#46362 10-02-2005 11:38 AM | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | OP  Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 | Well, the big day is at hand, tomorrow at 0630, I'm due at the SurgiCenter for my neck dissection and hemiglossectomy. I can hardly contain my excitement. (NOT) I'll be holding on to the hands of all the good folks on this board who have given me advice and encouragement through the diagnosis and waiting periods. Thanks again, everybody, you have all been a lifeline in an uncertain sea.
Andrea
SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30
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#46363 10-02-2005 11:43 AM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 251 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 251 | Andrea, best to you and try to keep remembering that, no matter how tough things seem to be as you make your way, they WILL get better.
Keeping you in my thoughts,
Anita
Husband Dx 12/02 Stage 4 Tonsil Cancer T1N2bM0; surgery, radiation, chemo 1/03 - 4/03.
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#46364 10-02-2005 12:15 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 68 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 68 | Andrea,
Wishing you the best. I second what Anita said, things will get better.
Melissa
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma-intermediate grade. Removed 3/05. Additional surgery to get clean margins and selective neck dissection 4/05. 30 lymph nodes removed. All clear!!
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#46365 10-02-2005 12:28 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 | Wishing you the best possible outcome as you start your treatment Andrea. Remember to measure your progress in weeks not days. There are no shortcuts to your recovery time. No matter how bad it seems at times remember "You Will Get Better"
Best of luck tomorrow!!!!
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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#46366 10-06-2005 07:11 PM | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | OP Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 | Update: Stargate Boston
Done with the surgery, I am now back at home with my husband and dog (Andy says "good, you put them in the right order this time!"). The dog doesn't look too much the worse for wear from my absence, but Andy's looking a little dragged out. He works nights and spend his days running between Salem and Boston and Chelsea "seeing to things". What a great man I married 35 years ago. Think I'll keep him. The surgery went well, biopsy on the right was clear to microscopic exam, they sent it off anyway. Nodes on the left look clear, ditto on the sendoff on them. Nasotracheal intubation, tube out the next day, dobhoff (teeny-tiny) feeding tube down the other nostril (clogged and pulled the next day) now swallowing Haagen Dasz Chocolate with ease (life is good!). Doc used dermabond for the biopsy incision, no sutures, drain and sutures in the left, drain out on the 6th, then foley out and home. Yipee!! I still look like myself, I was hoping for a little face lift, he said that would cost extra (just kidding). (Didn't get the tummy tuck either, D#$n-it. Oh well. Follow up in two weeks, then hopefully back to gainful employment. There are only so many computer games on the market these days, and I am going through books like hotcakes. The decision about radiation will have to wait until the check-up. I am stocking up on good luck charms just in case!!
Many many thanks to the good folks on the OCF who held my hand through the surgery every bit as much as my excellent doctors and nurses did. You guys give us the courage, the medical staff gives us the care. As the song goes, "you can't have one without the other"
Blessings on the whole lot of you.
Andrea
SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30
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#46367 10-06-2005 09:24 PM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Andrea, You sound like you're doing great. Enjoy lots of Haagen Dasz just in case they tell you you do have to have rad. Its a medical precaution...  Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#46368 10-07-2005 12:30 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | Andrea,
Glad to hear you're progressing so well. And yes, this is one of those times when you need ice cream at the base of your food pyramid. :p
Hope you don't end up having to have radiation -- but if you do, please keep us posted and you'll find lots of help.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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