Hello Anita; I would have thought that the statistics were drowned by now with all the (useless) tears I have shed over them. I think that they can be more insidious than cancer itself. Twelve years ago I had metastatic melanoma, bad bad stuff, surgery and chemo,and here I am battling another nasty kind of cancer at stage IV. I wonder what the statistics would say about that?
I can't see the future, but I sure as heck refuse to let statistics rob me of my wonderful present.
With love and encouragement to you,
Fran

SCC Base of tongue diag. April 04 Stage IV, mets to rt. neck multiple nodes 35 rads+8 boosts First recurrence Jan05. Rt.rad neck dissection Feb02/05. Recurred with bone mets in neck July 05.
Committed to survival with dignity.