 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Your choice of treatment facility is the most important decision you can make. A real NCI cancer center which sees hundreds of OC patients a year would be a much better choice than somewhere that might see 2 or 3 cases a year. Give yourself the very best odds and run to a cancer center! A lesser facility may be your death sentence.
Another thing that may change your way of thinking is money is not more important than saving your life. I lost everything I had the last time I got sick. But you know what? All that I lost was only 'stuff'. I am still alive as are my children and that is the best possible outcome. Material things can always be replaced but people cant be.
Oral cancer is a very fast moving cancer. You may only have one shot at beating this so why not give yourself the very best chance at getting thru this. This horrible disease is deadly. Please help yourself and get the best medical care you can.
Last edited by ChristineB; 01-29-2012 12:41 PM.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
