 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Tammy,
Yes depression is a part of our cancer and it's side effects but please don't lose sight of your goal when you heard you had oral cancer and that was to beat your cancer and you did that and you should be proud that you did. Yes you have side effects but you are here for your family. You are here to see the sun come up and the moon to go down and everything in between. You are still the person you were before Tx so let that person come back and tell this part of cancer it's outta here for good.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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