 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Hi Rebecca,
When I found out my tonsil swelling was cancer I was lost, dismayed, scared, and about 15 other adjectives, none of them good. It was all fear of the unknown as none of us know anything about cancer until it happens to us or a dear one. And right then, in the beginning that lack of knowledge can be devastating.
OCF is what brought me out of the fog and gave me some hope. It's like having a big brother or sister who takes you by the hand and says ... do this, now do this, and now this. Everything will be alright.
You made a great choice joining OCF, now get your sister to do the same, so she can start pulling herself out of the fog.
Welcome to the family.
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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