#6512 11-23-2005 05:21 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 54 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 54 | When we count our blessings tomorrow, this forum and website and all of you will be among those for whom we are thankful. Thank you all and continued blessings as we continue on these sometimes bumpy, sometimes smooth roads of living. Janet
Caregiver, Husband diagnosed 7/6/05 SCC left tonsil, T2N2bM0, Concurrent chemo/radiation begun 8/2/05 (Cisplatin). Received 2 cycles cisplatin, 38 radiation treatments. Completed course 9/27/05.
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#6513 11-23-2005 07:27 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love ya, 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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#6514 11-23-2005 11:38 AM | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 206 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | | Platinum Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 206 | Happy Thanksgiving from me too. Cathy
Cathy
SCCA Stage IV diagnosed 01/90
base of tongue with 1/2 removed.
With neck resection, radiation and chemo
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#6515 11-23-2005 01:08 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 | And from me. I don't know how I would have gotten through everything I've been through this year without all the support and helpful advice I've found here.
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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#6516 11-23-2005 05:02 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Thank you Janet for the words with meaning. Thank you everyone for being here. It's a wonderful life!
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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#6517 11-24-2005 12:31 AM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 47 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 47 | Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
I am so thankful i found this site and you guys.
Gina
scc 4/2004 r side tongue, flr of mouth.
neck disection,4 lymph nodes 34x rad,3X chemo
10/2007 r cheek. remove w/graft. 40 HBO dives.
01/2010 r cheek. surgery w/graft
04/2010,surgery remove lower right jaw, reconstruct. 4x chemo 25x rad. clear margins. pet 8/2010 clear
July 2012 right side bot cancer. surgery to remove, clear margins
4/2013 Surgery to remove cancer in lymph node near thyroid, clear margins
6/2013 start of rad 25X Chemo 7X
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#6518 11-24-2005 02:50 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 158 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 158 | Happiest of Thanksgivings to all.
Thanks to Brian for making this possible. Thanks to all of you, those who really are OCF. Without each and everyone of you, who give so freely of yourselves, this would be a much different place.
Thanks for another day to breath and live life in its fullest.
Bill
No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. - Francois Mauriac
Thank you for leaving your mark.
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#6519 11-24-2005 05:08 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 261 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 261 | I'm thankfull! I only had to hack up turkey that would not go down once today & did put some food & drink away! Happy T-day! Erik
dx 2/11/04 scca bot T3 IU 2B MO poorly differentiated, margins ok, 3/16 modest, jaw split, over half of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - finished chemo & rad treatment 5/20/04
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#6520 11-24-2005 08:24 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 45 | Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving day. OCF donations are a good gift idea if your families are asking, that's what my daughter gave me last year and it brought tears to my eyes....
Stage I diagnosed 9/18/2000
Dave
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#6521 11-25-2005 08:45 AM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 Member | | Member
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 | Hello, I am new to this forum and have lot's of questions. Hope everyone had a nice holiday!
My dear uncle just had surgery 2 weeks ago for his stage 4 mouth cancer. They ended up removing his jaw, lymph nodes of the neck and more than 1/2 his tongue. He said he will be on a feeding tube the rest of his life. The doctors said he wouldn't be able to talk and he can. Is there a chance that he may be able to eat? He will be going through radiation in a few weeks, I know this is going to be hell. I will be spending a few weeks with him (I'm from out of town) any words of advice on how to help him through this? Thank you in advance for your time.
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