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Not dead yet. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< See Post #130

Admin Edit Aug 5, 2022
Mario has not logged on since the wee hours of 11-27-2021. His account is set to receive email notifications of receiving private messages, but no one has heard from him as far as I know since he posted this.
Rusty posted this yesterday:
The night he wrote this I PM'd him. He replied back that he was in a lot of pain and recently had a G-Tube inserted.

That was my last contact.
I have tried contacting him via two methods at least once a month since I posted this on January 11th.

Still no reply.
I fear he is gone.

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I have been batlig tongue cancer since late 2020. Things are still in the danger zone. Let's how it goes.

I won't be posting much. Have faith.
 
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I am really sorry to hear about your cancer. Cancer is tough but it can be beat. Keep your outlook as positive as you can. I believe in prayer and I will pray for your cancer to be healed.
Please let us know how things are going. I have had several cancer surgeries and I lost part of my lower lip. I had melanoma twice on my forearm and spindle cell(which I had never heard of until I had it) three times on my head. I am cancer free right now and I pray that you will soon be
Your friend,Graydon
 
You have my prayers for a positive outcome and quick recovery.
I'm sure it's quite difficult to deal with.
Many, many folks here are by your side through this.
 
Tongue cancer is a difficult one. Our son, now 41 was diagnosed with this about 15 years ago. He underwent an 11 hour surgery to remove half (length ways) of his tongue and rebuilt that with the inside of his right arm and replaced his right arm with his left hip.

They tie off the veins on the side of the neck, cut his throat from corner to corner and pulled his tongue and everything out to remove and rebuild. Lots of time to recover. Therapy as well.

Then there was the radiation that destroyed his perfect teeth (never a cavity) and now he has had many replaced, repaired and straightened.

I wish you the best as you endure this battle.

I should add that our son was always a tall, thin kid who was a track and cross country runner. Never smoked, drank or chewed, didn't even drink pop. The docs at KU Med said they are seeing an increase of this cancer in people and were doing two of these complete removals and replacements a day at 12 hours each.
 
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