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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Donna,
Isn't it still snowing up there?
lol
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: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | So it snowed a little this morning. At least the snow didn't stay!
(Lord this is a cold spring - even for a Canadian!)
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Jim - it is a tandem jump, so I am not responsible for opening the chute. Talk about trusting someone you don't know! One thing the instructor told me - if I happened to die sky diving, we would be sure to make the front page of the newspaper!
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | For those of you in the states that are worried about your life insurance payout and dying with dignity (suicide if you will) then Washington's new death with dignity act took effect in January. The law allows doctors to help the terminally ill patient die and then list the cause of death as the illness that would eventually kill them and not suicide, saving your insurance payout. This is what I understand from the bill anyway. I currently live in Idaho but was a Seattlite for 15 years and will move back if I get a recurrance due to their death with dignity act and thier medical marijuana policies...if I'm gonna go why not have a good time with it? (the last bit was a joke for those without a sense of humor)
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | FINALLY, my employer coughed up the information. There are no exclusions on my Group Life Insurance Policy. Therefore, my e mail to set up my tandem sky dive was despatched immediately! I can hardly wait. Its good to have a "Bucket List" and even better to try to do some of them. All of us know that life is far too short!
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 62 | Hi Donna, we just switched companies and when they found out we had skydived, they about wet themselves. We had to promise to never do it again, which honestly I have no problem with, speaking of wetting yourself. LOL I'm not sure but as worried as they were, I'm thinking they'd have had to pay regardless. Now, that's on a new policy.....I'm assuming your present policy will cover you because it was never brought up. Another thing, you're going to be signing a TON of waivers before you go, even in that case, I think the company is liable because your survivors never signed off. You live in America, everyone sues, haha. When are you scheduled to go? I can't wait to hear what you thought of it. For myself, it's probably the closest I've ever come to a panic without actually doing it. That was before the cancer however, now I'm alot more adventurous with not alot of fear. At grandparents day at the grandkids school, they call me the "extreme grandma". Fun 
DX 6/05 Rt Tonsil SSC advanced to lymph node. Stage 4b. RND, took tonsils, strips off the back of tongue, throat and nose. 19 lymph nodes removed only 1 bad. Once healed, 7 weeks of treatment including 35 IMRT, 7 Cisplatin, 7 Erbitux and 35 nasty Amophostine. Almost 11 yrs out now. Woooo Hoooo!
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