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Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 83 | Deb/Lois:
Good luck to both Bill and Buzz. I also get to go on Monday for my tests, then back to Duke Tues am for the results. I am pretty positive but will be glad to hear the offical good news on Tuesday. I am praying for a Tar Heel sweep (3-0).
Bill
Bill Van Horn-53 ex-smoker, social drinker, Biopsy 8/24, Diagnosed 8/30/07 BOT T2N2-B MX Stage IV. Started treatments 10/1/07. IMRT 35 x, Cisplatin - 3 cycles - completed treatment 11/16/07. CT Scans on 1/15/08 all clear Selective neck dissection 1/28/08. All nodes clear.
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Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Well why not..Bill..we will add you to our thoughts on Monday. Seems you NC boys are tough! How are you feeling..I see you are only out of treatment around 8 weeks??
Bill and I are headed your way the end of January..going to the old homeplace on Clubfoot Creek near Beaufort/Morehead City. Bill grew up on the farm(tobacco) there..college was at NC State. Sister and brother live in Beaufort. We fly into RDU...gonna stop at Kings and have BBQ on the way down.
All the best to you on Monday (and Tuesday)...I will be thinking of you..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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Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 83 | Will be better after Tuesday. I still have to go through neck surgery this month but after Rad and Chemo that should be a piece of cake. Overall I think I am doing good...maybe 90%. Did a business trip to DC last week (drove) and was a bit tired. Can't do the 12 hr days anymore. Working normal schedule and doing some walking/yard work so .....I can eat most foods(some don't taste very good yet).
Beaufort is a great town. I may have mentioned that we have an old fishing shack on the Pamilico River. Middle of no where, we are 45 minutes from a store !! Southeast of Little Washington.
Bill
Bill Van Horn-53 ex-smoker, social drinker, Biopsy 8/24, Diagnosed 8/30/07 BOT T2N2-B MX Stage IV. Started treatments 10/1/07. IMRT 35 x, Cisplatin - 3 cycles - completed treatment 11/16/07. CT Scans on 1/15/08 all clear Selective neck dissection 1/28/08. All nodes clear.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | NC Bill: Glad to read you post....have been thinking about you! Now, please explain to me how you can get NEXT DAY CT results! Wow!
I can't believe you did 35 IMRT - what an accomplishment!
Re your neck surgery, are you going for single side or bilateral?
Ya! GO HEELS!
Beaufort, Pamlico, fishing, KINGS BBQ! Stop! You and Deb are killing me!
Keep us posted, Bill! So pleased to hear that you're doing so well...
Lois & Buzz in Troy
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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Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 199 | I think the next day CT results are common at the major CCC's. I know that's the way they do it at MD Anderson - plus they have PACS so my dr. can show me my images and anything that shows up on the computer screen. (PACS allow the images to be distributed and stored electronically, so there's almost immediate reading capability by the radiologist and referring physician)
Ginny M. SCC of Left lateral tongue Dx 04/06,Surgery MDACC 05/11/06: Partial glossectomy with selective neck dissection. T1N0M0 - no radiation. Phase III clinical trial ("EPOC" trial)04/07 thru 04/08 because tests showed a 65% chance of recurrence. 10 Year Survivor!
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Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 251 | One memorable CT scan for me was when, just less than an hour after the scan, we ran in to our radiation oncologist in the hospital hallway and he (seeing, most likely, my state of anxiety over waiting for the results) took us to his office and pulled the scans up on his computer for us all to view together. I do remember pacing his office anxiously as he moved through the different "slices".
Best to all of you doing the "Waiting Game" - it's the worst.
Anita
Husband Dx 12/02 Stage 4 Tonsil Cancer T1N2bM0; surgery, radiation, chemo 1/03 - 4/03.
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Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Anita - your RO sounds like a very special person to be able to see what you were going thru and be so kind and understanding. You're right, the "Waiting Game" is the worst. Ever since our own "waiting game" with my son, I don't like waiting for anything else and I usually don't. My heart goes out to all who are having to do the waiting, now. I hope that the compassion you find here, will help to ease the anxious feelings a little.
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Hey guys,
Scan results are back...see my post: "Good News" in Survivor Stories.....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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