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Kimba1505
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Came up on the good end following recent scans and exam. Mark (SCC Stage IV tonsil HPV+, diagnosed April 2010, finished treatment of surgery, chemo and radiation July 2010) was told today "no sign of cancer" and "can almost called you cured". I am guessing the "almost" is that no doctor will give a 100% cure stamp. We went into this round of scans with some issues including a nodule on the thyroid (benign) and ear and throat pain. Still got the "all clear". I almost cried with relief on the way home. Both Mark and I take this protective stance with each other at scan times. We argue more, we create some distance, we are both in a funk, almost as a way of bracing ourselves for the bad news...that thankfully did not come.
So grateful.
Please let Mark's success be hope for any of you at the front end of this battle. And a battle it is. My love and support to all of you fighting the beast and to those of you right by thier sides doing whatever you can to get the person you love through.
Fighting for life and standing up to death is exhausting. Fill yourselves up with all the energy available to you and keep going.
Have I said recently how much I love this man?
Kim
So grateful.
Please let Mark's success be hope for any of you at the front end of this battle. And a battle it is. My love and support to all of you fighting the beast and to those of you right by thier sides doing whatever you can to get the person you love through.
Fighting for life and standing up to death is exhausting. Fill yourselves up with all the energy available to you and keep going.
Have I said recently how much I love this man?
Kim
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Great news....
I'm so happy for you both!!
And thanks for the inspiring words...I'm in the beginning of the battle to come.
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Be sure to use this sitephrannie51 said:Great news....
I'm so happy for you both!!
And thanks for the inspiring words...I'm in the beginning of the battle to come.
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Sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with some form of HNC, but glad to hear you found this site and all of these great people so soon. I didn't find this site until 2+ years after my treatments ended. I had wonderful support from my wife, health professionals, family and friends but it would have been even better to be connected to others who were in this same battle themselves, or who had survived it.
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congrats!
john
in many many ways i believe the caregiver has it harder than the fighter, as the fighter at the hardest of times focuses on his only fight and the caregiver helps the fighter and does everything else. love those caregivers0 -
Kimba
I am happy to hear of this news. I remember your prior posts on the ear pain, and being very worried this signified recurrance. There's a lesson for all of us in this, that is to not cross any bridge until we have to.
Carry on, and enjoy.
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Hondo said:
Hi Kim
I am very happy to hear the good new, God bless and keep you both in his tender care.
Hondo
Good News!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great news!!!! A niceIrishgypsie said:
Good News!!!!!!!!!!!
Charles
Great news!!!! A nice reminder to all, it's nothing until it's something. Enjoy the great news and have a wonderful weekend with your man.0 -
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Kim, awesome news. Another upside is now that you both have had a scare or two and have the all clear, that should help to provide some comfort so as to not set off the panic alarm in the future when we all know we will have something or some symptom that will make us think "it's back." I have been through this on three different occasions, most recently I collapsed in the lobby of a hotel with my wife and 300 of her colleagues 2 Saturdays ago, I ended up having a serious Staph Infection and spent 5 days in the hospital getting IV Antibiotics. I was having horrible neck and head pain all day, and was convinced I had a tumor in my head, and my wife thought I just dropped dead at her feet from a "grabber."
You bring up a good point about you both being stressed and distant from each other as my wife and I can attest to that. We are both now at the point where I go to all of my 90 exams and scans by myself as we are finally far enough along we can see some light at the end of the tunnel.
I suspect we will always have that fading thought or reminder of cancer, but at least for me it is not a 24-7 total consumption of our life anymore.
God bless, and EXPECT to hear N.B.N. (Nothing but NED) from you both going forward.
BEST!!
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congrats to you both
NED sounds good no matter where in your recovery you hear it. I am 15 months out from treatment and still nervous about whether I will hear that term next month for my 3 month check up.
I guess none of us ever expected to hear that we had cancer and it must always lurk somewhere in the recesses of our minds that maybe we will get it again. I have just decided that is part of the new me. I don't dwell on it or think about it everyday; but when I read on here that someone has it again or hear of a friend diagnosed, it flits thru my mind.
But yes, each day being healthy is a good day.
You both have fought the good fight and all of us on this wonderful board are happy for you!0 -
YEAH!!!!!nwasen said:congrats to you both
NED sounds good no matter where in your recovery you hear it. I am 15 months out from treatment and still nervous about whether I will hear that term next month for my 3 month check up.
I guess none of us ever expected to hear that we had cancer and it must always lurk somewhere in the recesses of our minds that maybe we will get it again. I have just decided that is part of the new me. I don't dwell on it or think about it everyday; but when I read on here that someone has it again or hear of a friend diagnosed, it flits thru my mind.
But yes, each day being healthy is a good day.
You both have fought the good fight and all of us on this wonderful board are happy for you!
Congratulations on the NED, These are the three letters we all love to hear.
May every scan be a NED for the future.
God Bless.
Tonsil Dad
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Kim
Congratulations to you and Mark. Be sure and let him know that he is associated with one of the most caring persons on this earth.......and get another nice tan this Summer, plus Go Phillies !0
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