I have never smoked and didn't drink at all before Dx, ran 30+ miles per week, and ate as close to a perfect diet as I could get (trying to stay off statins)....and got cancer. I'm certainly not going to tempt fate with bad behavior but I'm also not going to obsess over every little thing. I think life is somewhere between the two.


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