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Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Sue, Brenda raised you well, and I think her middle name was surely "Courage". So many people are blessed to have known her, including me. Amy in the Ozarks
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 341 | Sue - my prayers and thoughts to your family during this time. I'm really new here, but have been trying to read TONS of old posts and have seen several by your mom. She sounds like such an amazing person.
Michelle
Michelle, CG to husband (45), DX 2/08 Stage IVa Adenocarcinoma Salivary Gland (T2N2bMO)
Parotidectomy & ND 2/08, Tumor margins not clear, 4 of 30 nodes positve for cancer,
TX IMRT 39x, cisplatin 7x (completed 5/1/08),
PEG (4/22 - 7/9), No port. Currently in remission!
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Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Dear Sue,
I read this on Saturday but have no way to post from my ancient computer at home. I can't believe this happened so quickly. I am so sorry you had to lose her, but if she was going to go, quickly is better than the long drawn out painful death this miserable cancer puts people through. She is now at peace.
Your mom was a champ with a marevlous sense of humor and the ability to help people by her words. We shall all miss her greatly. I extend my deepest sympathies to you, and her family and friends. I too will join her OCF circle of friends thinking of her on March 1.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 | Sue,
I would like you and your family to know what an impact your mother has made here. Her presence on this board, and subsequent passing, has prompted me to re-examine my attitude towards my illness, in a positive way. As I would read her posts, I would think to myself, "How is it possible for this woman to have such fortitude, grace, and genuine caring for others in the face of her own illness?" Truly remarkable.
Teresa
Left tonsil SCC, HPV+. T2N0M0. Tonsillectomy 3-07, bilateral radiation, cisplatin 3x, Tx completed 6-06. Clear PET 4-01-2008.
Thyroidectomy 5-9-08, resulting in permanent surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism and adrenal problems. Bummer.
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Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 | Sue,
Keep your spirits up during these trying times. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family from this household. It is times like this that I really have to stop and ask myself if I want to keep up with happenings on the site. I really wonder.
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.
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Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 97 | I will miss her spirit, she was an inspiration.
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.
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Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 31 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mMuDmVPkWYWish I could whistle down the Northern Lights And send them dancing all across the night Maybe then when all the sky was blazing Maybe then I'd feel you somewhere gazing at a star, And you could feel me too as I say goodbye to you It breaks my heart in two, to say goodbye to you Wish time could turn us back to yesterday The gods above would look the other way Maybe then we still could laugh together Maybe then it could be spring forever and a day But I must face the truth and say goodbye to you It breaks my heart in two, to say goodbye to you Wish I could whistle down the Northern Lights And send them dancing all across the night Maybe then in my memories for saving One last time you're on the hill waving from afar One last glance or two and I'll say goodbye to you It breaks my heart in two, to say goodbye to you
Mum - sick as a dog, see her sig.
Dad - diagnosed with throat cancer late 2007.
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Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 179 | Absolutely beautiful.... brought tears to my eyes. Remembering Brenda and her loving and giving ways today.
Dad: Age 65 Heavy smoker/drinker. Biopsy-No surgery. Cancer base of tongue/throat. "Invasive Squamous Carcinoma RRT" --Beginning 1/9/08: IMRT treatments (5X/wk),chemo pills (4/day) and Chemo IV (once/wk) PEG tube inserted 1/25/08. Treatments ended 2/26/08
JUNE 30, 2008 Officially CANCER FREE!!!
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Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 31 | Hi all,
I'm leaving now for the service. The minister is going to mention OCF and I'll do a collection afterwards.
I'd like to thank you all for all of your support and the love you have shown for my mum, but I probably won't be on the boards any more.
Good luck to all of you with your battles, you truly are amazing people and I wish you all the very best in your fights for yourselves and those you love.
Mum will be with you all.
Sue
xx
Mum - sick as a dog, see her sig.
Dad - diagnosed with throat cancer late 2007.
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Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 346 | Do we all gather here at 5 on the east?
Partial mandibulectomy and neck dissection 2/3/07. T2NOMO.
Had 14 hour operation which included reconstruction of jaw.
Reconstruction failed. Some radiation, no chemo.
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