Comments for Doug's Cancer Blog

Comment on What Radiation Looks Like. . . by Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:37:49 +0000

Missy, thanks for your post. Doug is a year out now and doing awesome!! Head and neck cancer treatment can be so hard for the patient, and the family. Stay strong and remember that all the misery in treatment is worth it in the end. Doug is cancer free and living life to the fullest as will your dad!! . Take care and let me know if you ever need anything!

Comment on What Radiation Looks Like. . . by missy walters

missy walters — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:18:34 +0000

hey doug my dad was just recently diagnosed with throat cancer i was researching info by the way my dads name is bill im scared though but u take care of yourself i hope u get better and beat cancer thanks for putting honest pictures out there so we can see what cancer does 1st hand u are in my prayers be strong

Comment on One year down, the rest of my life to go by Rhonda

Rhonda — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:21:13 +0000

Thank you both for posting this blog. We don’t know Doug but my husband has the same type of cancer that Doug did and it is very helpful for me to be able read about him (even though it is sort of scary). Tim was diagnosed on May 3rd, 2010 and started last week with the same 3 chemo drugs that Doug took. There is a long road ahead for us. There are so many things that we did not know about. The Chemo side effects are a lot worse than we expected. But it helps to know that yall made it through it. Tim does not have a feeding tube and is trying to keep from getting one, but his mouth is very painful right now and his weight was already down to start with. He is supposed to have two rounds of chemo, then robotic surgery, then radiation. The on-call staff at UT was less than helpful yesterday when I called about treating the side effects, so if you have any additional information or suggestions you can email me at tcobb1@comcast.net Thanks, Rhonda :0)

Comment on One year down, the rest of my life to go by doug

doug — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:05:42 +0000

Thanks Karen. I actually missed this month’s meeting because I was helping out at my daughter’s school with tutoring students in math prior to their upcoming CRCT test. I hope to be there in April.

Comment on One year down, the rest of my life to go by Karen Smith

Karen Smith — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:24:05 +0000

Glad to hear you had a clean scan Doug. Kevin and I were wondering where you were this week since you weren’t at the SPHONC meeting. Hope you have a very healthy year ahead of you.

Comment on One year down, the rest of my life to go by Susan Tidwell

Susan Tidwell — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:28:15 +0000

This sounds absolutely wonderful!!!

Comment on One year down, the rest of my life to go by Susan Tidwell

Susan Tidwell — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:27:43 +0000

Sounds absolutely wonderful!!!

Comment on Good news! by Brenda T. Long

Brenda T. Long — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:04:29 +0000

It was so good to see you in June, even though it wasn’t for very long, I’m appreciative anyway. So glad to hear of the good report, and thankful for the progress that you are making with the weight and the other issues. Tell Laurie and Zoe a big hello for us and we look forward to seeing ya’ll at the family reunion, if not before. Keep on going and looking up!

Comment on The end or an era by Leslie Wilson

Leslie Wilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:33:43 +0000

Soooo…. How do you feel now that the port is out and you have been back in the swing of things for a month? I hope all is well and I am glad that you are better. You have been through a lot and you and your family are still in my prayers.

Comment on Back in the saddle. . . by laurie

laurie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:34:21 +0000

Ha ha Kelli!! Yes, I remember!