Shell you are getting way ahead of yourself with worrying! Please relax. Being so nervous will only make things worse. The "what if's" really will make you feel so much worse about everything. Go get checked out so you can relax about your situation.

There isnt a chemo used just for BOT OC. Chemo by itself will not kill SCC OC. Its used with rads to boost its effectiveness. The only known cures for SCC OC are surgery, and radiation with or without chemo. There are several who have had rads more than once. One member has had it 3 times. Sure he has his issues with taking in so much radiation but he is still here and making the best out of his situation.

Recurrences will usually come back within the first year of a person being treated. All it takes is for just one teeny tiny cell that was missed to cause a recurrence. More patients dont have recurrences than do. Most of the members will return to their usual lives and rarely check in so it may appear that recurrence rates here are higher than they really are.


Christine
SCC 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 smile