Scott,

Welcome to the neighborhood. Tell us some more about yourself. What type of cancer, staging, treatment plan, etc.?

Try to think ahead what life may be like without all you are going through right now. Think about the great food, the lack of doctors, hospitals, etc. Fear is certainly something we all experience through this. Many of us never get past the fear of the unknown but just learn to live for now, waiting for the next doctor appointment.

Remember, as of the day you were officially diagnosed, YOU ARE A SURVIVOR! Just like everyone that has traveled the road ahead of you, you are also a WARRIOR!

Best wishes!

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023