Getting close to two years cancer free. I can look back objectively and admit that there were blessings wrapped up in this horrible disease
1) I learned how to fight - that will serve me well the rest of my life
2) I learned there are things worth fighting for
3) I learned there's a whole bunch of things that aren't. This one is a biggie! Many things I thought were so dang important before didn't amount to squat. I'm much better at letting the little stuff go and most stuff is little.

I really am a different person now and can't imagine living life like the old me


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy