 "OCF Canuck" Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 105 | Hi Brie,
All the fear and anger are normal feelings, its good to let them out and let them go. Don't let it build and fester or paralize you into depression. You need is a strong confidant, someone who not judge you and who will let you say it all once no matter how it might come across. You need to protect your energy and your time. Focus on being conscious of how you feel in your skin, I find that especially in diffigult times like these that being surrounded by friends who can make me laugh even for a moment, I can feel my whole body reenergize. Granted it took me a few months to even smile again. A really funny movie might help give you a break.
Get an ENT surgeon with a lot of experience that will talk you through any question and prepare you for the next step. I second Sheryld! You are in good hands here!
Sophie
husband 61@diagnosis painter
6/9/13 Exophylic invasive SCC IV(ext.gingivobuccal) 3cm+ mandibular/lytic/erosion, jugular/node9mmshort-axis
17/9/13 Dx(moderately aggressive)
24/10/13 left madiblectomy, mod radical neck disct, leg flap, NGtube
2/01/14 (30 tx)rads 60gy
N2b (2nodes under jaw) (rem. in tiny nerves) (rem. 30 nodes)
Clear margin, close 2mm inner cheek
15/05/14 cellulitis
3/12/14 Chest CT Clear
27/02/15 cellulitis
8/6/15 cellulitis
10/6/15 Osteomyelitis
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