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Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 209 | I was ticked off too that after decades of healthy eating and exercise and no smoking, my husband got cancer.
His siblings were battling multiple health problems while downing pizza and perogies.
The doctor explained his healthy eating and lifestyle is WHY he had such a good response to treatment and is doing so well. A genetic marker predisposed to possible cancer was in the family. You can't choose your relatives.
Ginny, spouse of MikeG. SSC BOT T2N1M0 Stage III, Dx 06/27/06 at age 52, Tx 07/31/06 through 09/28/06 Chemo Cisplatin & 5FU x2, Radiation x42. Cancer free and doing well.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Ginny Ain't that the truth. I suppose I should have started this post in my "don't you just hate it" thread on the anger and coping forum (can you believe that has gotten over 4,000 views?)but I wanted to see if my experience was somewhat typical of the OCF board. Certainly sounds like it has been. More and more I am questioning the impact of diet and nutrition on head and neck cancer. It is certainly looking to me that unlike many other cancers, it is a question of genetics and environmental poisons, and of course HPV. Thanks for sharing.
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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