#3812 09-25-2004 03:49 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | OP  Platinum Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 | Hello all, Eric here -- what no reports from the Vegas crew? I guess they are partying too hard... I hope so anyway...
I have an MRI scheduled for Monday -- my first scan since finishing treatment about four weeks ago... Of course, I'm sweating bullets already. I've managed to keep my mind occupied with other things this week, but the thoughts keep slipping back in...
Otherwise, I feel great and am getting my energy back slowly but surely. The appetite is finally coming around as well. For some reason, I'm totally addicted to cheeseburgers these days (though the mustard and pickles burn my tongue a little)...
Need some of those prayers and positive vibes so many of you send out... Thanks!! I'll update everyone with what I pray is good news in a few days...
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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#3813 09-25-2004 04:37 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hey Eric,
You can count on me for prayers and well wishes.
Take care,
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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#3814 09-25-2004 09:31 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Hi Eric
Prayers, and GOOD thoughts on the way, glad you are feeling better...
Sunshine...love and hugs
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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#3815 09-26-2004 01:09 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 153 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 153 | hey Eric,
best wishes on your 1st mri since treatment.
as an aside for my 1st mri, they said they didn't see anything except what they said was due to treatment. some strange medical term. that has continued to be the case for a couple of years now.... so if you should hear something like that... don't worry, smile and be happy!! they like to have a baseline mri to see how things progress over time.
heal strong,
cu,
larryb | | |
#3816 09-26-2004 02:36 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 | Eric, Of course you are in our prayers. And don't worry too much as the scans they take just after treatment often, if not always, show "suspicious" activity. So don't worry about it. And remember that while McDonald's isn't good for the "normal" population, us underweight patients can eat anything. I'm still eating all the Micky D's I can and have only this week started to gain weight, 5 pounds. Also, just think of all of the money that the blackjack tables are taking away from the medical profession. The doctors will have to go on the bread line for a few weeks after Vegas does its majic.
Regards, Kirk Georgia
Stage IV, T1N2aM0, right tonsil primary, Tonsilectomy 11/03, 35 rad/3cisplatin chemo, right neck dissection 1/04 - 5/04.
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#3817 09-26-2004 04:55 AM | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 148 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 148 | You've got it Eric... Prayers heading your way from the Sunflower State!
Sincerely,
Lisa in Ks
Lisa
SCC of Tongue Stage 1 (T1,N0,M0)
partial glossectomy,modified neck dissection 4/14/03
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#3818 09-26-2004 05:59 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 41 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 41 | Hey Eric, prayers comin' your way!
I was having some kind of swelling in my brain
about a year ago, and of course I thought "it"
was back. I couldn't wait for the follow up
visit with my doctor, so I stopped by
the MRI place to pick up a copy of the
Radiologist's report (it was ready in 2 days).
I carried it out to my truck, but was afraid to
open it. I sat in my truck for awhile, and
finally I read it...no cancer, just some
swelling putting pressure on facial nerves.
I remember saying "Cool!" and I threw the report
up on the dash and drove home.
It was about that time when my appetite finally
came back...kinda wierd not being hungry for
over a year. Now I'm hungry all the time!
Hope to hear some good news from you.
O-O O-O
Head and neck SCC
TXN2bM0 stage IV
Finished treatment 6/02
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#3819 09-26-2004 01:23 PM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 | Hello Eric ...prayers and good wishes from our family to yours. This is such a scarey time but , before you know it a year will have passed and you will be breathing so much easier.
Take care and hang in there.
Cheers
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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#3820 09-26-2004 02:19 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Hey Eric,
Thoughts and prayers are definitely going up for you! Take care and God bless,
Debbie
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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#3821 09-27-2004 04:05 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 | Eric-
More prayers headed your way from Seattle! Hang in there and we are all hoping for the best! - Kris
SCC Stage IV left tonsil neck disection 3/02 radiation finished 6/02 chemo finished 9/02
Stage 2A left breast cancer 3/09, chemo and radiation, finished treatment 2/7/10 -Stage 2 right beast cancer 10/14 chemo and radiation
Every day is still a gift :-)
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