#24721 11-01-2007 01:46 PM | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 | Hi everyone! About 3 weeks ago I had a bump (lump, zit looking bump) removed from my lower lip by my dermatologist. She calls me today to tell me the biopsy was cancerous! What a shocker! I couldn't work the rest of the day! She is working on referring me to an ENT and will call me tomorrow. I may be a little pre-mature posting.
I have enjoyed reading the stories posted here. I hope to have good news. I pray for all of you here. You are doing a great service to all who suffer from this disease.
Frank
South Louisiana - Cancerous growth removed from lip 10/07. Lesion removal & biopsy done 11/7/07 - no signs of cancer in area. PET scan done. No signs of cancer in Head & neck. Something in chest. CT to be done 12/20/07
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#24722 11-01-2007 03:34 PM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Welcome Frank...stay with us and we will help you thru this.
Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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#24723 11-01-2007 04:48 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | Welcome, Frank, from another Louisianan. I am from Alexandria, and there are several other bayou folks on this forum.
No, you are NOT premature to post. You are worried, and rightfully so, and whatever comfort, and assurance we can give you, we are ready to give.
I hope that you can get to see the ENT tomorrow, or else you will have an anxious weekend. If that's the case, write to us here, and then go and tune in the LSU-Alabama game. THAT should take your mind off your troubles for a while.
Seriously, please stay in touch and never feel that your problems are not serious enough to need the comfort and advice offered here. We grieve when someone has a terrible situation, and we rejoice when it turns out that someone was mistaken and doesn't have cancer, or finds that they are cancer-free after treatment.
...and in between, we know exactly what you are feeling at each step of the way, even now. You will be fine. Try to put yourself into "neutral" on the subject, since there is nothing at all that you can do now.
Write whenever you are worried. There will be someone here who has the same problem.
You can also use the search feature.
You can also start a new thread, using a more specific subject line....like "Anybody else have cancer on their lip?" ..something like that...and see who answers.
Good luck. I hope you get to see someone tomorrow, and I hope you get good news. If so, let us know, and if not, then let us know that too, and let us walk with you on the journey.
XO--Colleen
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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#24724 11-01-2007 09:03 PM | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | OP Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 | Thanks Deb & Colleen! Nice to know that I am not alone. I slept well last night but of course am worried about the possibility of a grim future. I am getting ready to go to work now. Hopefully, I can see someone today. Colleen, I will try to put myself in neutral on this so that it doesn't eat away at living my life today and this weekend. Thanks for your support!
Geaux Tigers!!!!!
South Louisiana - Cancerous growth removed from lip 10/07. Lesion removal & biopsy done 11/7/07 - no signs of cancer in area. PET scan done. No signs of cancer in Head & neck. Something in chest. CT to be done 12/20/07
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#24725 11-02-2007 02:57 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Hot boudin Cold koosh-koosh Comon Tigers Pooosh, Pooosh, Pooosh LSU - Class of '78 Okay guys, it's a cajun thing most ya'll wouldn't understand 
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | |
#24726 11-02-2007 03:00 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Hang in there Frank, you're not pre-mature in posting. We've all been there at some point!
Let us know after "the call"
Kevin
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | |
#24727 11-02-2007 04:52 AM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | OK Kevin,
Your cheers are as weird as Texas A&M's...hullaballoo canek canek, etc...or however you spell it...we aren't alumi, only parents. Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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#24728 11-02-2007 05:40 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | When LSU beats BAMA this weekend you'll see/hear a lot of crazy cajun cheers
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | |
#24729 11-02-2007 08:55 AM | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | OP Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 | The nurse called this afternoon. I have an appointment Tuesday at 2pm. I'll keep you posted. Any suggestions on getting your mind off this stuff?
South Louisiana - Cancerous growth removed from lip 10/07. Lesion removal & biopsy done 11/7/07 - no signs of cancer in area. PET scan done. No signs of cancer in Head & neck. Something in chest. CT to be done 12/20/07
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#24730 11-02-2007 10:02 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Try to stay busy doing something, anything that will keep your mind occupied. For me, my hobbies kept me occupied.
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | |
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