 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Airplane,
I don't have to guess anymore. I have been a patient advocate here for over 2 years and know the territory fairly well (I was also a former primary caregiver for my dad who died from cancer and an advanced stage cancer survivor myself).
It's almost impossible not to be negative but the hysteria CAN be controlled.
Cathy forgot to mention NCCN member institutions as well. They are also listed in the resources section.
You're getting ahead of yourself. You don't have a pathology report yet. Take it one day at a time. Stay out of the future - it doesn't belong to us anyway. Don't get too caught up in the horror stories here - it will just feed your anxiety.
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)
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