"OCF across the pond" Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 56 | Please, please don't smoke. My cancer was caused by smoking, and it has ruined my life. I am only 43. I haven't had a cigarette for TEN YEARS. I thought I had got away with it. I hadn't. Please do not ever touch another cigarette again. I only wish I could go back in time and tell myself this when I was 16.
Mar 99 white patch tongue Dec 11 white patch changed shape. biopsy neg Sep 13 white patch ulcerated. Biopsy Nov 13 diag Tongue SCC T2N2BM0 poorly Differ. Dec 13 Hemigloss. neck dissect.Trach.Caldwell Luc (suspect cysts inside face, neg), teeth out. forearm flap, abdo graft Feb 14 PEG tube Feb/Mar 14. 30 x radio 60gy Grade 3 Mucositis, burns, hair loss, very ill. Nerve damage ear neck shoulder Jun 14 *now* PEG out. Have lost 98 lbs in 1 yr. Anorexia. Dysphagia, liquids only. Dysphasia. Fatigue.
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