 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Tabitha,
I only smoked for 5 years and quit in 1976. I did smoke pot daily until 1986 and was a periodic binge drinker until 1995. Did they play a role - I don't know but I do have my suspicions. I was, however, exposed to second hand smoke for many years in the clubs (I am a musician) before California banned it. Since I am adopted, I can't trace a genetic link. I think my cancer was environmentally caused.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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