 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Anita, My wisdom says;"when you get up in the morning you are on the good side of the statistics". This is not to be funny, but there is NO way for an individual to know. The statistics are averages of large numbers of people. They do not work except to prepare treatment options and data for research. We have lost people here that were stage one and we have many that are still around after stage four. Stay in the moment you know you have. 
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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