Funny Happens

Joel4
Joel4 Member Posts: 263 Member
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
So I saw my Oncologist this morning for one of my six week follow up exams.
I am 6 months out of a left neck dissection and tonsillectomy. I have SCC Unknown Primary and have had surgery only.
I was in for a scoping today and all that other fun stuff. He felt something concerning down my throat and was putting the scope down there for a closer look.
Speaking to his assistant, my Oncologist meant to say - Please hold the scope while I put my finger in his mouth. What he actually said was - Please hold the scope while I put my tongue in his mouth. Hilarity ensued.
Despite tubes in my nose and hands down my throat and a possible tumor growth I laughed so hard that he had to stop his exam briefly. In what was a very serious and even somber examination, funny happened and was proof to me that joyous, funny moments can happen at anytime and in anyplace.
Further exam showed this area of concern to be more than likely scar tissue. Otherwise all looked good...I guess we call that NED.
I'm one of the only Unknown Primary cases where radiation has not been used in this center and with every exam it becomes more and more clear that a real miracle happened here.

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  • hawk711
    hawk711 Member Posts: 566
    #2
    Funny
    Joel
    That is one funny story. Tell him to buy you dinner next time before trying anything like that. So glad you didn't have to have rads, that seems to be the problem for most of us.
    By the way, what do you mean by NED??
    Hope you continue to enjoy the miracle !!
    All the best,
    Steve
  • KristynRuth86
    KristynRuth86 Member Posts: 140
    #3
    hawk711 said:

    Funny
    Joel
    That is one funny story. Tell him to buy you dinner next time before trying anything like that. So glad you didn't have to have rads, that seems to be the problem for most of us.
    By the way, what do you mean by NED??
    Hope you continue to enjoy the miracle !!
    All the best,
    Steve

    Ha!
    Oh my gosh, that cracked me up so hard!! I'm glad y'all could have a good laugh during such a drag of an aptmnt! I hVe unknown primary and I WISH they wouldn't have recommended rads! I'm so happy for you!
  • delnative
    delnative Member Posts: 450
    #4
    KristynRuth86 said:

    Ha!
    Oh my gosh, that cracked me up so hard!! I'm glad y'all could have a good laugh during such a drag of an aptmnt! I hVe unknown primary and I WISH they wouldn't have recommended rads! I'm so happy for you!

    What a hoot!
    Thanks for the laugh. That's pretty daggone funny, that is.

    --Jim in Delaware
  • forme
    forme Member Posts: 1,161 Member
    #5
    Thanks
    Hi,
    I just wanted to say thanks for making me smile. Today has been a hard day for me. Major melt down... So, being able to smile tells me I am on my way out of the dark hole i fell into this morning. Thanks...
    Lisha
  • Greg53
    Greg53 Member Posts: 849
    #6
    forme said:

    Thanks
    Hi,
    I just wanted to say thanks for making me smile. Today has been a hard day for me. Major melt down... So, being able to smile tells me I am on my way out of the dark hole i fell into this morning. Thanks...
    Lisha

    Hilarious
    Joel,
    Don't know if I laughed as hard as you but that cracked me up.

    Steve,
    NED is something we all wait anxiously to hear - No Evidence of Disease.

    Greg
  • miccmill
    miccmill Member Posts: 248
    #7
    Greg53 said:

    Hilarious
    Joel,
    Don't know if I laughed as hard as you but that cracked me up.

    Steve,
    NED is something we all wait anxiously to hear - No Evidence of Disease.

    Greg

    Funny
    That's really funny! (was it Dr. Miller?)

    Glad to hear the NED news.
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #8
    miccmill said:

    Funny
    That's really funny! (was it Dr. Miller?)

    Glad to hear the NED news.

    Very funny! Guess it was a
    Very funny! Guess it was a slip of the tongue. So to speak. ;-)
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #9
    Hi Joel

    Laughter is a very great healer we all need a lot more of it in our life’s, glad to the NED report, all the best to you my friend
  • Joel4
    Joel4 Member Posts: 263 Member
    #10
    Hondo said:

    Hi Joel

    Laughter is a very great healer we all need a lot more of it in our life’s, glad to the NED report, all the best to you my friend

    Still Laughing
    I'm so glad some of you were able to get a chuckle out of this too. Actually it was Dr. Van der Sloot and it was great seeing him trying to hold it together and then just losing it.
  • JUDYV5
    JUDYV5 Member Posts: 392
    #11
    Funny
    Thanks for the laugh !!
  • Bigfuzzydoug
    Bigfuzzydoug Member Posts: 154
    #12
    Good one!
    Thank you so much for the morning laugh!

    When I saw my Radiation Oncologist for the first time, he scoped me. Now due to a chronic cough I've had for many years, I've been scope maybe 25 times in my life. I've gotten so used to it, that I can usually "drive" the scope myself.

    So the Radiation Oncologist explains the procedure and gingerly puts in the scope. "Are you OK? This doesn't hurt at all?" "Nah, I'm good, but keep going, you're not down far enough." "Wow," responds, "I've never seen anyone take it down their throat as easily as you." "Hey doc, if you're going to talk to me like that, at least by me dinner first."

    It took us about 5 minutes to stop laughing.
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #13
    Nationality
    Hmmm is he French, LOL....just teasing..

    I would have choked for sure, he would have had to jerk all of that stuff out of my throat, because I know I couldn't have missed an opportunity like that to come back with something.

    Best,
    John
  • Irishgypsie
    Irishgypsie Member Posts: 333
    #14
    Bigfuzzydoug said:

    Good one!
    Thank you so much for the morning laugh!

    When I saw my Radiation Oncologist for the first time, he scoped me. Now due to a chronic cough I've had for many years, I've been scope maybe 25 times in my life. I've gotten so used to it, that I can usually "drive" the scope myself.

    So the Radiation Oncologist explains the procedure and gingerly puts in the scope. "Are you OK? This doesn't hurt at all?" "Nah, I'm good, but keep going, you're not down far enough." "Wow," responds, "I've never seen anyone take it down their throat as easily as you." "Hey doc, if you're going to talk to me like that, at least by me dinner first."

    It took us about 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Great news!
    That's great news Joel; your one of the lucky ones!!! :)

    Charles
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #15
    Irishgypsie said:

    Great news!
    That's great news Joel; your one of the lucky ones!!! :)

    Charles

    Joel!
    Thank's for the morning laugh! That was a good one lol!

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