of the wind, but we CAN adjust our sails!
Caretaker/Longtime Girlfriend of Don. Dx 10/31/03 SCC Stage IV T2N3MO right tonsil/tongue base. Treatment began 12/9/03 = 35 IMRT weekdays/8 Chemos once weekly/Surgery late Feb 04
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#2374 04-24-2004 03:45 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 47 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 47 | Ooops, Somehow I was signed in with my old login... this signature is more up to date.
Caretaker/Longtime Girlfriend of Don. Dx 10/31/03 SCC Stage IV T2N3bMO right tonsil/tongue base. 35 IMRT w/8 Chemos,Biopsy 4/5/4 STILL pos. Radical rightside 4/12/4 Reoccurred late August 04 God took his hand from me November 23rd, 2004
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