#91870     03-16-2009 01:06 PM      |       Joined:  Feb 2007  Posts: 1,940    "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |      OP      "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Feb 2007  Posts: 1,940  |    tomorrow morning at 9.15 am the BBC are showing a programme called "missing live".they will be featuring Pauls disappearance. pray for news that someone has seen him.
  liz        
Liz in the UK
  Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007 Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
  Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 595    "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)   |           "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 595  |    Hi Liz, Good luck and hope that you get some news on your brother in-law. I have read the news from the North and they make me upset with their stupid actions. My Great Grandparents came to Maine from Enskillin. Semper-Fi Bob        
Bob age 57, non smoker,non drinker, ended treatment on 11 Nov 2007 and started back to work on 29 Nov 2007. Veterans Day 2012 the Battle was lowered, folded, Taps was played and the Flag buried as I am know a 5 year survivor. Semper-FI !!!
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Sep 2003  Posts: 1,244    Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)   |           Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Sep 2003  Posts: 1,244  |    Liz I hope for all of you that this turns up some sighting of Paul Sunshine,,love and hugs Helen        
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  May 2002  Posts: 2,152    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  May 2002  Posts: 2,152  |    Liz, I do hope this helps you find out what happened to Paul. Let's keep praying. 
  Take care, Eileen
         
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad  Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer  June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I     
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Sep 2008  Posts: 489    Platinum Member (300+ posts)   |           Platinum Member (300+ posts)    Joined:  Sep 2008  Posts: 489  |    Great that his story will get some exposure Cookey.  My prayers are with you.
  Patty        
48  SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06 9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx 35 rad 2006 Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin  Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula  35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08 4/15/09 recurrence 6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace 
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Sep 2006  Posts: 8,311    Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Sep 2006  Posts: 8,311  |    Lets hope something comes as a result of this exposure.        
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.
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260    Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 5,260  |      Looks like we have the prayers and best of luck covered for Bro in law. I hope they find him real soon.        
     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
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8    Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8  |    Liz
  Hope this story brings someone out who has seen Paul.  Sending positive thoughts and hugs your way.        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:  Apr 2007  Posts: 794    "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)   |           "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  Apr 2007  Posts: 794  |    My prayers are with you, as always.  Keep us posted. Much love, Donna        
Donna CG to Mom, dx 4/25/07 with tongue cancer,T3N0,tx began 7/6/07, 31 tx's of IMRT, 8 cycles of Erbitux. Brachytherapy, surgery, left neck dissection and temp trach placed all on 9/17/07, trach removed 10/17/07. ORN of jaw, late effect of radiation symptoms. **lost my beautiful mother on 5/5/11. 
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Nov 2007  Posts: 681    "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)   |           "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  Nov 2007  Posts: 681  |    Liz,     I often think of Paul's disappearance and pray that you get an answer to what has happened. How is his sister doing after all she has been through? Please let her know that even on this side of the pond we are not forgetting.        
SCC stage II Partial mandibulectomy w. neck dissection- July 2005. Renal cancer w. partial nephrectomy-Jan 2004. Breast cancer discovered in routine mammogram. Successful lumpectomy, sentinal nodes clear, RT only-2008 Reconstruction of mandible w fibula free flap-Jan 09. TORS removal of begnin pappiloma from esophagus-2010. Masectomy,rt breast 2013.  Support OCF 
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