SCANS FROM YESTERDAY INDICATE NED

luv4lacrosse
luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
edited December 2011 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
My wife came home last night with the "final read" from Radiology. No Evidence of Disease anywhere. There was evidence of a recent aspiration into my right central and right lower lobe of my lung. This makes sense to me as my wife and I were out with "Greg 53" and his wife last Thursday evening for dinner, and between the fun and good conversation, even my wife told me to "slow it down" with my eating. I had a bad case of reflux later that night and I bet I aspirated.

To all who are having success with navigating freely around a restaurant menu, take my wife's advice and just "slow it down." This has actually been a recurring issue for me as my Chest CT from last February showed evidence of aspiration and or inflammation from an unknown source.

Hopefully next Monday when I have my bloodwork and appts. with my Onco and Rad Doc's, they will put me on either a semi annual or annual visit schedule.

Sounds like December is a big scan month for allot of us, and I am praying for good outcomes for all.

Best!!

Mike
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  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member
    #2
    Happy Merry Christmas
    Mike, thats pretty darn good news! Now stop eating so fast.
  • Bigfuzzydoug
    Bigfuzzydoug Member Posts: 154
    #3
    Sweet! Now there's a XMas present!
    NED is just too cool.
  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #4
    Great News!
    Mike,

    Thanks for sharing. Made my day! Eat On! Just... do it a bit more slowly.

    I have to remind myself to slow down sometimes, typically after I've just tried to swallow waaaay to large of a mouthful of food.

    Deb
  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #5
    Another
    Another wonderful Christmas present. Congrats!

    John
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #6
    Hi Mike
    Now that is the kind of news I just love to hear. I am having the same problems with the aspiration issue so that give me a lot of hope my friend for a clean scan

    Wishing you all the best
    Hondo
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #7
    Yay!!
    That is outstanding. Congrats! One thing I don't need to do, is slow down my eating. :)
  • mixleader
    mixleader Member Posts: 267 Member
    #8
    NED
    Hey, Mike. I am so glad that you got a visit from Santa NED. I can't think of a better Christmas present. Best wishes to you and I hope you continue to get visits from Santa NED.

    Roger
  • RogerRN43
    RogerRN43 Member Posts: 185
    #9
    Fantastic Mike
    NED all the way, cheers!

    I also just found out a coworker's brother got his 5y free last week, originally BOT.
  • Jimbo55
    Jimbo55 Member Posts: 590 Member
    #10
    Hey Mike
    That is just excellent news Mike. Congrats big time!! Cheers.

    Jimbo
  • Fire34
    Fire34 Member Posts: 365
    #11
    Congrats
    Mike
    And a very Merry Christmas
    Dave
  • Ingrid K
    Ingrid K Member Posts: 813
    #12
    Fire34 said:

    Congrats
    Mike
    And a very Merry Christmas
    Dave

    great news
    Mike, great news.... that sure makes for a wonderful Christmas present for you and the family after all you've been through. and do try and slow down with the eating... it helped me a lot... I was so glad to be eating real food, I just wanted to shovel it in.
  • Joel4
    Joel4 Member Posts: 263 Member
    #13
    Ingrid K said:

    great news
    Mike, great news.... that sure makes for a wonderful Christmas present for you and the family after all you've been through. and do try and slow down with the eating... it helped me a lot... I was so glad to be eating real food, I just wanted to shovel it in.

    NED Rocks
    That is awesome news, very happy for you!
  • stevenl
    stevenl Member Posts: 587
    #14
    Joel4 said:

    NED Rocks
    That is awesome news, very happy for you!

    Nuthin like NED
    Happy for you Mike. I still have the same problem. When I try something
    that I know used to be good and it goes down, I tend to try to gulf in down
    in one bite. Here's to slow eating and really savoring every bite!
    Steve
  • robinleigh
    robinleigh Member Posts: 297
    #15
    best gift
    That must feel like the best holiday gift EVER! So happy for you guys. Savor every bit...slowly!

    Robinleigh
  • Noellesmom
    Noellesmom Member Posts: 1,859 Member
    #16
    Congratulations!
    That is just terrific news!

    Merry Christmas!
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #17
    Mike
    Great to hear this news from you- another success story in the midwest. You, Greg and your wives still celebrating the World Series? This NED must be the icing on the cake for one heckuva great year for you, and Greg, and your families. Oh yeah. And were all the negatives of C tx worth it? I gotta hunch you and Greg might be the happiest people on the entire ACS website, and it truly is very cool to say that for you two. Congratulations.

    kcass
  • nwasen
    nwasen Member Posts: 235 Member
    #18
    Kent Cass said:

    Mike
    Great to hear this news from you- another success story in the midwest. You, Greg and your wives still celebrating the World Series? This NED must be the icing on the cake for one heckuva great year for you, and Greg, and your families. Oh yeah. And were all the negatives of C tx worth it? I gotta hunch you and Greg might be the happiest people on the entire ACS website, and it truly is very cool to say that for you two. Congratulations.

    kcass

    NED!!
    I love seeing NED pop up!
    congrats and I hear you on eating too fast. For so long I could get so little down that I think we all try and go back to how we ate before cancer. I worked in restaurants and bars for a long time and we ate on the run.
    I live alone and tell myself often: Slow down Wasen!
    Again, Mike this is great news and I am sure your Christmas will be happier for it.
    Peace
    Nancy
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196
    #19
    Just Wonderful
    So good to hear.
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #20
    Mike the Man...
    Congrats dude......maybe the reflux was caused by ummmm, Greg, LOL.... just teasing.

    Something not mentioned a lot on here is the need for follow-up exams such as Endoscopy. I know that I'm on a two year schedule for those, mainly a a result of acid reflux.

    I have had it for awhile occasionally pre-Dx. But during and since chemo/rads, I seem to have it frequently.

    They have me taking Protonix to help, along with not eating late in the evening and different foods that might add to it.

    Anyways, soething to consider along with the other routine exams that everyone should get after a certain age.

    Best,
    John
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    #21
    Skiffin16 said:

    Mike the Man...
    Congrats dude......maybe the reflux was caused by ummmm, Greg, LOL.... just teasing.

    Something not mentioned a lot on here is the need for follow-up exams such as Endoscopy. I know that I'm on a two year schedule for those, mainly a a result of acid reflux.

    I have had it for awhile occasionally pre-Dx. But during and since chemo/rads, I seem to have it frequently.

    They have me taking Protonix to help, along with not eating late in the evening and different foods that might add to it.

    Anyways, soething to consider along with the other routine exams that everyone should get after a certain age.

    Best,
    John

    I already take nexium, but occasionally when I eat and drink outside of my normal day to day diet, I think the "pizza and beer" is more than the nexium and my body is used to. Thinking back, both time I have had bad reflux and even got sick was after a night of too much eating and drinking.

    I was up most of the night last night wheezing and coughing, so my wife now thinks I am getting Pneumonia.

    I see my chemo and Rad Doc's along with blood work this Monday and I guess I will let them decide if I need any further treatment or just let the chicken wing and part of the whopper that is in my lung just work it's way out.

    All joking aside, I wonder if what we have all been through makes a very normal aspiration turn into something more serious??

    Mike

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