| |
#61434 08-07-2007 05:07 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) |  "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 | Hello and congrats on loosing the PEG.
I had to LOL when you said you were not so sure the local was worth it. LOL
I was dining out at a Greek restaurant in NYC and the restrooms were downstairs. I opened the door and ran horizontially down the stairs into the wall.
I got up and everyone was looking down at me.
I looked myself over and thought all was fine. I said wow, I didn't even get hurt.
Then my brother said look at your pinky finger. The pinky was pointing left, the three others were pointing straight ahead, and the thumb was pointing to the right.
St. Vincent's was a block away so we walked to the emergency room.
The doctor said he could "just snap-it into place
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
| | |
#61435 08-17-2007 07:31 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 666 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 666 | Mine is gone too. I also had the one with the stopper at the end.. (same type as peace4uall described). They just ripped it out... I did not get anything but was told if he did this at the hospital he would provide sedation. I had quite a bit of oxycodone left, and after reading the PEG stories I took a half dose of that. With this is was tolerable a quick sharp pain, by the time you try to figure what hurts it is pretty much gone...
All in all considering everything else a non event.
FREEDOM! (But it was important to have)
Markus
Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.
| | |
#61436 08-27-2007 11:59 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 179 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 179 | WE had the peg removed today. YEA!!! 1-2-3- WOW
hubby is just a bit uncomfortable but nothing he can't handle. WE are so gratful for this day.
LJ
CG to husband 53,39 rads. 3 rds cisplastin ended 6/2/07 Tonsils removed 1.10.07 11 of 20 nodes positive- lump removed on rt. side of neck 1/26/07 cancer of nasal pharnyx TXN2MX 2nd rd. of chemo- carbo/taxol on 6/11/07
| | |
#61437 08-27-2007 12:28 PM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 | Keep him away from any carbonated soft drinks. I found out the hard way later in the day after mine was removed. Drank some soda with lunch that day and stomach began to leak at PEG removal site.
Bill D.
Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.
| | |
#61438 08-28-2007 03:59 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Congrats LJ and to your husband!
I remember that day VERY well. A fantastic milestone.
Like Bill says, stay away from carbonated drinks for a bit.
Kevin
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | |
| Forums23 Topics18,264 Posts197,178 Members13,361 | | Most Online1,788
Jan 23rd, 2025 | | |
|
| |
