 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | You're a nurse - you're medical background will help you!! Knowledge is power and is the best thing to help you advocate for yourself.
Your co workers should be way more understanding geez this is what they do for god's sake.
That said. Hopefully you have good insurance, and disability leave. This should lessen the worry immensely.
You have the same type of tumor I had. Please read my post to the person in the message above yours. It gives a little information about the treatment for this cancer. Hugs and welcome. and sorry you have to be here.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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