 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | In addition to eat "healthy and exercise", I would add preventive maintenance i.e. get the Gardasil shot for your children, inform them and yourself re hi cost not only to the survivor but to their families. One mother I know of told her daughter early on, "Don't drink, don't smoke, don't chew and don't date boys that do!"
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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