 Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 118 | Emily,
You can't look over your shoulder for the rest of your young life to see if the disease is there. Learn to be diligent in watching for the signs. If you get it again, they will treat it again. Trust me when I say you have to look to the future and live as if you will be cancer free for life.
Bette/CG to husband Reggie 66
dx 1: SCC Soft Palate (12/06)
tx: chemo and rad
dx 2: SCC 6 cm tum rt. vocal chord (12/09)
tx: total laryngectomy with stoma, 2 nodes
dx 3: SCC 4 cm tum BOT (10/16/12)
Tx: partial gloss w/ mod deck dis 4 nodes incl. part. pharyngectomy
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