 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Sherrone,
We all want to help you and believe me we all get stressed over the thought of cancer and we can all display that stress differently. I was stubborn and didn't even want to consider that I may have cancer and without my wife's type of stressing who just wouldn't let this cancer thing go away, I would most likely not be here to post so however you stress is just how you do it. I also went to 5 different docs and got 5 different Tx plans all the way from "regardless of what it (lump in my neck) is it must stay in!" to "Radical Neck Dissection, then chemo, then radiation and I give you a 60% 5 year survival chance". It wasn't until doc #4 that I was confirmed SCC so it taught me that we must be our own advocate.
Bottom line from me is try and find an outlet for your stress and keep on seeing docs until you are convinced you have found the right one. To that end I would get over to MD Anderson.
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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