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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | Glad to hear things are going good. You soundd like you are a great support to your mother. She is lucky to have you.
Suzanne
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T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 238 | Hey there. They call it VCU but some of us "older" people still call it MCV. Her radiation oncologist is at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Hanover and her chemo dr. is from MCV. You're only a few years older than me- where did you go to school?
CG/Mom: 5 1/2 years SCC upper palate,4 recurrences, surgeries, chemo & radiation. Mom went to Heaven 1/21/11.
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 238 | You've got that one backward... I am very lucky to have her! Take care.
CG/Mom: 5 1/2 years SCC upper palate,4 recurrences, surgeries, chemo & radiation. Mom went to Heaven 1/21/11.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Nancy,
Tuckahoe Elementary and Junior High, then Freeman, then U of R and then Masters at VCU.
How about 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 $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 238 | Montrose Elementary and Varina High (grades 7-12 were combined at Varina way back then :o) Had one semester at VCU - got sick beginning of second semester and never went back. Did go back to John Tyler Community College to get my diploma in "Clown School" and was a member of Clown Alley for a few years - that was fun. Just thought I'd throw that in.
CG/Mom: 5 1/2 years SCC upper palate,4 recurrences, surgeries, chemo & radiation. Mom went to Heaven 1/21/11.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I taught at John Tyler for 3 years at night classes in the accounting program. --BRUTAL--
I made the mistake the first year of putting my home number on the black board. Never did that again!!
Varina, was that in the east side? I don't think we ever played you guys but I know I heard the name a lot.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I went to school for business administration and accounting. THe accounting part was easy
i thought'
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: Aug 2008 Posts: 238 | Yes, that was a mistake!!! Yes, Varina is in eastern Henrico. I ought to go to a football game this fall - it's been a few years since I've been to one. Varina wasn't doing very well in football when I was attending but in recent years, they've done very well.
CG/Mom: 5 1/2 years SCC upper palate,4 recurrences, surgeries, chemo & radiation. Mom went to Heaven 1/21/11.
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 238 | I was a great "business" student - didn't care for math past the basics :o) I was destined to be an operating room nurse (got talked out of that when I was a teenager), but waited too long to get started. Now that my kids are grown I don't want to put the time or money into that - would rather put it into my husband and I doing things together. I'll save that for my next life - HA!!!
CG/Mom: 5 1/2 years SCC upper palate,4 recurrences, surgeries, chemo & radiation. Mom went to Heaven 1/21/11.
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