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Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 |
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
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#10012 03-26-2007 05:37 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If you DO get oral cancer your odds of surviving are LESS than playing Russian roulette to put it in some perspective.
(Quitting) Tobacco products are the leading preventable cause of cancer (of all kinds - not just oral).
BRC, you are obviously an intelligent guy. You sought us out and are asking good questions. I hope that some of what we have shared with you will help enable you to "draw your line in the sand" and "get out of the problem and into the solution" (Paul O.).
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#10013 03-26-2007 07:22 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Member | | Member
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 | BRC,
Anything that increases your risk of getting oral cancer is too great a risk. Please stop using tobacco, whatever it takes. Like PeteyB said, you don't want to be a member of this club. Good luck to you.
SCC, base of tongue, 1 node, RT x33, CT x3, Tx ended 2/23/07
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#10014 03-26-2007 07:29 AM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Brian - You say "I have tried to quit many times" which doesn't mean you will be unsuccessful if you decide to try again. To quote something I found at the below site: http://www.anti-smoking.org/quitting.htm "Your past failures are not a lesson that you are unable to quit. Instead, view them as part of the normal journey toward becoming a nonsmoker."
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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#10015 03-26-2007 12:18 PM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | I know this thread has gotten way too much play but here is my 2 cents...I always banked on time. You know too young to get cancer. Only been smoking 15 years. Well I have oral cancer. And the other thing I thought but didn't say was that stuff happens to other folks not me. Sometimes when I think about it I have to smile because if I don't I'll surely cry. By an by I quit smoking on June 18, 2006, the day they told me I had Oral Cancer.
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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#10016 03-26-2007 02:13 PM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 | I'm another one who smoked for 40 years without ever making a serious attempt to quit. Was up to 2 to 2 1/2 packs a day until 4/27/2006; the day my ENT at Emory Univ. Hospital here in Atlanta told me that the tests showed I had base of tongue cancer. Now, 11 months later, I have not touched any form of tobacco since leaving the Doc's office that day. It took 40 years for me to find the needed incentive to quit!
Bill D.
Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.
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#10017 03-27-2007 10:04 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Member | | Member
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 21 | Smoking and drinking habits will push you into the high risk group for developing oral cancer. True, there are who smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish that live well into 90's. And others who don't have a drink or smoke but died of lung cancer. These are exceptions rather than the norm. If you drink and/or smoke please quit now as the risk is too great. There are medications that can help you quit so do NOT delay. Also do yourself a favor and go see a dentist for oral cancer screening. DP | | |
#10018 03-27-2007 03:33 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | Is it lost on everyone that the original poster has not been back to reply... He got the message it think, and your hammering it home is likely not being read by anyone. This thread is now closed
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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