I smoked form 11 yrs old till 29, dx'd w/scc at 42. I took ultrucet & not nuch else. I also didn't like the idea of taking pain meds & would hold out way to long between doses. The constipation got to me so bad that I would refuse pain meds. I got through some how. Never had PET scans, only cat & mri. Am scheduled for mri in december. Hang in there!


dx 2/11/04 scca bot T3 IU 2B MO poorly differentiated, margins ok, 3/16 modest, jaw split, over half of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - finished chemo & rad treatment 5/20/04