#48985 11-27-2007 02:41 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | Thanks Liz! I guess if I had known the correct spelling it would have been easier for me to find it! duh...silly me!
I appreciate your taking the time to research this for me!
Love, Lois
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!
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#48986 11-28-2007 04:15 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | PEG is OUT! This morning Buzz saw the hemotologist/oncologist who did labs and confirmed that all is okay....then, on to the hospital for removal of the PEG...Before we went in, I insisted that Buzz take a WHOLE Oxycodone AND an Ativan...Fifteen minutes later Buzz was on the table.....The doctor allowed me to stay in the room (on the OTHER side of the privacy curtain - good thing I did, because when the PEG popped out, stomach fluids flew everywhere!)
..Friends, I almost hesitate to post this...I was prepared for the very worst, but again, Buzz amazed me....while I was waiting for Buzz to let out a shriek of pain, I heard the doctor say..."okay, you're all done"....! The nurse taped a 4x4 to the site and that was it! I've determined that Buzz has the highest pain threshold I have ever witnessed!
It's been about 12 hours since the procedure, and Buzz insists that it 'didn't hurt except for a second', and he has had no pain since!
I hope this will encourage others who will eventually get their PEG's removed; I hope that you, too, will have an easy time of it!
Another bridge crossed...Now, if this darned hernia repair will go as smoothly....
Thanks to everyone for your prayers!
Lois & Buzz
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!
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#48987 11-28-2007 04:38 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 221 | Great news Lois! I'm glad everything went well and hoping the hernia repair will too.
Joy
CG to Father, 75 yo with SCC of the mouth; upper maxillectomy and neck diss. performed on 5/23/07. Father also suffered heart attack during surgery and now has CHF. RT complete on 8/28/07. Cancer back 11/27/07. RT and Chemo to start on 12/17. Cancer back 6/17/08. Finally at rest 08/08/08.
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#48988 11-28-2007 04:40 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 | You just can`t keep a good man down Lois... after what he has been through the hernia is cissy stuff!
Best to both of you
Marica
Caregiver to husband (Pete) Stage IV Base of Tongue. Dx 04 2003 Chemo/Radiation no surgery.. doing great!
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#48989 11-29-2007 09:39 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | What a fantastic rollercoaster you are riding at the moment Lois!
Buzz is an awesome guy and the pair of you have been so strong--and so helpful to others on here who will have benefited from your experiences and words of wisdom.
Congratulations on the latest milestone completed and good luck with the hernia!
Brenda
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!
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#48990 12-03-2007 04:52 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | Dear Friends: Please pray for Buzz as he will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow for hernia repair. The doctor only expects to keep him overnight, for which we are thankful. The hernia is quite large (and 'scary' to me!)Pray that the surgery will go well, please!
The PEG tube site appears to be healing without any complications!
As previously noted, Buzz has been going to Physical Therapy for treatment of his 'dropped' shoulder. Today, the therapist informed him that his shoulder is DISLOCATED. The sad thing is that he has suffered silently since his surgery on July 19. AFTER he recovers from the hernia repair, the therapist states that his shoulder can be 'relocated'; then, I believe that we'll be able to see rapid progress in his recovery! (His 77th b'day is December 18)
God bless you all!
Lois & Buzz in NC
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!
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#48991 12-03-2007 07:20 PM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 |
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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#48992 12-04-2007 01:16 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | I will definitely have Buzz in my thoughts--and hope that he feels well enough to enjoy his birthday.
Brenda
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!
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#48993 12-04-2007 02:44 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | Lois,
I'm praying for you and Buzz and hoping that all things are going well today.
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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#48994 12-04-2007 04:53 AM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Lois,
Any chance that they could do the shoulder relocation while Buzz is sedated for the hernia repair??? Just wondering since I thought that sometimes, they give twilight sedation to put a joint back in place...then put a sling on it. Just checking...hate to see Buzz go thru sedation twice.
Oops, looks like I am too late.
Anyway, hope all goes well..we are praying.
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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