#3075 07-23-2004 10:32 AM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 251 Gold Member (200+ posts) |  Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 251 | I, like many others, found Lynn to be remarkable in her generosity to others when many would have been consumed by their own circumstances. She obviously lived her life and, very likely, her death with enormous grace. She was a good person.
Anita
Husband Dx 12/02 Stage 4 Tonsil Cancer T1N2bM0; surgery, radiation, chemo 1/03 - 4/03.
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#3076 07-23-2004 01:36 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 | My heart goes out to Lynn and her family. She was obviously a courageous and selfless person. The thought of her young children growing up without her is distressing. What a loss.
Helen
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#3077 07-23-2004 07:41 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | | Platinum Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 | Wow, I'm just in shock and don't know what to say or how to respond... I'm just thankful for her kind words to me on several occasions... Just by reading her posts and her sig, I could tell she was a warrior -- a graceful warrior...
Eric
Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.
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#3078 07-23-2004 08:20 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | A fight courageously fought, my prayers and thoughts are with her family and also with all of you 'her ocf family'
love and hugs to everyone
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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#3079 07-23-2004 11:11 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 11 Member | | Member
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 11 | First and foremost I send hugs and prayers from the bottom of my heart to Lynn's family. I only got to know Lynn for a brief moment in time but her love and compassion touched me even so. I believe that Lynn fought with all her might. I haven't been posting for awhile due to having committed to a 3month Head and Neck Cancer Forum which is ending in a couple days. With my other group finally ending I was anxious to come back here to see what's been happening since my first visit in June of this year. The post regarding Lynn's passing was the first that I came upon. Lynn had sent me a personal message when I first shared my story and we wrote back and forth a couple of times until her trip to N.Y. I also have lung metastasis and have participated in studies so we had allot in common. I will keep her surviving family in my prayers.
Much Love to All,
Candle
SSC Larynx/Supraglottic Laryngectomy'98. Max Radiat-'98,'01. Liver resect-'00. Metastasis to lt lung'02&rt lung'04. Carboplatin&Taxol&Ifosfamide&Taxotere'00.Cetuximab'02.Cysplatin&Topotecan'03.
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#3080 07-24-2004 12:39 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | My thoughts and prayers go out to Lynn's family. She was a courageous woman, I am deeply saddened by this news. God Bless, 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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#3081 07-24-2004 04:43 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 30 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 30 | What a shock, Lynn was such a special person.
She was an amazing support for me and was so happy for me when I went for my lung surgery. I am so sorry to hear this news, my prayers go out to Lynn's family, she truly was an angel.
Sharon
Right Radical Neck Disection 2/02, 7 wks Rad. rgt side 04/03, 15% of tongue removed 08/03, Lung Met 05/04, lung surgery removed 8 nodules and 4 lymph nodes in chest all SCC
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#3082 07-24-2004 08:09 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 139 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 139 | God bless Lynn's family and God bless us for our loss. She was a remarkable woman to have shared so much of herself to help others. We are better people for having "known" Lynn.
Judy U
Judy U
Stage I SCC floor of mouth, left radical neck dissection 8/03
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#3083 07-24-2004 08:49 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 30 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 30 | Lynn's passing has truly hit me hard. Here is the last email she sent to me on July 11:
Not so good on this side. I had to go up on pain meds Friday 100 mg MS Contin twice a day with Roxanoal (liquid morphine for breakdown pain) I have no bowel movements. What an enchanting topic? My recent chest CT showed a more than 50% increase in tumor size since April. I start radiation therapy next week for 2-3 weeks for pallative care only. My spirits are really quite good because I am taking nutrition orally rather than in PEG format. It's just a small thing, but hey!
I'll let you know about my progress as it progresses.
Lynn
Right Radical Neck Disection 2/02, 7 wks Rad. rgt side 04/03, 15% of tongue removed 08/03, Lung Met 05/04, lung surgery removed 8 nodules and 4 lymph nodes in chest all SCC
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#3084 07-24-2004 12:55 PM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 156 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 156 | I can't believe this. It's just not fair. She was always so nice and took care of everyone here.
We love you and will miss you greatly Lynn.
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