 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Many members will return to their old lives and only return to post anniversaries. Others avoid OCF when they are well as it makes them think of their own mortality. Some other members are just too busy to spend time here, they are out living a good life. More of the ones who stick around have gone thru recurrences so that may appear that most OC patients will go thru it again. The odds actually are more will NOT have a recurrence than will.
Just think, next year this time this whole thing will be a distant memory.
Best wishes!
ChristineSCC 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  | 
