After receiving the Pathologist's report, my ENT wanted to get me to surgery right away. In the middle of explaining the procedure, he stopped and asked if I was going through with it. I asked why wouldn't I? He said that some folks go into denial at this point and leave. They then come back in about 6 months, and all he can do is put them in a hospice. He said that even with treatment, I had a 60-70% chance of the cancer reoccuring. I told him that I had decided to be one of the 30% who get better.
As far as quitting goes, I quit trying to be tough
and got a PEG stuck in me half way through RAD treatment. Made things easier from then on.
I quit dwelling on everything, and just told myself "It sucks, get over it".