Surgery Date Set:)

[CKE]

Well the big day is next Friday...so a week and two days till I go under the knife. Found out I will be in surgery for 10-12 hours. Pretty scared about all this. Will be in the hospital for 12 days. Good news though, I may not need radiation or chemo after...like a 75% chance of no other follow up treatments. So I am staying postive and trying to get some sleep. Take Care all:):):)
Craig

[JLannoo]

Possibly no chemo ehh? Thats great news...the best news. Not bad odds at 75 percent either :D

The lump is on your tongue correct? Are they going to have to remove alot?

[AllenETreat]

I keep tellin' ya' Craig, yer gonna pull through! As for goin'
under the non-Spydie, don't sweat it ;) I didn't have much
time to think about it when I broke my right tibia ( right knee ).

They "put you under" and you wake up not even sore, thanx to
sister morphine :D And just think, you'll have a Spydie waitin'
for ya' when you get outta the hospital ( ooo, damn! blew the sur-prise!)

Not that I'd wanna go under the scalpel again - 'cause I wouldn't!

AET

[JLannoo]

Too bad they can't do the op with a Spydie. Now that would be a story to tell :D

[CKE]

They will have to remove approx 35-40 percent of my tongue. Will do a skin graft and fix it up. Should be able to talk fine but with a slight heaviness to it. Thanks guys:)

[AllenETreat]

They will have to remove approx 35-40 percent of my tongue. Will do a skin graft and fix it up. Should be able to talk fine but with a slight heaviness to it. Thanks guys:)


Craig -

If you think a "slight heaviness" is bad, I lost part of my palate when I
had my front tooth taken out - I now have partial dentures with a metal
plate ( which, with the U.S.'s Medicaid spend down took me a year
to get :eek: ) so I can eat normally, but sound differently when I talk
( it also interfers with my sinuses so I have a nasally sound when I talk ).

Welcome to the "club" :(

AET

[SURLY]

Prayers sent and you'll be on our daily family prayer list my :spyder: friend,
Take care and your med's!

[dialex]

Good luck Craig. Our thoughts and prayers will be with you.

[DAYWALKER]

Aloha Craig!

Wow...so you'll be talking like Sylvester the cat when ya get out? :rolleyes:

Now, you already KNOW what I KNOW...I'm still praying for ya buddy!

[UK KEN]

Good luck!

There are a lot of people praying for you! I KNOW you'll be fine!

Regards Ken

[Shiden]

Good luck!

Shiden

[RAT 54]

All the best. There are a lot of people here praying for you.

[i.v]

good luck!

[CKE]

Thanks again everybody, I love coming to the forum to get my mind off things. Sometimes I think I get a little long winded lately. Sorry for that. I appreciate the support here folks more than you will ever know. Thank you:)
Craig

[saltydog]

Craig
There are wonderful stories of cancer "survivorship" on the website for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.... www.livestrong.org. :) The whole site is an extraordinary resource for anyone with cancer, or anyone related to someone with cancer. i lost my Dad last year to gall bladder cancer, and this past summer my l'il sister ( just 40 and with three little kids) was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer and had to have a double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery. Cancer changes everything....many times for the better. I know many people who are "thankful" for their cancer. Read Lance Armstong's book "It's Not about the Bike" - it's a remarkable story of a life before and a life now with this illness. Attitude is really important. And so are your friends. And your faith.
You are in my prayers.

-Page

[Jimd]

Craig, as always, you will be in my prayers.
I have no doubt that you will prevail and triumph over this obstacle.