#9477 02-08-2007 02:46 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts) |  "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 | Sharlee I remember well the night before my first day cancer free. That's how I chose to look at it...surgery meant that the demon was gone from my body; after that, I had a lot more control of my destiny.
Fight, and fight hard. David's right..you'll surprise yourself over and over. We're all going to be thinking of you and praying for you tomorrow.
You go, Girl!
Wayne
SCC left mandible TIVN0M0 40% of jaw removed, rebuilt using fibula, titanium and tissue from forearm.June 06. 30 IMRT Aug.-Oct. 06
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#9478 02-08-2007 04:05 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | Thank you all so much ! You make this easier to face and put a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. And even if i dont make it to the end of the tunnel and have to take an alternate route ( radiation later) I know that you guys will keep that light shining so i can come out of this. My Mom also flew in from North Dakota, so tha makes me feel good too! Jordan *Gil , I live outside of Amsterdam. Cooperstown is a beautiful place. I am going to get through this, I know that ..I just hate the idea of feeling crappy while i do LOL. My kids need me and I plan on being here to NAG them ( as they would say ) for quite a bit LOnger !!!!!!!
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#9479 02-09-2007 05:29 AM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Sharlee, I hope your surgery went well and that all is fine. I added you and your children to my prayers, this is such a difficult thing for our children to go through. From one mom to another, you will need to learn to let go of a few things over the next few months and trust in your childrens abilities. Take care.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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#9480 02-09-2007 01:42 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Sharlee, I too hope your surgery went well....you are in my thoughts and prayers....Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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#9481 02-09-2007 04:45 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | Sharlee...come back when you feel like it, and in the meantime, know that the rest of us continue to pray for your quick recovery!!
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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#9507 02-08-2007 02:25 PM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 62 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 62 | Sharlee-
Screaming is good... legal drugs to calm the edges are better.. You will do this. You will get through it and you will fight this cancer with every bit of energy you have and when you feel despair you fight some more.Everyone on this forum cares and all are fighting each day whether before, during or after treatment and enjoying the fact that we have each day to share with our loved ones and ourselves.
Let us know how you are doing we are there for you.
Gil and I live near Cooperstown and I am from way up noth- Plattsbugh and Malone?
caregiver to Gil.dx 11/05.T2N2M0, Stage 4b, SCC BOT, rt tonsil, 3 Lymph nodes, 35 Dailey IRMT, 8 chemo3, finsihed treatment 3/9/07
caregiver to Gil dx SCC 11/05 T2N2M0
finished tx 3/10/06 stage 4 rt tonsil,BOT,2 lymphnodes,35IRMT,6 chemo
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#9508 02-08-2007 02:46 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 | Sharlee I remember well the night before my first day cancer free. That's how I chose to look at it...surgery meant that the demon was gone from my body; after that, I had a lot more control of my destiny.
Fight, and fight hard. David's right..you'll surprise yourself over and over. We're all going to be thinking of you and praying for you tomorrow.
You go, Girl!
Wayne
SCC left mandible TIVN0M0 40% of jaw removed, rebuilt using fibula, titanium and tissue from forearm.June 06. 30 IMRT Aug.-Oct. 06
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#9509 02-08-2007 04:05 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | Thank you all so much ! You make this easier to face and put a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. And even if i dont make it to the end of the tunnel and have to take an alternate route ( radiation later) I know that you guys will keep that light shining so i can come out of this. My Mom also flew in from North Dakota, so tha makes me feel good too! Jordan *Gil , I live outside of Amsterdam. Cooperstown is a beautiful place. I am going to get through this, I know that ..I just hate the idea of feeling crappy while i do LOL. My kids need me and I plan on being here to NAG them ( as they would say ) for quite a bit LOnger !!!!!!!
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#9510 02-09-2007 05:29 AM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Sharlee, I hope your surgery went well and that all is fine. I added you and your children to my prayers, this is such a difficult thing for our children to go through. From one mom to another, you will need to learn to let go of a few things over the next few months and trust in your childrens abilities. Take care.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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#9511 02-09-2007 01:42 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Sharlee, I too hope your surgery went well....you are in my thoughts and prayers....Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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