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Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | goodness! just where would that be?
Johnny Walker blue.........
See my other quoted numbers elsewhere: 89.47% of doctors consume beer, wine, or strong drink. (yes the number is based on my observations not real science.)
The doctor I credit with saving my life was a Pathologist, he drank a bit too much, himself smoked over a pack a day. He was the person that told me to have the lump checked "now" (while we were both in a bar)
His name was Rodney F. Rod died last winter of hypothermia. He fell on ice when getting out of his car in his driveway. The temp. was -20 when he managed to crawl 20 feet with his injuries and was found frozen just outside his garage door. He was returning home from a visit with his wife whom has alzhiemers.
I guess what I'm saying is he did not die from drink, he did not from smoke, he died from cold......so lets all be warm!
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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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Dianne,
I think your rebellious teen years yielded nicely into your rebellious adult years. JM2C's
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Blush... thanks David...but seriously I don't think it is girls that just wanna have fun...and like Mark's doctor if your number is up it is up I guess...That is such a sad story but you know what we can all keep warm by fireplaces...or with each other telling stories and making each other laugh and keeping spririts up. Right now I have been given a second chance and I truly really want to LIVE and whatever that consists of I want to experience new feelings see new things. So that is more going with the flow.
I also know the limits that my new normal holds too and know too well that common sence should rule...Smoking despite how much I know it is a huge part of why I am here I stand still addicted and true to the addicts oath Never give up on a good (or what feels like a good) thing. It is months (gosh seems like years) since my last smoke and I still think of them fondly...this is scary but standing true to what I know is good.
But drinking is something I can live without. I just don't like being told on any level I can't have it. That has always made me want things more. Even being diabetic being told you can't or shouldn't have that chocolate bar and my reply has always been your right as I devour it. Rebelleous, crazy or just plain stupid I am not sure just know I want to live and enjoy life's little indulgences...Then there is missletoe hmmmmmm a whole new door 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: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | n Hummm, I'm a willing learner Dianne. Just be easy with me. LOL
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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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 716 | -20 degrees!!! Freezing to death outside of your house!! I read another post who said it was -60 degrees with the wind chill...I live in Pa and right now it's about 30 to 35 degrees and it's freakin' cold...
Where the heck are you people living!..LOL..LOL..
I helped my buddy move back from Cleveland...Man was it cold there..he was like isn't this great...I thought I was going to throw him in Lake Erie...The Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame museum was closed and I saw the Brown's Stadium--that was neat.
Malka--I was talking about the rot gut you were talking about but couln't remember the name...I've seen Johnny Walker Blue but never bought or drank it. I have an unopened bottle of Johnny Walker Red that I've had for about 2 or 3 years.
I know someone who drinks almost every day and about 5 packs of smokes a day--he's fine.
My stepfather's uncle smoked 7 packs of Lucky Strikes a day and drank daily (he owned a bar)--he died at the age of 67 eating a vanilla ice cream cone. Someone told him a joke while he was eating the cone...he started laughing then coughing then choking then dropped over dead. It was a lot better then his brother's death--his brother didn't smoke or drink and watched his weight and his wallet--he was shot five or six times while the bar was being robbed--he was only 64. You never know.
7-16-08 age 37@Dx, T3N0M0 SCC 4.778cm tumor, left side of oral tongue, non smoker, casual drinker, I am the 4th in my family to have H&N cancer
8-13-08 left neck dissection and 40% of tongue removed, submandibular salivary gland & 14 nodes clean, no chemo, IMRTx35
11-4-08 Recovering & feeling better
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Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 228 | Oh yeah Ray! I'm in south Louisiana and it's 72 outside!!!! I'm wearing shorts right now. It was almost 80 yesterday. And, to make matters worse, it snowed here LAST week! Haha...crazy Louisiana weather!
Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.
**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Ray,
You don't want to hear our weather. LOL
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | It's very White Christmas outside my window across Puget Sound from Seattle right now, with snow falling and Christmas lights up. My desk is set up by a second floor window overlooking the street, so it's a nice view.
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: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | I love the snow lit up by lights it is such an amazing picture for sure...And people are so creative. Both the parks in our area go all out with businesses supporting the lights. Walk through the park you can even talk to Rudolph. Man it is a beautiful world!!!
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: Jun 2008 Posts: 309 | we are up north of you and had almost a foot and a half and now it is snowing like a dickens again and gaining fast ... hoping the hurricane force winds do not kick in like they say, but if they do, they do ... we have the generator ready to go if it gets bad...
stay warm and enjoy the view - we don't get this much very often ... 1990 was the last i remember this bad ...
i got some awesome shots with the cam ... downright jaw dropping beautiful i tell ya...
Rita - Age 44
wife, mother of 4 - ages 3,16,21,24 & grandma to 1
(R upper) Maxillectomy 8/8/08 - UW / Seattle, WA.
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