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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 62 | Brenda, You are a wonderful caregiver for your husband. My husband was great while taking care of me, also. I was the one doing all of the research, however. It scared the heck out of me. Please remember to take good care of yourself while taking care of him. BTW Caregivers have ribbon colors, also. They are plum colored. 
DX 6/05 Rt Tonsil SSC advanced to lymph node. Stage 4b. RND, took tonsils, strips off the back of tongue, throat and nose. 19 lymph nodes removed only 1 bad. Once healed, 7 weeks of treatment including 35 IMRT, 7 Cisplatin, 7 Erbitux and 35 nasty Amophostine. Almost 11 yrs out now. Woooo Hoooo!
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Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I am doing "As well as can be expected" as they used to say at the hospital before HIPA -- Now they won't even admit you are a patient!
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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