OP Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Oh I will, Cathy! I'm sure I'll have lots of questions and will probably do my share of whining too. Now that everyone is on the same page (Dana Farber's page, which is what works for me) about what is going to happen, I am starting to wonder again how I'll hold up through all this. I am really glad this place is here.
I've been going to a breast cancer support group here and I'm getting the feeling that I'm giving some of the other women there a good basis for downward comparisons and making them feel a lot better. All of a sudden their treatment doesn't look so bad when I start talking about the things I can expect during radiation on the mouth. I'm glad it's making them feel better, but it's so nice to know this place exists and I'm in the company of people who have made it through the same treatment I'm getting.
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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