#23785 07-15-2007 07:59 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 35 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 35 | Well, Saturday an Sunday were 2 quite interesting days!
After it seemed I was doing so well I wake up Saturday evening to feel my mouth filling up with liquid. Fearing the worst i run to the bathroom....yes BLOOD was pouring from my mouth. Rush downto the ER and get kept in pretty much all night to find out from the on-call ENT that it looks like a blown stitch!
Also found out that when they operated on Monday laat they found CLEAR MARGINS!!!!!!!!!!! I have to go see my regular ENT monday to get this cofirmed but you could have knocked me down with a fearhter when he told me..what did I do....jump and and down whelping and whooping???no....all I did (I guess in true English fashion)was to quietly utter to myself...thank god!!!
HOWEVER this doesnt mean I am done with everything....oh no...my tongue is still killing me and I am back to square one with food!! But it is a huge weight off my mind noentheless!!!
Well, thats all for now....take care one and all!!
Dx:06/08/07 SCC left Lateral tongue Stage I/II
Tx: 07/09/07 Partial -10% approx. of tongue taken round 1cm x 3cm No rad/Chemo deemed necessary.....ex smoker
07/17/07 CLEAR MARGINS!!!
05/15/10 Sore has returned and will not leave.back to see ENT 05/17/10
04/07/11 Lump on neck.....ENT on 04/12/11
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#23786 07-15-2007 12:56 PM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | What great news, Christopher, and what a relief it must be to hear the "Clear Margins" report! Hope the painful tongue gets better soon.
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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#23787 07-16-2007 02:00 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Christopher,
In the typically American fashion, THAT"S GREAT NEWS!!!!! yelling so our neighbors can here it.
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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#23788 07-16-2007 09:16 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | GREAT NEWS (not the blood or the food part), but the CLEAR MARGINS. I'm so happy for you, Christopher!
I hope you are feeling better soon.
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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#23789 07-16-2007 03:26 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Hi Christopher,
I have been out of town since Friday and I waa thrilled to check in and read that you got that great report.
I hope by now the tongue problem is under control. I though you had told me that they were not going to suture your tongue. I'm confused.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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#23790 07-16-2007 03:41 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 35 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | OP Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 35 | Jerry,
He only sutured a small part of the tongue
Dx:06/08/07 SCC left Lateral tongue Stage I/II
Tx: 07/09/07 Partial -10% approx. of tongue taken round 1cm x 3cm No rad/Chemo deemed necessary.....ex smoker
07/17/07 CLEAR MARGINS!!!
05/15/10 Sore has returned and will not leave.back to see ENT 05/17/10
04/07/11 Lump on neck.....ENT on 04/12/11
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