#3430     08-24-2004 10:01 AM      |       Joined:  Jul 2003  Posts: 1,163    Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |           Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Jul 2003  Posts: 1,163  |    Welcome back Helen!!!
  Hope your recover goes well. Nice to sleep in your own bed is right. Keep us posted on how your doing and ask any question you need. Nice to have you back!!!
  Danny Boy        
Daniel Bogan DX 7/16/03 Right tonsil,SCC T4NOMO. right side neck disection, IMRT Radiation x 33.
  Recurrance in June 05 in right tonsil area. Now receiving palliative chemo (Erbitux) starting 3/9/06
  Our good friend and loved member of the forum  has passed away RIP Dannyboy 7-16-2006
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#3431     08-24-2004 10:27 AM      |       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  |    Welcome home Helen I've missed your sunshine and send you positive energy for your recovery.      Lots of love from Helen         
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#3432     08-24-2004 11:27 AM      |       Joined:  Dec 2003  Posts: 116    Gold Member (100+ posts)   |           Gold Member (100+ posts)    Joined:  Dec 2003  Posts: 116  |    Welcome back, Helen. I hope we are good medicine for you, because you sure are good medicine for us. 
  love, Christine        
Wife of Scott: SCC, Stage I retromolar 10/02--33 rad; recurrence 10/03--Docetaxol, 5FU, Cisplatin; 1/04 radical right neck, hard palate, right tonsil; recurrence 2/04--mets to skin and neck; Xeloda and palliative care 3/04-4/04; died 5/01/04.
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#3433     08-24-2004 11:41 AM      |       Joined:  May 2003  Posts: 928    "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)   |           "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  May 2003  Posts: 928  |    Congratulations Helen....Welcome home. Marica        
Caregiver to husband Pete, Dx 4/03 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV. Chemo /Rad no surgery. Treatment finished 8/03. Doing great!
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#3434     08-24-2004 05:18 PM      |       Joined:  Dec 2003  Posts: 207    Platinum Member (200+ posts)   |           Platinum Member (200+ posts)    Joined:  Dec 2003  Posts: 207  |    Welcome home, Helen!! I thought I saw some clouds parting today... best wishes and prayers as you continue to recover...        
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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#3435     08-24-2004 05:33 PM      |       Joined:  Aug 2003  Posts: 1,627    Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |           Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Aug 2003  Posts: 1,627  |    Glad to see you are home Helen.  Just being there will heal you faster.   Love, Minnie        
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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#3436     08-24-2004 10:17 PM      |       Joined:  Apr 2004  Posts: 146    Gold Member (100+ posts)   |           Gold Member (100+ posts)    Joined:  Apr 2004  Posts: 146  |    Welcome back Helen! See that didn't take so long, did it!     Here's hoping for a speedy recovery and I'm sure you'll be back to your old self in no time!  We sure did miss you and your kind words of wisdom.  Hoping for nothing but sunshine ahead for you. Hugs, Nancy         
Stage IV oral cancer (tongue), T3N2, total glossectomy with right and left modified neck dissection 7/03, rad /chemo ended 11/03
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#3437     08-24-2004 10:24 PM      |       Joined:  Sep 2003  Posts: 30    Contributing Member (25+ posts)   |           Contributing Member (25+ posts)    Joined:  Sep 2003  Posts: 30  |    Helen, So glad to hear you're home from hospital. Being home makes you feel better. Take care. Mary Lee      |      |       |                      
#3438     08-24-2004 11:47 PM      |       Joined:  Oct 2003  Posts: 49    Contributing Member (25+ posts)   |           Contributing Member (25+ posts)    Joined:  Oct 2003  Posts: 49  |        
5-02 SCC T1N1M0 Stage 3 Right Tonsil  6-02 Right Radical Neck Disection 9-03 Recurrent SCC Dx Stage 4 unknown prim 12-03 7 Chemo  12-03 36 Rad 5-04 Left Upper Lung Wedge Resection neg 7-04 Right Parotidectomy  9-04 Began IMRT 10-04 Ended IMRT
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#3439     08-25-2004 01:05 AM      |       Joined:  Apr 2004  Posts: 143    Gold Member (100+ posts)   |           Gold Member (100+ posts)    Joined:  Apr 2004  Posts: 143  |    Welcome back, WWOTE........WWOTS has missed you and your warped sense of humor.....sending good vibrations your way...........Love and Hugs, Dee      |      |       |                
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