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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Well Jo and my Office Mgr, Lesa just "came clean", got it off their chests, blah, blah, blah and told me that she has been keeping Lamont at her Mom's house for the last 3 weeks but now must bring him home.
My wife says she feels so much better now. So now I have a 75 lb 16 month old "puppy"; a 60 lb 11 month old gentle full blown Pit; 8 cats and a rabbit. Oh and Jo promises (yeah right) this is it.
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: Mar 2009 Posts: 54 | Great! Lamont is back home where he belongs. I thought he was gone for good. My husband and I have two rescue dogs and two we raised from puppy-hood. We have a mix; 110# black lab, mini daschund, 97# yellow lab and a Jack Russell, who my husband calls their social director. Soon it will be warm enough for them to go swimming in the lake. Gets them back in shape after a long, long winter. We had snow showers all day Tuesday. Thank God it didn'stay.
Sweetpea
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2/09 MEC Rt Submandibular Gland,Tumor Exc,age 68; 4/09 Rt Neck Resect, Excise Rt Lingual Nerve, 10 nodes; 1 month later- Lge Abscess Drained 5/09; 4 more cancers, final path report; 6/09 IMRTx33
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 | Oh, David - You are dealing with professionals! They are good! Don't even try to hold them to "this is is."
Seriously, I'm glad Lamont has found a home.
Marlene
[quote=davidcpa]Well Jo and my Office Mgr, Lesa just "came clean", got it off their chests, blah, blah, blah and told me that she has been keeping Lamont at her Mom's house for the last 3 weeks but now must bring him home.
My wife says she feels so much better now. So now I have a 75 lb 16 month old "puppy"; a 60 lb 11 month old gentle full blown Pit; 8 cats and a rabbit. Oh and Jo promises (yeah right) this is it. [/quote]
Marginal mandibulectomy 6/17/08 resulted in DX of Stage I SCC - gingiva (3 mm) right mandible, buccal side. Clear margins. Occasional social drinker. Smoked last cigarette in 1979. Clear pet: 12/08; 7/20/09. Yay!
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | So David, what ever happened to the couple that showed up late and took Lamont a few weeks back?
BTW, I think it's cool that Lamont is backed. You should post pics on Facebook!
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Jo began working on me and them within a few days. She would tell me stories of how horrible his living conditions were; how a neighbor found Lamont roaming around, etc. Then things went silent and I thought she had reconciled herself to the situation or to put it another way I was lulled into a false sense of security.
I am/was determined to let Lamont sleep on our screened in breezeway but last night a large blowing storm with tons of lightning came through and by the time I got downstairs he was pushed up against the screen on the other side so I HAD to let him in. Once inside he and Buddy decided to play fight using our bed as home base. We did put him back on the breezeway to sleep. As we speak he and Buddy are playing in my office. Poor thing, he's had a rough life but I guess he's hit the Lottery now.
I'm a weakling when it comes to animals.
I'll take some pics and post them as soon as I can.
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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