Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Lisa, I want to explain that you can be very ill and not know it. During the summer of 2009, I felt great. I was active and finally getting back to my old pre cancer self. I had a biopsy done at the hunch of the physician's assistant in my ENTs office. I never for a second thought I was sick. I completed a 25 mile bike ride. The very next day I was told I am a stage IV oral cancer patient. It was the third time I had cancer in 3 years.
Please run to the nearest cancer center and get treated!!!! You have already put this off too long, get moving!!!! Here at OCF we are trying to look out for your best interests. Please help yourself be around if not for yourself, for your family. They need to understand that a person doesnt always show signs of being sick even when they are very ill.
This is a post that you can print out and leave lying around where your husband or sons will see it. You need to get started right away so its easier to treat. ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |