Charm,

I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a gasp! Listening to some chatter about the interview on the radio, and also reading comments on websites, people seem to think a Stage IV staging means you're gonna die in a month or two! I wonder if people know how sick Lance Armstrong was when he started treatment!

And Shelley, his wife is apparently a chain smoker... I'll bet the whole thing doesn't sit too well with her, ya know??

- Margaret

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018