Neil,

Ditto with everything mentioned so far. I think logically (for you Candace wink ) if you take what Joanna says and extrapolate a bit, if you continue any behavior that contributed to cancer in the first place and continue it, you are at an even higher risk of cancer. The worst part of this theory is that you will never know what caused your cancer initially. I am sorry to hear of your family member and your brother, Candace. It is so difficult to even see a stranger battle this horrible disease and rougher yet to see someone you love going through what they have to in order to fight this disease.

As for the statistical side, I believe all of us will live until we die and none of us know for certainty when that is. I will never wonder if any of us will not be alive in five years!

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023