#4936 02-02-2005 01:07 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 153 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 153 | hi,
a fellow at work is being treated for back of the tongue cancer. he is in his 3rd week of rad&chemo. his wife has also been treated for oral cancer.
he has a rather high management position and is close to retirement age. they have been married for years.
i wonder how common it is for both husband & wife to have oral cancer.
cu,
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#4937 02-02-2005 01:41 PM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 | Thank goodness I have not heard of too many cases of this.
I hope both your friends do OK. At least she can tell him what to expect and maybe it wont be so scary for him.
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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#4938 02-02-2005 01:58 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 | Bad enough one person having it. First I've heard of both a husband and wife getting oral cancer. They may have been in a high risk group.
Hoping all goes well for them.
Can you get them to visit our site?? Might ease their minds a little bit.
Go Eagles!!!!!!
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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#4939 02-03-2005 02:37 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Oh my gosh, I hope it is not common. Like Danny said, bad enough for one person to have it. Hopefully they will visit our site. God Bless!
Go Patriots!!!!
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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#4940 02-03-2005 04:50 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 | It makes me wonder for those of us that don't smoke or have other risks (like second hand smoke or heavy drinking) how the HPV virus enters into play. Are our spouses at risk? What I have read on the HPV vaccine to stop cervical cancer will only be available for pre-teen girls in a few years? I tried to search out the articles in OCF archives but could not find if the vaccine might be available to OC survivors. Any other info out there? - 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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#4941 02-03-2005 07:32 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | There is an interesting article about HPV research in this months Cure Magazine http://www.curetoday.com/ There is more information in the magazine itself then the Web edition. Subscriptions are free. They also announced the FDA clearance of a new oral mucositus drug.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#4942 02-03-2005 10:23 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Hi
Well me and my husband both have cancer, BUT different DX.
So unless anyone on this site says different, I'll leave this one as pure bad luck...
Wishing good results for all concerned..
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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#4943 02-03-2005 10:31 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | If anyone saw the last SPOHNC newsletter there was an interesting story about a couple that had both experienced oral cancer. It is really a great story in many ways. A wife gets the diagnosis AFTER receiving a neck dissection when she thought she was going in for a biopsy and it is 5 years after her husband was diagnosed with SCC. It tells a lot about her creating a set of paintings from a collection of photos that were taken during her treatment. In addition, her husband belongs to a bike club in Chicago that happens to have a member of th US Postal Team and the wife requests an autographed photo of Lance Armstrong to give to her husband on his 50th birthday. After she forgot about it for a while her husband received a phone call from the bike club friend when he returns from training in Spain and he mentions their cancer story with Lance and they end up with an autographed US Postal team jersey that read: "to the Chambers family: Never give up! Lance Armstrong." Her paintings are her depicted as different characters such as: Bride of Frankenstein, Van Gogh, Hannibel Lecter, Marcel Marceau, etc., that were done for a specific reason through the course of her treatment. She then did one titled "Me as Lance Armstrong" wearing the yellow jersey. You can view her "In Character" series at: http://members.aol.com/kathyduzart/ if you are interested. It was a very touching story and pretty amazing but I hid it from Susan so she wouldn't worry. Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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