There are people on the sight that just had the surgery. Lisa in K's just celebrated her cancer free year from her surgery and she only had surgery. In my mom's case she never smoked and has never been a heavy drinker and she still got SCC at age 55 so go figure. One thing I can tell you for sure is that you have to be positive and know that you can beat this. By the way my sister still smokes (I've never smoked) but from what I understand it's a pretty tough habit to break.
Take care,
Danielle


Originally joined OCF on 12/12/03 as DaniO or Danijams
Dani-Mom SCC BOT & floor of mouth surgery-recur then surgery/rads & chemo completed 3/04
surgery 11/06 to remove dead bone & replace jaw w/ leg bone & titanium plate