 "OCF Down Under, Kiwi" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 644 Likes: 1 | Hi, Dawn. My cancer started with lichen planus too. I've really suffered because my dentist and an oral surgeon assumed the lesion on my tongue was just lichen planus ... for years. Too late for regrets now though.
In spite of the surgery and radiation being a real ordeal, surgeons and radiation oncologists get people through the process with amazing skill and technology.
This site has plenty of amazing survival stories to inspire you and lots of kind people who will give you support as you go through the treatment. Some of us have even posted from our hospital beds:)
Wishing you well,
Maureen
1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.
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