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 Joined:  Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 |    Rosie, I thought you were gonna say come visit me.  LOL  Nice to see you here too.   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.
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 Joined:  Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 |    Geez rosie,  In the morning I get to go to the hospital , go to sleep and let them go down my throat taking biopsies again. Dr is worried because we couldn't do them every 3 months like he wanted baecause an the aneurysm and cancer biopsies   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
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 Joined:  Apr 2006 Posts: 794 |  .......You'll be in my thoughts, friend. May you wake up and hear the all-clear! XO   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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 Joined:  Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 |   
 
 
 I get the results the 28th. Sure do have a sore throat going on.  On down it feels fine.   This is the   surgeon that found my OC.
   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
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 Joined:  Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 |  Jim,
 I thought you just got an "all clear" a couple of weeks ago?
   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:  Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 |   David, that was for OC not the esophagus. I been fighting this stuff since 1996.   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
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 Joined:  Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 |  Man Jim, you have issues. lol Just kidding now and you know I wish nothing but the best for you.   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:  Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 |   I know David and thank you for caring.   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
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