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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Wow from lipstick to camping and hairy stinky mouths hmmmm...we are nothing but creative...lol lol lol lol
Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY
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Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | The cottage we always rented was at the Ticonderoga end and at that time there was a paper mill in Ti -- To this day, the smell of sulfur from a mill brings back pleasant memories -- I have water-skied the entire length of the lake on a slalom ski and walked across it on the ice in winter.
It became a local Rite of Passage for young people to climb Roger's Rock after I was in college, Army, etc. -- One year, after the season, I kayaked over and climbed it, wearing the traditional gear of bathing suit,tee shirt and bare feet -- I got about half way up and it started to rain lightly, making the moss on the gneiss rock as slippery as goose-grease -- I really started wondering about my lack of common sense, climbing in the rain at 55 YOA, out of season with no one to see me fall (and then I would be polluting the water!), but I made it -- I think of that often when I contemplate this cancer stuf!
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 250 | Pete,
As we kept going back each year our boats kept getting bigger and better - rowboat to rowboat with a motor to a 14' outboard to a 17' outboard. I never did want to try water skiing, but we had the fastest boat for it by the time Daddy was done. We used to have friendly races and they were a blast.
We kids decided to climb (on the path) one of those mountains one year as a thunderstorm was rolling in. We figured it was OK bacause there was a higher mountain next to it. I was just a few feet from the top when my dog panicked and jerked me down with his leash. At that moment lightning struck right where I had been about to step. Turns out that the mountain we decided was safe to climb was filled with iron ore.
It's amazing sometimes how we ever made it this far.
Lani
SCC part glossectomy 3/06, recur 8/06 glossectomy, floor of mouth, part of jaw removed, RT/chemo thru 10/12/06, PET clear 7/08
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn"
Passed away 12/14/08
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | Good answer Pete. I like you am going to stay at 12 yrs of age. It helps to be the happy guy when you fight this OC. Keeping young is the way to go and never be too serious. Hell, I found out today that my postrate is big now too. More good times to go thru, but with a smile.
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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