I went to a Relay for Life tonight in Rockwall, Texas. The sponsoring business had kicked in $29,000 before any other monies were tallied! The survivor lap consisted of 391 years of survival, plus my 7 months. It was quite an emotional moment for me and very humbling to see people lined up on the sides cheering on the survivors.

I came across a website this week www.thecancermonument.org and was intrigued. Interestingly enough, they are trying to construct a cancer monument near where I live and were also at the Relay for Life I attended. I thought is was an interesting idea thought up by a cancer survivor that has been battling non-Hodgkins Lymphoma for the past 4 years. She is trying to educate people on the importance of early detection for oral cancers.

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