Every time I go through this cycle - "Issue - Test - Wait - Rejoice or Treatment", I SWEAR to myself that NEXT TIME I will handle it better. NEXT TIME.

NEXT TIME I will be more patient, more accepting, more realistic. I promise myself I will worry less, appreciate more, be present in each day and be grateful as I should be for 7 years post initial diagnosis.
NEXT TIME.................

As far as THIS TIME and previous biopsies/scares, I know I seriously would not be alive today without all of you. And while I aspire to all of my NEXT TIME things, I can't promise them but I know this family will be here for me.

Many Thanks and Many Hugs

Donna


Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)