I hear you Donna. The aging process, by itself, is brutal enough, then accelerated by the radiation therapy. Nobody thought I would live 5 years either. My original estimates were 26% chance of 5 year survival! I guess its a high class problem that we're living long enough to feel the long term effects of radiation. From the beginning I felt like RT aged me 10 years - now I am convinced. I have no pretenses about living a normal life span...


Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)