#89459 02-04-2009 05:36 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 9 Member | | Member
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 9 | I hope all of you are doing well. It has been a while since I last posted a comment but I felt compelled to come back again to read some of the new posts and to update you on my recovery. It has been 2 years and a half since my last chemotherapy session and I have carried on with my life in a positive way. Hey!! I even met an amazing woman and married her last July. I never thought that was going to happen.
I now weigh 180 pounds which is 8 less than what I used to weigh. I have gone to my regular check ups and CT scans and nothing has come up . . until now. There are some small lesions (3) in the liver and in the kidney (2). The doctor has ordered a biopsy which will be done on Friday February 6, 2009. I confess that I am nervous but nonetheless I want to carry on and get done with it. I'm hoping for the best.
Edgar
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I hope everything turns out negative and congrats on the marriage.
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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7-16-08 age 37@Dx, T3N0M0 SCC 4.778cm tumor, left side of oral tongue, non smoker, casual drinker, I am the 4th in my family to have H&N cancer
8-13-08 left neck dissection and 40% of tongue removed, submandibular salivary gland & 14 nodes clean, no chemo, IMRTx35
11-4-08 Recovering & feeling better
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Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 28 | Hi Edgar. I haven't been on for quite awhile. How did you make out with your liver and kidney biopsies? I have gone for 2 blood tests in the past few weeks and enzymes in my liver are elavated. He wants me to have a CT scan. I'm really nervous and don't want to tell my husband yet. I wonder if liver problems are from chemo? I hope everything turned out well for you.
Karen-age 47 5/07stage 1 tongue right side partial glossectomy 3nodes removed on right. 6/07 didn't get it all-2nd partial glossectomy. 11/07 stage 3(?) partial glossectomy,flap.all nodes removed on right side. 1/08 peg tube. IMRT 39tx,chemo-cisplatin. 5/08 left side 1 lymph node w/cancer - removed
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | Edgar, you sound like a survivor to me and a lucky one in finding a nice woman to marry you. good luck with everything
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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