Hi Katherine,
I am a survivor of the cancer of the larynx which was diagnosed in April 2000 in stage 4. Though I am not a doctor or a very religious person - I do believe that if one accepts what one has got ( in this case -the cancer ) - you can start preparing for the war without fear. Today its just four and half years since I was daignosed and I went through hell for so many months - but today I am cancer free( well thats what the doctors say ), have my larynx intact, speak very normally. The only temprory side effect of a massive ovedose of radiation is my food passage and wind passage which have narrowed down - and are being brought back to normalcy through dilation. I feed through a peg in my stomach and breathe through a temprory stoma button.What I am trying to convey is being scared because some else passed away is no reason why you should be thinking negatively. You have the power withen you to overcome the cancer and the faster you realise that - the faster the healing will take place.
Take care.
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Ananth - Larynx cancer - 4th. stage - recovered completly with few side effects as mentioned.