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#1016 04-11-2003 09:09 AM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 18 Member | OP Member Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 18 | Hello everyone. I am a 47 Brit living in this great country for almost 20 years now. My first squamous cell tumor appeared on the lower part of my tongue in Dec 1998, and was removed in hospital. No radiation or chemo was recommended at that time. The doctors told me give up alcohol. I didn | | |
#1017 04-12-2003 07:02 AM | 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 | I have frequently found in my own life,. that I do not change until the pain of not changing exceeds the pain of the change itself. Seems crazy, but in some ways, though I was never a big drinker and never smoked, I relate to what you are saying. When we get a little distance between ourselves and a really negative event, sometimes the acute discomfort of that event pales. We can easily fall back into a mindset that involves denial...and that ain't a river in Egypt. I wish you the best in this current fight. I have no personal experience with brachytherapy, but a know some other posters here have. I'm sure they will post to you their experiences.
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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