I second staying away from Google and oral cancer stats. All your life you have been told “you are unique - there is no one like YOU”. Well, you are going to find out that is true. My oncologist surgeon would never give me a prognosis (I was Stage 4 twice) - he would always say: “I can’t promise that you will get home safely”. And he was right. No one can predict what is going to happen with YOU and how YOUR BODY will react to the treatments. We are truly individuals - and it will never be more apparent than with this disease.

Don’t catastrophize. Take every day as it comes. Cancer is a thief. It steals the treatment time and it steals other time from your life when you let worry overtake you.

Step by step. OCF is here.

Donna (Pandora99)

Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)