I was never a heavy drinker but did enjoy wine with dinner, beer after a lovely day sailing or sipping single malt scotch before a roaring fire. Like Eric I was mildly alergic and would get stuffy sinuses and a headache so I seldom drank more than two drinks at any given time. I stopped drinking after my first leukoplakia biopsy and it was when I began to have a glass of wine with dinner a year later that I had a flare up of the leukoplakia. I quit then which was three years prior to my cancer diagnosis. I am terrified of drinking again although I do enjoy a non-alcoholic beer occasionally.

I'm sorry that you are having to give up something that you enjoy and that is such a big part of social life. Its wonderful, though, to hear of your clear PET scan.

Best wishes!!


Catherine, SCC floor of mouth DX 2010,unclear margins, PET scan clear, no chemo or rad,biopsy in 9/2010, 2nd excision 10/2010 didn't get all carcinoma in situ; partial gloss & excis. right floor 2/2/2011 margins clear. Part.gloss-10/5/2011 sev dys clean marg. HPV neg. Don't smoke or drink. SCC floor of mouth left side 4/2016. Dysp excis. rt palate 7/2017 Part gloss sev dys lat marg 2/2019 Part gloss free flap rt neck disc 5/2020 Part gloss bilat neck disc 7/2020 33 rad 3 cis.