#7257 03-26-2006 11:11 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) |  Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Danny Boy
Way to go kid..Have been on holiday and I have been thinking about you, (i hate to be out of touch, but I'm to old to sit with the kids in an internet cafe!!!!!!) Good you can tolerate this treatment, not all the treatment we get would the Docs take on board themselves...
So Danny Boy the Irish rugby team trashed the English, and I missed the match...
love ya
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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#7258 03-26-2006 03:03 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Much love Danny!
Love, Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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#7259 03-26-2006 05:29 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 80 Senior Member (75+ posts) | | Senior Member (75+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 80 | Always thinking of you Danny....
Love,
Jennifer
Jennifer
Stage II (T2N0M0) SCC diag 4/21/05; partial glossectomy & selective neck dissection (good margins and lymyph nodes negative), jaw split, 1/3 of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - 5/23/05; 42 years old at diagnosis
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#7260 04-03-2006 08:02 AM | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 72 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 72 | Sending positive thoughts and support your way Danny! Take things one day at a time - just get through today and worry about tomorrow - tomorrow.
Carol
Carol R - caregiver to hubby Ken. Stage 4, SCC, BOT. 6/05 dx, 9/25/05 last tx, 5/06 stroke. Four years cancer free! Still taking things 1 day at a time.
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#7261 04-04-2006 06:08 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Danny,
Missed this post before. Glad the side effects aren't too bad. Sending positive thoughts and love your way.
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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#7262 04-04-2006 12:47 PM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 642 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 642 | Danny, I missed your original post. I sure hope that you feel better and that the Erbitux is successful. You are an inspiration. Your friend, Danny G.
Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.
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#7263 04-17-2006 01:05 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 | Danny the headaches are from the Brewers Baseball cap which you most likely have on too tight. (Since you have put away your cheese head hat)  Take good care my friend! I'll be coming your way this summer Door Co. let me know if you want me to bring you some mosquitoes.....
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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#7264 04-17-2006 06:59 PM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 663 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 663 | Danny,
Keep fighing. It ain't over till the fat lady sings and this one can't carry a tune in a bucket so there is always hope!
I think of you often!
With Love,
Cindy
Caregiver to ex-husband Harry. Dx 12/10/04 SCC stg 3, BOT with 2 nodes left side. No surg/chemo x4 /rad.x37(rad comp. 03/29/05)Cisplatin/5FU(comp. 05/07/05)-T1N2M0-(cancer free 06/14/05)-(12/10/06) 2 yr. Survivor!!!
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#7265 04-18-2006 03:02 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Hi, Danny. I am thinking about pushing for Erbitux when John starts chemo. Do you have any imput for me on things to ask the Doc? Hope you are tolerating the chemo well so far. Amy
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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#7266 04-19-2006 06:36 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 | Hi Danny, Good luck with the new Treatment. I will be thinking of you. Hope the head will get better. How many treatment of the Erbitux will you have? Take care & sleep often (it will help) DM
2004 SCC R.tip 1/4 tongue Oct. 2005 R. Neck SCC cancer/Chemo Cisplatin 2x/8wks. Rad. Removed Jugular vein, Lymph gland & some neck muscle. TX finished 1/20/06... B.Cancer 3/29/07 Finished 6/07 Bi-op 7/15/09 SCC in-situ, laser surgery removed from 1st. sight. Right jaw replacement 11/3/14. 9 yrs cancer free as of Jan. 2015
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