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Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 | Minnie... enjoy the next few days. The Good Guy will take care of you and yours as always.
Thinking of you.
Marica
Caregiver to husband (Pete) Stage IV Base of Tongue. Dx 04 2003 Chemo/Radiation no surgery.. doing great!
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 104 | Ya know, Minniea, they know what they need to treat with the new reading. So let them 'go get it'! Hang in there....they WOULD tell you if they thought it was bigger than the treatment. So, like has been said....soak up the next few days and all that goes with them, then get down to business fighting these spots!
God keep you tough. Linda
Jordan's Mom. Linda
She fought the fight with courage, hope and dedication. Ten months of battling tongue cancer. They thought they had it after each treatment. Not to be. Christa died at 32 y/o in Nov. '07.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Minnie:
My thoughts are with you. I know you can get through this and we are here for you every step of the way.
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Thank you to all for the support, it means a great deal to me right now. Prom day was, as usual, an orignal one. We never do things simple in this house. In the middle of her hair appointment, Mercedes stood up, told the woman she wasn't doing it right, took off the robe they had put on her and walked out. I heard Mercedes patiently explaining it to her a number of times while we were there and held my breath because I know my child. The stylist was a little snippy to me about it but I paid her half and told her to speak up from now on if she doesn't know what she's doing. We got in the car and Mercedes did her specialty, turned a stressful moment into a fun and happy one. She cranked her new CD (we love music) and we laughed and headed home. She did her own hair and make up and looked like an Egyptian Princess. The limo picked them up after we did pictures and off they went. Their school doesn't allow them to dance, so they have a nice dinner (this year it was at the Marine and Science Museum) and then they have an "after party" at the Country Club.........which of course is the fun of the evening because they get to dance and be a little wild. Here is a pic of Mercedes and Me. Also one of her with her date Matt, (in the brown) and with her best friend, Jared. [img] http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/minnieashworth/Mercedes%20Prom/JRSR286.jpg[/img] [img] http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/minnieashworth/Mercedes%20Prom/JRSR122.jpg[/img] [img] http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/minnieashworth/Mercedes%20Prom/JRSR235.jpg[/img]
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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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Sounds like you have raised a daughter with SPIRIT, just like you  Beautiful girl, wonderful pictures. Glad you enjoyed. Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Minnie:
Great pictures. Your daughter is beautiful and has spunk too.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 706 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 706 | What a beautiful girl. My daughter would have done the same thing. is she going to college in the fall or is she a junior?
Sue
cg to husband, 48 Stage 1V head and neck SCC. First surgery 9/07. Radiation and several rounds of chemo followed. Mets to chest and lungs. "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." Went home to God on February 22, 2009.
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Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 341 | Great story and great pictures - she is so pretty and what an awesme dress.
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: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | What beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing!
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Beautiful pictures, Minnie...I was finally able to get back on, I am keeping my fingers crossed, I hope you are okay, please email me when you have a chance....Love, Carol xoxoxoxo
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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