#8910 12-14-2006 04:36 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 160 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 160 | Just wanted to give you an update. I saw the thoracic surgeon yesterday and he read my scans. He said it doesn't look like cancer, that it could be an inflammation (infection) like alot of you had said. (thanking the man upstairs!) He said he sees this alot in head&neck cancer. He's putting me on antibiotics for 2 wks and a decongestant. He had asked me if I have trouble coughing up mucous. Which I do, it's still thick. Then I go back in Jan. sometime and have another scan done, so hopefully it won't be there. Whew!!!! Great to hear that news. Thanks for letting me share. Have a great day  Linda
Dx3/20/06 SCC,BOT,1N Tx:5cycles Carbo/Taxol, Rad:35x, brachytherapy:6x, completed 7/24/06
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#8911 12-14-2006 06:42 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 | Now...go and enjoy the holidays!
Congratulations.
Marica
Caregiver to husband Pete, Dx 4/03 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV. Chemo /Rad no surgery. Treatment finished 8/03. Doing great!
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#8912 12-14-2006 06:52 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 583 | Linda,
Happy for you!! I have gone through some of those days myself. Always waiting for the shoe to drop. Glad to know all is OK.
take care,
Diane
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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#8913 12-14-2006 06:56 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | Great News!
Merry Christmas
Tim
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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#8914 12-14-2006 10:50 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 | great news Linda, many of us have been through these scars and it's good to get that answer. Should improve the holidays for you. Regards JoAnne
JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.
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#8915 12-14-2006 05:16 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 | Linda, Deck the Halls!! 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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#8916 12-14-2006 06:18 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | Linda......Hooray! I know how anxiety-provoking the spot must have been. I, also, had an area of "increased uptake" on my one-year PET/CT just a few weeks ago. My radiologist said that it didn't present like tumor, and that it was most likely inflammation....that he sees a lot of that this time of year on films. My surgeon concurred when he saw the film and examined me, saying that there will often be inflammation with head and neck surgery patients, because of the changes in our anatomies. What a relief! Now I know not to immediately panic when a scan shows a ghastly-looking dark area. This one was fairly large, but diffuse, not clear like a tumor.
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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#8917 12-15-2006 02:15 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 248 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 248 | To Linda and all of my new friends under a yr I want to pass on a saying that I heard and it
explains why cancer survivors are my heroes.
"The measure of a persons success is not measured by power, possesions or personal achievments, but rather by thier ability to pick themselves up after life's tradgedies knock them down."
I want to thank everyone for picking up my spirits. Happy Holidays to all!
Mark D. Stage 3 Nasopharynx dx10/99 T2N3M0 40xrad 2x Cisplatin 5FU. acute leuk 1998.
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#8918 12-16-2006 05:08 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 160 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | OP Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 160 | Just finished reading all the replys, I still have goosebumps, and a big smile on my face!!! Thank you all for your kind words. I just went to a Bob Seger concert in Pitts. on the 14th.(I'm sure some of you know of him) I've always wanted to see him perform. It was awesome. I know that doesn't have anything to do with cancer, but again everything sort of does. I guess what I'm trying to say is, there's still life out there for us to enjoy. So let's enjoy it, and take it all in. Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas & a very Happy and Healthy Year to come!!!! Linda
Dx3/20/06 SCC,BOT,1N Tx:5cycles Carbo/Taxol, Rad:35x, brachytherapy:6x, completed 7/24/06
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#8919 12-16-2006 09:09 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | Linda,
What memories you brought back. My first concert was going to see Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band in 1976 at the Pittsburgh Civic arena. Stranger in Town Tour.
What a blast I had.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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