OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: May 2009 Posts: 114 | After the cancer everything is a downer. I hear more and more of the sideaffects and losses which seem to be a reality. Statements and testomonials on relief of symptoms and healing are generally false it seems.
I complained to my psych that the worst thing about this experience is that no one official has stepped forward to tell me what to expect and how to live after surgery and radiation.
I get the feeling no one wants to step into the unknown. Unknown is the feeling I get from all of my doctors. I can guess that everyone thinks I am naive but I am not the only cancer patient. I expected more help or information. Sorry... I am still slipping up and down with my moods...
Age 52, T2 N0 M0 SCC of left anterior floor of mouth. Esophagoscopy, Direct laryngoscopy, Resection of left anterior FOM lesion w/ lateral tongue. left selective neck dissection levels I-IV. 5x6cm skin graft coverng excision. Finished 33-35 rad Tx. False recurrence 12-22-10 last surgery 2-15-10
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